Kenyan School Project Report

MediaVoices forChildren

From the Director

Ourstudent’s success!

Thanks to your generosity, we are changing the lives of our children

Susan Anyango

My name is Susan Anyango I have completed a diploma in Journalism at The Technical University of Kenya (TUK) I am currently doing my internship at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), one of the leading national television stations in Kenya My role at the TV Corporation is to edit news before broadcasting

I am very grateful to Media Voices for Children for supporting my education since high school to the university I am now more empowered and open to opportunities that will help me to help other girls in my community who come from very vulnerable situations

Thank you very much

My name is Queen Bela, and I completed my diploma at Kiriri Women's University of Science & Technology.

I completed my internship at AAR Hospital, one of the best hospitals in Kenya, as a procurement officer. One of the roles I enjoy most in my work at the hospital is helping patients get the medication they need to recover

I want to extend my warm thanks and deep gratitude to Media Voices for Children for supporting my education from high school through to university

Education has been instrumental in shaping who I am and what I do today, and for that, I am truly appreciative,

QueenBela

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My name is Natasha Otieno, and I am a Form 3 student at Embakasi Girls Secondary School

The subjects I enjoy most are English, History, and Biology I enjoy participating in co-curricular activities, such as playing instruments in the music club and playing basketball during games

I would like to express my gratitude to Media Voices for Children for supporting my education and empowering me to continue with my studies

This opportunity has enabled me to encourage my peers in the community to pursue their education and avoid dropping out of school.

My name is Vanessa Anyango I am a student in Grade 5 at Thika Road Primary School.

At school, I enjoy art classes, dancing, and music lessons I especially love learning new songs and dance moves during our music and dance classes

I want to thank Media Voices for paying my school fees and supporting my education Because of this support, I am able to explore my creativity and learn new things every day.

My name is Sophia Atieno. I attend school at Rangwe Girls Secondary School, and I am currently in Form 3.

When I gave birth at the age of 15, I dropped out of school to take care of my child, and my life felt shattered. I was very demotivated and lost all hope of achieving my dream of becoming a lawyer

Sophie Atieno

Thanks to Media Voices for Children, I was able to re-enroll in school. They provided me with all the support I needed, guiding and motivating me to continuemyeducation.

I can also visit my child when schools close, and I am now confident that I will complete my studies and become a lawyer in thefuturesothat I can defend the rights of other children who have gone through the kind of abuse I experienced.

Togetherwemake generationalchanges

Carlos Otieno once stood where many of our students stand today—with potential, but without opportunity. Through the Kenyan School Project, he completed his education and graduated as a social worker. Today, that opportunity has comefull circle.

Carlos now supports his grandmother, Teresa, a resilient woman who has become the caretaker of her eight grandchildren after losing her own children to HIV. In the face of profound loss, Teresa has carried the weight of an entirefamilywith strength and dignity.

Amongthechildren shecaresfor isSophieAtieno. Sophie is nowenrolled in school —becauseofyou. Your support is doing more than covering school fees. It is creating stability where there was uncertainty, protection wherethere was risk, and hope wherethere were barriers. With accessto education, Sophie is no longer vulnerableto the pressuresofchild labororexploitation. Instead, she is building afuture.

Andthatfutureextends beyond her.

Sophie is also a mother. Her daughter, Michelle, represents the next generation—one that can grow up in a different reality. A reality where education replaces hardship, where opportunity replaces survival, and where cycles of vulnerability arefinally broken.

This isthe powerofyoursupport.

Threegenerations Teresa, Sophie, and Michelle arestanding strongertoday becauseyou choseto act. And just as Carlos once rose through opportunity to give back to his family, Sophie now has that same path ahead of her.

Together, we are not onlychanging lives we aretransformingfutures acrossgenerations. Everything wedo is made possible becauseofyou.

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During vacation time, our friends from ANPPCAN made routine visits to check on our students’ homes during their vacation period in August 2025

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We extend our deepest gratitude for your continued support of our organization and your commitment to advancing children’s rights and preventing child labor.

Children’s education is a right, and who has access to it shouldn’t be a matter of structural inequality. Together, we are making meaningful corrective measures, such as accesstoeducation.

Without affirmative actions, it takes generations for a family to escape poverty. In fact, it could take centuries for those born into poverty to reach average income levels, depending on where they are born. Without intervention, overcoming it can be nearly impossible.

This reality is especially urgent for children. When a child grows up without access to basic rights education, nutrition, safety their future is shaped long before they have a chance to choose it, and poverty becomes intergenerational, but we are changing the statistical course.

Your support helps interrupt that cycle. It creates access where there was none, opportunity where it seemed out of reach, and protection where it is most needed.

We remain committed to sharing how your support directly impacts the lives of the children and communities we serve. Everything we do is made possible becauseofyou.

Thank you for being part of this work—together, we are changing the lives of the students we support.