EDUCATION

SCHOLARSHIPS & BURSARIES

After witnessing very low transition rates from Primary School to Secondary School, MWCT offered the first merit secondary school scholarship in 2005.

The beneficiary of this first scholarship is today a teacher in one of the schools in Kuku Group Ranch while other beneficiaries of subsequent scholarships have become professionals in other fields.

Our scholarship program has so far benefited 64 students from Kuku Group Ranch. The cost of one secondary school scholarship is $1250 per year at a local school.

In addition, MWCT in partnership with Kuku Group Ranch leaders offered 207 university bursaries in total since 2019.
These bursaries are expected to be offered on a yearly basis.

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EMPLOYMENT

MWCT currently employs 61 certified teachers spread across 27 schools to ease the acute shortage of teachers. In addition, we employ 13 school support staff in various capacities to facilitate smooth learning. The student:teacher ratio (50:1) is still higher than normal in nearly all the schools so there is still need for more teachers.

KANZI ACADEMY

Kanzi Academy was created for the gifted and talented children of Kuku – not just for academics, but for identifying free thinkers and the leaders of tomorrow. The school has an international flavor and teaches a holistic, broad-spectrum curriculum which encourages children to not only think outside the box, but believe that there is no box.

The beautiful outdoors and classroom are both utilized to offer a hands-on and child-centered environment. As an academy, its uniqueness has no boundaries, which leads to creativity and total exploration and expansion of the mind.

Kanzi Academy served over 30 students since inception and it currently doesn’t have any enrolled students as the graduated students from 2018 have been supported by the Trust to continue their higher education.

INFRASTRUCTURE

MWCT has built 8 classrooms, a 2 bedroom headteacher’s house, a modern library complete with books and computers, and provided piped water and solar power to Iltilal Primary School – at a substantial cost of $250,000.

We hope to replicate this provision of infrastructure across the rest of Kuku when funds are available.

The improvements upon Iltilal Primary School infrastructure was 100% provided by donated funds.

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SCHOOL SUPPLIES

At schools like Iltilal Primary, there are often 60+ students per class. Most children have to share textbooks with a group of other students and paper to write on and pencils to write with, are often very scarce.

A donation of just $50 can provide a child what he or she needs for the entire term. A good pair of shoes (many students must walk long distances to reach school), their uniform, textbooks, paper and pencils, a geometry set, and a bottle to carry clean water.

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EXTRA CURRICULARS

Cultural Lessons
In order to preserve certain aspects of the Maasai culture which is of historical importance, MWCT has engaged Maasai elders to offer cultural lessons to school pupils.

Education Day
Every year, MWCT sets an education day to celebrate the school that emerges the best in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination. The best school is awarded with a trophy which circulates among the Kuku Group Ranch schools according to their performance.

Clubs
MWCT continues to support 36 clubs – Environmental, Scouts, Music, and Sports – throughout the schools in Kuku Group Ranch. In addition, we have supported extra curriculum activities such as ball games, athletics and music festivals – with 3 sports days per year. Some of our schools have won awards at the county level competitions.