Moja Tu’s primary mission is to provide educational scholarships to children from impoverished backgrounds. Sometimes, this means allowing siblings to chase their dreams unimpeded. This ultimately lessens the burden on their parents, who can then focus their energies on other equally important aspects of life. One such family is the More »
Friends make the world a better place, and what better place to make lasting friendships than in Moja Tu? The students in our program, though all unique in their own ways, share many commonalities. They all come from impoverished backgrounds and have a deep desire to pursue education and succeed More »
When schools closed for a holiday in late July, David retreated to Sons of Manaseh Children’s Home, where he has lived for the last six years. During the drive from school to the home, David couldn’t help but think of his younger sister Sarah, who also lives at Sons of More »
Moja Tu’s mission is to provide impoverished students access to a good education, which in turn can their lives, families, and communities as a whole. In this way, it is just as important to us to maintain close relationships with our students’ families as it is to help these students More »
A few years ago, Patrick came to learn about the plight of two children who were living in deplorable conditions in his neighborhood. It hurt him to see these children suffer, and he made it his mission to rescue them. “When the children lost their father, their mother could not More »
The Moja Tu founding board members first visited Kenya in 2012 to inspect a water project located here. One of the first people they met on this trip was James. During this trip, the visitors from the US wanted to know more about the education system in Kenya. “We discussed More »
Zipporah, or Zippie as she is fondly known, could easily pass as one of the Moja Tu staff. Pre-COVID, it was the norm for all of our students to assemble at Dream Children’s Home for holiday tutoring sessions. Here, Zippie would lead the charge in making sure everyone was taken More »
The graduating class of 2020 was a special one. Due to the COVID-19 disruption, these students had to wait a prolonged period to take their Kenyan Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams. For 9 months, these students eagerly anticipated their return to school in order to finish preparing for and More »
“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.” ~ Elizabeth Edwards. Mrs. Edwards’ quote More »
A few years ago, David’s education hung in the balance. He had just completed class eight and was looking forward to joining a good high school that would power his dream of eventually joining university. “I scored good grades in primary school and it was my hope that I would More »