Mwea is a small, agricultural village located about fifty miles northeast of Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. The Mwea Fund was created unofficially in September 2002, when five friends attached a fundraiser to a Mt. Kilimanjaro climb for the very poor but promising Mwea Primary School. Within weeks, enough money was raised for the completion of three new, badly needed classroom buildings; older, decrepit buildings were refurbished, protective metal shutters were added and some new desks were built.
In 2003, we were able to continue classroom restoration, we replaced many tattered and worn student uniforms with new higher quality ones; and a hot lunch program for the neediest children was initiated. By 2006, The Mwea Fund was sponsoring secondary education tuition for approximately 20 high school age students. At present, The Mwea Fund is aiding in the construction of several more classrooms and a multipurpose community reading room at Mwea Primary School. We are also partnering with other primary schools in the Mwea area to improve the educational opportunities for children in those communities.
The Mwea Fund works to eliminate the barriers inherent in poverty in order to help deliver improved education, a better quality of life and a sense of hope for the children and the community of Mwea, Kenya.
