All Hatua Stories
Facing the Interview Panel: Lessons in Empathy and Preparation
November 8, 2024
Guest post by: Hillary Ojiambo (Secondary Mentoring Officer) I still remember my first professional interview. I was a bored first-year student with a long holiday and desperate for something to do. As a student of Journalism, confident in my speaking and writing abilities, I walked into Imani Radio in Kitale. I wasn’t so sure about […]
Proactivity Takes Center-stage at Hatua’s 2024 Annual Student Camp
November 1, 2024
For three days a year, our college and university students pack their bags and head home for our Annual Students Camp. With students scattered all over the country, the Camp presents a rare opportunity to meet all of them in person, bond, and learn together. This year 223 students made their way to Bombolulu Workshop […]
Hatua Launches Open-Source Soft Skills Curriculum Platform at Inaugural EAC Education Conference
August 16, 2024
2024’s International Youth Day celebration marked a significant milestone for Hatua as we launched our long-awaited open-source soft skills curriculum platform, Hatua Skills for the Future. Meanwhile in Arusha As the website went live on Monday, Daniel Nyanga (Hatua’s Program Manager) and Nancy Wairimu (Hatua’s Mentoring Coordinator) were presenting a workshop to showcase the portal […]
Tabitha Achieng, the Electrical and Computer Engineer Shooting for the Stars!
July 1, 2024
“Shoot for the stars!” It’s a colloquial expression usually given to those brave and ambitious enough to pursue their dreams. While most people don’t take it literally, Tabitha Achieng, a fourth-year Electronic and Computer Engineering student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT), is an exception. Tabitha is doing exactly that—aiming for the […]
Purity Anyango’s Mentor Helped Her Pass the Bar Exam and Became Her Support System
May 15, 2024
When Purity Anyango completed high school, she hoped that like many of her peers, she would join university immediately. However, that was not to be. Her family was unable to financially support her university education, so Purity, determined to make her dream come true, applied for a Hatua scholarship. This is Purity’s story of […]
Hatua alum, Diana Heri, is Changing the Conversation on Nutrition in Kwale County
February 29, 2024
Diana firmly believes that her life’s work is to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and layman’s understanding When she started her diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics at the Kenya Medical Training College, Diana Heri was looking for a purpose. “I went into my Nutrition course without really knowing what I was doing but I was certain […]
Empowering Futures Through Mentorship
June 29, 2023
At the heart of every successful young person is mentorship. Holding the hand of a young person and offering accurate information on issues affecting them and the community is the focus of our secondary mentoring program. Mentorship the Hatua way: Holiday mentoring programs at Hatua provide a structured framework for our students to receive guidance […]
Cynthia Gathoni & Montana Ochieng: How Mentorship Shaped our Lives
April 13, 2023
Hatua’s mentoring program is a foundational pillar of our scholarship. Throughout their eight-year journey, our students are equipped with critical soft skills that will help them thrive in the 21st-century workforce. Among the youth we’re proud to see excel in our mentoring program are Cynthia Gathoni and Montana Ochieng, who are recent high school graduates […]
#HowWeMadeIt: Sharon Otieno on Becoming a Young Trailblazer and an Erasmus Mundus Scholar in Europe
September 27, 2022
So, who is Sharon Anyango? Sharon Anyango isn’t your average 26-year-old. In fact, for the talented and ambitious Sharon, average isn’t the kind of career she wants to build. Since starting her industrial attachments and internships, Sharon has always been looking to the future and thoughtfully planning each step of her career. How it […]
September 6, 2022
Over the course of two days in August, Hatua gathered 50 mentors, 11 companies and 168 college and university students in Shanzu for our Annual Student Camp and All Mentors Forum. The two events are the highlight of our tertiary mentoring program because we get the opportunity to meet in person and interact with our […]