Impact Story
11 new families join our Family Strengthening Project in Kenya
This year 41 families, with 209 children (39% girls) among them, are being directly supported through So They Can’s Family Strengthening Project. These families are facing extreme hardship in hard-to-reach villages in Baringo County, Kenya, where the prolonged drought has worsened their living conditions. Through tailored support over a 3-year period, Family Strengthening enables long-term,…
Read MoreEmpowering women’s groups through business skills training
When women are economically empowered, typically they re-invest in their families future and children’s education. Despite this, many women remain stuck in the informal economy and struggle to break free from intergenerational poverty cycles, without viable opportunities to increase their income, save money and transition away from subsistence living. 88% of Kenya’s 15 million informal…
Read MoreOur Education Program reaches students with hearing impairments in rural Kenya
Linet who is profoundly deaf, is one of over 30 children that attends Chemolingot School for the Hearing Impaired. It is a very unique school, located in a remote area of Baringo County, Kenya that educates children from all across the region. Linet’s learning development has improved greatly as result of the dedicated support she…
Read MoreBringing clean water to primary schools in Tanzania
It will come as no surprise that water scarcity in schools and communities has a direct impact on children’s health, academic performance, and overall wellbeing. According to UNICEF Tanzania, 51% of government schools in rural areas, like where we work in Babati, lack access to safe drinking water. Children are required to bring their own…
Read MoreStudents, schools and graduates all benefit from the Mamire Teachers’ College Internship Program
The Mamire Teachers’ College (MTC) is a pillar in the Manyara Region for quality teacher education. Since its doors first opened in 2014, it has been consistently ranked in the top 10, out of more than 90 private and public teachers’ colleges across Tanzania. Graduates are regarded as confident and competent new teachers, with sought-after…
Read MoreStrong government partnerships underpins So They Can’s impact through education
At So They Can, we pride ourselves on our approach to work through meaningful partnerships with local governments. We know that achieving sustainable impact in government schools requires us to innovate within the national education system — and it is our long-held relationships with government partners that enables us to do just that, to improve…
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