Our Impact
We began in January 2006, simply sponsoring 4 girls in one school. In 2019 we are sponsoring 113 girls.
Our
founder, Gerald Maithya, wanted to commemorate the short life of his sister,
Caroline, who died when she was only 4 years old. Since then, our numbers have
grown steadily and in 2019 we have sponsored 113 girls in 5 schools.
Our partner schools
Precious Blood Kilungu
A girls’ extra
county boarding school situated in a rural part of South Eastern Kenya, 120km
from Nairobi. The school has a student population of 658. This is the first
school that we worked with.
Precious Blood Riruta
A girls' extra
county boarding school situated in a poor suburb of Nairobi. The school has a
student population of 975. It is where we hold our mentoring events.
Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls
A girls'
national boarding school situated 135km North East of Nairobi in a rural area
toward Mount Kenya. The school has a student population of 1165.
Starehe Girls Centre
A girls'
national boarding school situated a few miles north of Nairobi, on the
way to Kiambu. The school has a student population of 598.
Maryhill Girls High School
A girls' national boarding school situated 50km from Nairobi in Thika along Thika - Gatukuyu road. The school has a student population of 1,600.
2019 Numbers
290
Total supported to date
113
Currently in school
177
Alumnae
This growth has been possible due to the generosity and support of our sponsors – the many generous individual sponsors who each sponsor a girl through school, plus a small number of charitable organisations whose donations have enabled us to develop our overall programme.
Academic results
Over
96% of the girls who have completed their secondary school education have won
Kenya Government sponsored places at public universities
10 girls have won further scholarships to study in universities in the USA and 1 at the African Leadership Academy in South Africa
10 girls have won further scholarships to study in universities in the USA and 1 at the African Leadership Academy in South Africa
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There are Precious Sisters in prestigious universities like Rutgers in New Jersey, University of California, Berkeley and Michigan State University
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Seven of these ten girls have graduated, one with an honours degree
- One is on a further scholarship and studying for a PhD
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One
has a permanent job in the USA
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One
is working in the USA for a year before starting a Masters degree
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Three
of the girls have returned to Kenya and all three are employed
One
girl in 2018 won a place at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg,
South Africa