St Martin’s School Logo

St Martin’s School

St. Martin’s School is transforming the lives of children living in Kibagare, one of Nairobi’s sprawling slum's where people live in severe poverty with little access to basic services like running water, sanitation and electricity.

About St Martin’s School


Tags: International Aid & Development School support & equal access to education Education in developing countries Children & Education

Education is the key to lifting the most disadvantaged out of poverty. Our vision is to offer the best educational opportunity for all the children of Kibagare. Our school operates on charitable donations and we need your help in sponsoring a child's education to deliver the promise to support and help the children and families in our community

Your Impact

Challenge

Our goal is to offer education to the needy from Kibagare with sponsorships for all our students. The primary school operates entirely on charitable donations. Most of our girls and boys who graduate from primary with good grades have little chance of attending secondary school due to environmental challenges, Gender vulnerabilities, and financial constraints. Without sponsorships and sponsors, many of our students would not be in school. We need help to grow a sustainable sponsorship program.

Solution

With sponsorships, we will be able to offer guaranteed schooling for the children from the slum, this is one of the world's most pressing challenges. Girls finishing their secondary education translates to a 50% reduction in early child marriages and also increases wages by 25%. Our school feeding program currently feeds 900 plus students every week, and more than 1300 every Saturday. With donations, we will be able to guarantee meals and reduces cases of children missing out on school.

Long-Term Impact

With the guarantee of school, we will be able to transition 70 girls and boys in Primary school and 70 girls in high school each year. Once these girls graduate with good grades they will be able to pursue degree courses and post-secondary diplomas of their choice. In return, they will be able to get gainful employment to uplift their families, reduce poverty and give back to their communities in time and money.

£36

Ensures a child has access to the Internet and computer labs.

£182

Guarantees the teachers and staff take pay home for their good work.

£400

Support the education of a primary school child for 1 year. This covers food, uniforms, ICT, teachers' salaries and other school expenses.