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 was our original partner at NECOFA, and during our seventeen years of collaboration, he powerfully mentored leaders and led complex projects that built strong communities in isolated regions of the country. Through his dedication to relationship building and dialogue-based program development, he helped transform communities and individuals both physically and socially. Since Samuel's passing, Lucy M. and John M. have carried forward his vision at NECOFA, continuing this vital partnership as our primary contacts and program leaders. Read more about the team and our other partnerships on our team page.

January 2019 at Lake Baringo - Kokwa Primary School - parents of students who received primary school scholarships in January, 2019

Read recent blog posts from our communities and partners in Kenya

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Oct 27, 2023

AT KACHIURU, A MOTORCYCLE AMBULANCE IS READY TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS TO THE HOSPITAL

Oct 27, 2023

Kachiuru leadership team and the new amublance

Oct 27, 2023

Jan 23, 2021

Back to School

Jan 23, 2021

Aug 6, 2019

Tall, Taller and Tallest

Aug 6, 2019

Sep 29, 2017

A Boy from Kokwa Island Learns to "Speak" with his Hands

Sep 29, 2017

In 2008, we met 8-year old Mulan Lekaranga on Kokwa Island in Lake Baringo. Deaf from birth, Mulan had never been to school and Grace Koinale, the nursery school teacher there told us that he seemed like a bright boy and asked if we could help. After assessments determined that Mulan could begin school, FKSW provided a scholarship for him to attend Ochii Primary School for the Hearing Impaired and he enrolled late in 2008. In Ochii, Mulan did well, learning sign language and studying traditional subjects. In November at the age of 17, he will graduate from the 8th grade! FKSW will continue to support him with a scholarship for the next four years of secondary school. We visited Mulan at Ochii in late September and he signed to us that eventually he hopes to become a teacher of the hearing impaired.

Sep 29, 2017

The Great Rift Valley