Bricks change lives -- here's how! You’ve heard me say it before — education changes the future for a child, a family, even an entire community. But it all starts with a brick. Not convinced? Then meet Jane . . . She was raised in a mud...
One of the pillars of our 5-pillar model for sustainable education is the Agriculture and Food pillar which is an integral program in all of our schools. Students from many of our communities in the Maasai Mara, in Kenya have been active and instrumental in...
On October 11, the entire world will be reminded that girls can be powerful agents of change. That’s because this is the International Day of the Girl Child — a day designated by the United Nations to celebrate girls, and promote gender equality and the...
Meet Naomi Chemutai. Naomi used to have to spend hours a day walking to fetch water from the nearest river – water that could make her sick at any time. Every morning and evening Naomi , her aunt and four cousins would walk the rough...
Growing up as a teenage girl in Kenya is not easy. If a girl is in school, her many chores and responsibilities likely take up any time not spent in class or doing homework. If a girl is not in school, she is often married,...
It’s that time of the year again when parents are lining the aisles of Office Depot to buy their children school supplies. It’s been estimated that parent’s pay on average $90 to get their children set up for the first day of school. Imagine, being able...
If you did not catch all of our social media posts from our most recent trip to Kenya and Uganda, here are a few highlights from our trip. First we want to tell you about some of our unstoppable students! Our students at the Pimbiniet school...
Naameka Tangus is a Kipsigis woman in the rural community of Emori Joi in the Masaai Mara region of Kenya. Traditionally, tensions exist between the Kipsigis people, who are subsistence farmers, and the Maasai, who are herders and hunters. Trespassing on their land is not...
In the Maasai region of Kenya, home to semi-nomadic people whose livelihood depends on the size and health of their cattle herds, there’s been a change. And the Maasai people are very excited. With the help of the Unstoppable Foundation, Oleleshwa All Girls Secondary School now...
In March of 2012, the Unstoppable Foundation made a pledge to build a second high school for girls in Kenya. Oleleshwa Secondary School for Girls is the result of that commitment and is located in the remote Maasai Mara region of Kenya. Without the opportunity to...