In December, members of The Benjamin School International Club collected close to 3000 books to donate to our schools in Kenya.  Coupled with several hundred more books donated by Tullar Elementary School in Neenah, WI, we have received over 3000 books and have shipped them to Bunyore, Kenya.  32 boxes arrived at Mwituha two weeks ...

Bishop Charles Anabaka, our Kijana Kenya Chairperson from 2006-2011 was appointed last October to the Power of Mercy Advisory Committee by President Mwai Kibaki.  Bishop Anabaka will serve for 5 years on the committee.   The committee is chaired by Attorney General Githu Muigai and has one representative from each province.  Bishop Anabaka hails from Western ...

On Saturday March 10, we held our first Kijana Music and Drama Festival at the new amphitheater at Mwituha Secondary School.  Students from ten local primary and secondary schools enlivened the day with their creative performances.  For most of the students it was their first opportunity to perform on a stage and for virtually everyone ...

In March, Kijana Kenya Coordinator Susan Okola and Maseno Rotary President Razour Ongalo, delivered several desks and many books to Ebbiba Primary School in Bunyore.  The books and desks are the beginning of a larger gift to Ebbiba from the Rotary Club of Neenah, WI.  The Neenah Rotary Club, through the leadership of member Jeff ...

In October 2011, Kijana officers in Kenya and students in various schools planted over 1200 tree seedlings in honor of the late Wangari Maathai, who passed away in September 2011.  Professor Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement- which is credited with planting over 40 million trees in Africa, was the 2004 winner of the ...

Ebusiloli Secondary School- our flagship secondary school- is seeing a large expansion of students going on to the University.  This is a direct result of our longterm and sustained commitment to the school.  In the early 2000s,  Ebusiloli was sending at most one student a year on to university.  Today at least 14 Ebusiloli alums ...

Students from The Benjamin Upper School International Club (in Palm Beach Gardens, FL)  held a holiday book drive for the new library at Mwituha Secondary School- recently built by “Kijana.”   The students collected 3000 books of a huge variety of titles which we will be shipping over to Mwituha.  The diversity of titles and number ...

Students perform on the stage of the new amphitheater at Mwituha Secondary School- financed by “Kijana” and developed under the guidance of Kenyan architect Jeremiah Awori.   The beautiful new multi-purpose structure will house thousands of books and encourage the advancement of the visual arts and architecture in western Kenya.

Members of the Mwituha School community  are  proud and appreciative of the new library/amphitheater we have constructed at Mwituha Secondary School  The opening ceremony was held in July of 2011.  Students have a new comfortable place to enjoy reading.  We are busy working to add resources to develop one of the best and most creative ...