Two Extraordinary Schools

For hundreds of disadvantaged young Kenyans, a free place at Starehe represents their only chance of a passport out of poverty.

Since its foundation in 1959, Starehe Boys’ Centre has consistently proved that children who arrive barefoot and underfed can become high-achievers – and that poverty can be reversed in less than a generation.

Now Starehe Girls’ Centre, founded in 2005, is gearing up to match this achievement when the first students graduate in 2009.

This is such an exciting time to get involved.