Friends of Kenya Schools and Wildlife

Building strong communities in rural Kenya

Students cross the lake on their way home from Kokwa Primary School

Reading at Endonyio Sidai

Dahabo Abdullahi at Kachiuru Primary School with her mom

Fourth grade students at Kachiuru Primary School

A Kokwa Island resident at his home

Endonyio Sidai students

Endonyio Sidai Primary School

Students outside their classroom at Kokwa Primary

Kachiuru toddler with mom

Il Chamus boy paddling his canoe in Lake Baringo

Kachiuru Primary School - old school in front, new school in back

Mothers at Kokwa Primary

Endonyio Sidai mamas

A funny moment at Kachiuru Primary

Members of the Karunga Women's Group in Elburgon taking a break

Kachiuru youngsters checking things out

Young men at Kokwa

Kokwa Primary School

Endonyio Sidai Cattle

Happy!

Karunga Women Weavers

Kachiuru landscape

Kokwa sunrise

Studying at Endonyio Sidai

Lerian Parkei's mom

Local Partnerships for Real Impact

Since 2004, our mission at Friends of Kenya Schools and Wildlife has been to support local Kenyan communities for positive development and empowerment. Our focus is on four rural communities that are under-served and have struggled with access to basic resources and services. We partner with the Kenyan organization Network for Eco-Farming in Africa (NECOFA) to provide funding for activities focused on education, food and nutrition, income generation for poverty alleviation, health and hygiene and clean water. Learn more about each of these project areas on our projects page.

We partner with local leaders and community members because we believe that this collaboration is the most sustainable approach to development and social transformation, resulting in empowered communities and local ownership of processes and outcomes. You can learn more about our philosophy and history and read the FKSW newsletters on our about us page.

Samuel Muhunyu is our partner at NECOFA, and in the nine years we have worked together, he has mentored leaders and led complex projects that are building strong communities in isolated regions of the country. Through a long process of relationship building and dialogue-based program development, he has assisted in the physical and social transformation of communities and individuals. Read more about Samuel and our other partnerships on our team page.