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Daraja Academy

Daraja Academy is a boarding secondary school for Kenyan girls with top academic scores and exceptional leadership skills but without the financial means to attend school. The academy provides shelter, food, healthcare and counseling services which allows students to focus on their academic and personal potential, without being hindered by the everyday barriers of poverty. Our groundbreaking educational model has generated a community of students filled with intellectual curiosity and a hunger to learn.

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Kenyan Girl Rejected by Schools for Her Disability

By: Miriam Wangui Wanjiku | March 1, 2017
From our partner Daraja Academy

A young Kenyan thanks her schools for the medicine, confidence and education provided after local options rejected her because she has a disability.

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Education Saves Teen From Early Marriage, Hardship

By: Jackline Peche | October 28, 2016
From our partner Daraja Academy

With the help of her brother, Jackline escaped a forced marriage to a rescue center full of girls from similar situations. There, they formed a sisterhood and began their path to education.

Teen Voices

Teen Shares the Beauty of Kenya for Girls, Visitors

By: Mercy Wambui | August 3, 2016
From our partner Daraja Academy

From communities who pitch in to send a girl to university to the graceful Grevy’s zebra, the writer shares her favorite things about living in Kenya.

Teen Voices

Teen Questions Why Education Isn’t Enough for Kenyan Girls

By: Mary Mukami | June 8, 2016
From our partner Daraja Academy

Teen Mary Mukami knows that the key to success for women in her country is education. But what she doesn’t understand is girls’ own inability to keep their eye on the prize.

Teen Voices

‘Add Something Little’ Taken Too Far for Kenyan Teen

By: Faith Wanjihia | April 27, 2016
From our partner Daraja Academy

In Kenya, “ongeza kitu kidogo” means “add something little.” But despite its often lighthearted connotation, an attempt to act on this phrase nearly costs Faith Wanjihia’s cousin his education.

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Kenyan Girl Learns Harsh Life Lessons Early

By: Mary Kanini | March 2, 2016
From our partner Daraja Academy

The writer’s sister had a rough year when she was 14 but things are looking up for her now.

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Kenyan Teen Copes through Desertion and Death

By: Joyce Wanjiru | December 2, 2015
From our partner Daraja Academy

Despite her father’s abandonment, teen writer Joyce Wanjiru learned about strength and empowerment through the women who stepped up to give her a better life.

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Cousin to Cousin: Leave Him and Go Back to School

By: Elizabeth Kavuto | October 28, 2015
From our partner Daraja Academy

For Kenyan teen Elizabeth Kavuto’s cousin, a “poor quality of education” in her village was the least of her roadblocks in attaining academic success.

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Girls Bolt to Safe House to Avoid FGM

By: Barbra Emily and Mercy Wanja | October 7, 2015
From our partner Daraja Academy

For writer Barbra Emily, not seeing her family is a small price to pay for escaping female genital mutilation, a practice undergone by 27 percent of women in Kenya, the World Health Organization reports.

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Girls in Kenya Destigmatize Periods for Peers

By: Joyce Wanjiru | September 2, 2015
From our partner Daraja Academy

Studies report that girls in Kenya miss 3.5 million learning days per month because of a lack of available menstruation products. Here, Daraja Academy student Joyce Wanjiru writes about a friend who inspired her to help all girls in Kenya, one sanitary towel at time.

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