Kathleen James's Contact Details

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Kenya Drylands Education Fund

Ngurunit, Samburu County, Kenya • 1 Employees
Nonprofit Organization Management

In developing nations around the world, major progress has been made toward achieving the inspiring United Nations Sustainable Development Goal: to ensure that all children have access to free, equitable and quality education by 2030.In a remote, rural and ultra-poor region of Northern Kenya, we're answering the call.The Kenya Drylands Education Fund (KDEF) works to expand access to education for students in Marsabit and Samburu Counties. By engaging deeply with communities—by listening and learning—we have developed a holistic approach that helps families to overcome the cultural and economic barriers that have traditionally led to school enrollment rates as low as 30 percent. Less than nine percent of residents here obtain a high-school education, and only 26 percent can read and write. This keeps families locked in generational poverty.KDEF breaks this cycle through a student-responsive, multi-faceted model