All Hatua Stories
Madaraka Nursery School Values Hatua’s Support
July 4, 2011
There is no such thing as public nursery education in Kenya. As a result children from poor families begin their education in Primary School, at age 6, while kids from more well of families enter primary with 3 years of school and a head start in reading, writing, counting and speaking English. Madaraka Community Nursery […]
Grand Opening of Likoni Youth Empowerment Library
June 5, 2011
The opening of the Likoni Library is set for early August 2011, all factors remaining constant. It will be a hub of activity offering such services as internet access and a quiet place for students to study. Presently the Ag. Librarian Wafula with the help of Kassim and student volunteers, are cataloguing books so that […]
May 13, 2011
Throughout the April school holiday Hatua Likoni’s scholarship students have been learning how to draw and paint. At the end of three weeks they have finished 4 murals, each 8ft by 5ft, and each based on a Swahili Proverb. “Go East, Go West, Home is Best” “Money if you use it decreases, but education, when […]
May 2, 2011
After two years as an empty room Likoni’s Youth Empowerment Center Library is finally furnished! The building was constructed with funding from Likoni’s Constituency Development Fund (money allocated by the Kenyan Government and managed under the supervision of our local Member of Parliament) and complete in early 2009. Since then no government funding as been […]
Students Visit Diani Beach Art Gallery
May 2, 2011
Last week our students finalized their compositions based on Swahili proverbs and painted four large murals, each 8 ft x 5 ft. When asked all said they loved the project and most stayed late everyday engrossed in the work. Some were big picture artists, while others took on the detail work. Together they created murals […]
April 25, 2011
Recently another San Francisco based volunteer, Brigid Brahe, came to Hatua with a project concept for our students to paint murals of the local Likoni community during their Spring Break holiday. The project’s main goals were to teach students basic drawing and painting skills while allowing them to express their creativity, to learn teamwork, and […]
Hatua’s Interns Continue their Impact from Home!
April 1, 2011
Stephanie Tholand, a 2010 Hatua intern, left a big mark here by designing a monitoring and evaluation program to help Hatua track its impact on the lives of our student. During her 6 month stay with us she also organised an ‘International Literacy Day’ event that brought together education stakeholders and students to highlight the […]
March 15, 2011
The money raised during Likoni’s Library fundraiser in February is being put to use! Last week, Hatua hired a carpenter and purchased the timber needed to build 9 library shelves. Kwame off-loading timber After being purchased and planed in town we transported our timber across the ferry to Likoni and offloaded it in the library. […]
March 1, 2011
On Sunday, Feb 20th, eleven girls from the Likoni Scholarship Fund joined Gabrielle in Hatua’s office to receive clothing donations. Photo credits: Todd Shapera Alice Winkler together with Ariel-Alpha International, a US based sleepwear and lingerie company, donated underwear, bras and sleepwear for our female scholarship students, all of which was carried to us from […]
February 25, 2011
Todd Shapera, a professional photographer from New York, joined Hatua for two weeks in February to document our work in Likoni. Previously a print and radio journalist, Todd began his career as a photographer 15 years ago after having his early work published in the New York Times. His mainstay is event and portrait photography […]