Project Elimu

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Poverty has a way of disrupting a child's mind while education has the ability to trigger resilience and determination in that child's life

Mike Wamaya, Founder, Project Elimu

Featured Project

The Stella and Adam Project Elimu Centre

Follow the construction of our new home, The Stella and Adam Project Elimu Centre. The complex is being contructed in Kibera, Nairobi a few meters from our current center.

About Us

Project Elimu is a community-driven Non-Profit Organization registered in Kenya providing afterschool Arts/Sports Education as well as a Safe Space to young people in Kibera. Our activities are centred on young people aged 3 to 22, with a focus on playful learning. This enables them to make sense of their surroundings by identifying, comprehending, and designing solutions to the various challenges they face.

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Pupils recieve meals at the center

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Girls recieved 2 sanitary towels per month 2022

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sanitary towels distributed in 2022

Scholarships Secured in 2022

193

Pupils in our Skate and Create program

200+

Girls in the She-Can football program

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Pupils in our Kibera Ballet School

Kibera ballet School

Ballete DancemusicPainting

Our arts program is non-competitive with an open door policy where every child is given a platform to join regardless of their ability. The children learn ballete dancing, painting, playing music instruments among many other activities

Skate and Create

Skating

Project Elimu partnered with the Skateistan Foundation from Germany in 2021 to offer skateboarding activities to children in Kibera, Kenya.

Smile Bank(Sexual Reproductive Health)

Free Sanitary TowelsEducation

The Smile Bank Club is a program under Project Elimu that aims to promote gender equality among boys and girls aged 9 to 18. It focuses on addressing issues such as period poverty by providing access to safe menstrual products, gender-based violence, teenage pregnancy, and the poverty cycle.

Digital Literacy

Computer LessonsRobotics

Project Elimu has created a program that provides digital literacy training for children between the ages of 7 and 14 who attend informal primary schools and may not have access to the Digital Literacy Programme offered by their schools

She-Can Girls Footbal League

Football League

The She-Can Football League is a unique and innovative initiative that is making a positive impact on the lives of young girls in Kibera. The league was established to provide a safe and inclusive space for girls to develop their football skills and participate in a team sport that has traditionally been dominated by boys.