Archive for September 2026
So They Can Partners with GTIA Foundation to Bring Technology to Rural Tanzanian Classrooms
So They Can is proud to announce a new partnership with the Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) Foundation, which has awarded funding to support our Bridging the Digital Divide with Connected Classrooms in Rural Tanzania project. The grant is part of GTIA’s broader 2026 charitable giving initiative, which was announced via a recent press release.…
Read MoreFrom the Back of the Classroom to the Front: How Education Changed Alex’s Path
Alex’s story is one of quiet resilience — and of what is possible when a young person is given the chance to complete their education. Since 2013, So They Can has been supporting Alex through a teacher trainee scholarship, as part of our School Improvement Project in Baringo, Kenya. One of the challenges facing schools…
Read MoreLilian Refused to Be Cut. Today, She’s a Champion for Children In Her Community.
How one woman’s refusal to be silenced is now helping protect children in Kenya Lilian was born into the Njemps community in Baringo, Kenya, where a girl is often raised not as a child to be educated, but as wealth to be kept. Her parents didn’t send her to school. Not because they didn’t love…
Read MoreThe Mother Who Never Went to School, But Is Keeping a Generation In School
Margret never sat in a classroom. She is a Pokot woman, born at a time when girls simply weren’t sent to school. While other children carried books, Margret carried a herding stick. As a young girl, she cared for the family’s animals in the bush and carried her younger siblings on her back. She underwent…
Read MoreTiaty: Where Childhood Ends Too Early
Tiaty is a remote sub-county in Baringo, Kenya — one of So They Can’s partner communities. In Tiaty, a child is born into struggle. For girls and boys in the same village, the pain is different, but the weight is the same. For a girl in Tiaty, her childhood is stolen quietly, and her future…
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