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A mother and child outside their home in Kenya

A school within reach

Access to quality education is just the starting point.

The goal is communities transformed by education, with both boys and girls advancing through school and graduating from Grade 12.

Our Mission

Kidspire kenya 2026 impact

With less than 10% of school-age children attending school within Kidspire Kenya project communities, we prioritise getting kids enrolled in school, retaining enrollment, and helping them develop their literacy.

97%

Enrollment retention

44,000

School meals served

90%

Age-level literacy

220

Students

Mission Statement

Kidspire Kenya works to ensure that children in pastoralist communities of Northern Kenya can access quality education. We do this by establishing schools featuring modern and well equipped classrooms, taught by excellent teachers, who facilitate a child-centered approach to learning.

Program Priorities

Because children in pastoralist communities lack access to quality education, Kidspire Kenya's program priorities start with a focus on getting kids into school, and then shift to ensuring that they are surrounded with the components of quality education that help keep them in school through graduation.

In pastoralist communities where each day can be a fight for survival, it is not an automatic priority for parents to send their children to school. Our team regularly visits homes and advocates for the importance and value of education.

Engaged learners become confident learners. We prioritize a student-centered approach to learning and train our teachers to cultivate interactive and collaborative classrooms.

Hungry students are distracted from learning. We invest in nutritious balanced meals, with many of the ingredients grown onsite in our organic vegetable garden.

Getting kids into school is just the first step. Keeping them in school requires committed parents. We continually engage the parents of our learners, making them a core part of the program.

52% of our students are girls. In a region where boys generally receive more opportunities than girls, we will continually advocate for girls to receive the education they deserve.

Classrooms don't need to be expensive, but we believe they should be welcoming, designed for collaboration and equipped with locally available materials that enhance learning.

Local Leadership

This team is committed to quality education.

COUNTRY DIRECTOR

Daphine Maburi

Daphine’s ambition for change and vision of what could be is the driving force behind Kidspire Kenya’s mission to pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Margaret Ndung’u

Margaret is a specialist in impact! Her experience in non-profit advocacy, and ability to define locally relevant impact is helping improve Kidspire Kenya programs

EARLY CHILDHOOD LEAD

Florah Obango

With over 20+ years of experience in early childhood and unwavering commitment to literacy - Teacher Florah is the perfect fit for the Kidspire Kenya mission.

SOCIAL WORKER

Basilisa Waithera

An experienced early childhood teacher further equipped with a background of social work makes Waithera the perfect community liaison and advocate for education.

PRIMARY LEAD

Rebbecah Nyoike

Teacher Rebbecah first joined Kidspire Kenya to help teach our first-ever Grade 1 class. Today, she is an all-around superstar, supporting our primary level programming.

HEAD CHEF

Ann Nyahaya

Visitors to Kidspire Kenya frequently rave about Chef Ann’s cooking, bringing a smile to her face. But Ann’s priority is ensuring our learners are well fed with nutritious meals.

Esther

Primary Teacher
Nelvine

Primary Teacher
Mercy

Primary Teacher
Christine

Pre-Primary Teacher
Betty

Pre-Primary Teacher
Janeth

Classroom Aide
Ramisi

Classroom Aide
Michael

Classroom Aide
Nelson

Farm Lead
Edwin

Farm Assistant

MEET BRIAN

When we first met Brian he was responsible for grazing his family’s herd of goats.

All day he would endure the hot sun to make sure he was guiding the goats to places where they could access food and water. In this region of Northern Kenya, where the local pastoralist communities make their living trading livestock, high numbers of children do not attend school.

Developing foundational literacy

Kidspire Kenya recently passed the 5 year mark in our mission to advocate for, and deliver, quality education within pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya.

Over the years, we have learned how important it is to ensure our educational programs help children build foundational literacy. This is especially true in communities where as many as 90% of adults lack basic literacy, and school enrollment levels for children are often 10% or lower. We are seeing steady progress towards these objectives. Children are being enrolled in school. Parents are showing their support for education. And more than 90% of our students are scoring at or above their age-appropriate literacy level within the competency-based education system.