Kakenya's Dream

  • A Advocate
  • I Implementer
Description

Kakenya's Dream is a nonprofit organization that leverages education, health, and leadership programs to empower girls, end harmful traditional practices including female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, and transform communities in rural Kenya. Our mission is to invest in girls and young women from rural communities as agents of change through education, health, and skills development.

Primary Functions
  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
  • Capacity building/Technical assistance
Geographic Scope
  • National
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
  • Post-secondary
  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment
Other
  • Transition from school to work
Other skills
  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training
Quality
  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School facilities
  • School quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training
Skills
  • Civics education
  • Literacy
  • STEM
Cross-cutting topics addressed
  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Climate change
  • Community sensitization
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Digital literacy
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Food/water security
  • Gender equality
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Nutrition
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Other cultural practices
  • Sexual harassment & coercion
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls’ education funders

Current girls' education partners

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Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website

Kakenya's Dream


Headquarters location(s)
  • Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
  • Narok, Narok, Kenya
  • Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
Office location(s)
  • Kenya
Contacts
Zoe Blossom
Communications Manager
zoe@kakenyasdream.org
+15715274960
Kakenya's Dream

Locations of current girls’ education work

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Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Kenya
Projects Back to Top