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KCB Foundation Report (Continued)
need to support as many
children as possible. Some
of the major highlights within
this thematic area are:
• Secondary school scholarships
for 200 needy
bright students in Kenya
and 40 in South Sudan.
The beneficiaries in Kenya
were selected through
a rigorous branch led
process and the scholarship
covers tuition fees, uniform and basic learning
materials. The students are also assigned to a mentor
who they meet every school holiday. Further, we
held the inaugural Mentorship Activity over the August
holiday where we brought together all the beneficiaries
for three days of learning, interaction and
motivation. In South Sudan, four beneficiaries are
selected from each of the country’s 10 provinces.
Environment
Objective: Environmental
conservation through strategic
community partnerships
Investment: KShs. 6,355,411
1. Over 1.5 million trees planted
across the region
2. 750 solar lamps to school going
children
3. Construction of 2 sand dams
• In support of Rwanda’s
switch of language of
instruction from French to
English, the Foundation
partnered with the Kigali
Institute of Education (KIE)
to provide scholarships to
teachers from each of the 30
districts.
• Over 200 learning institutions
have received learning
materials such as desks,
books, laboratory equipment, water harvesting
equipment and construction of some schools facilities
across the region.
• In Tanzania, schools were encouraged to partner
on a desk matching program where the schools
fundraised for 10 desks and the Foundation
matched with 90 desks. Seven government ward
schools have so far benefitted from this project.
Uhuru Branch, Relationship Officer, Innocent Makaso (second from right) sharing ideas with
students at Sinza Primary School during handover of the desks
Environment
Care and protection of the environment
remains a strategic investment of the
KCB Foundation given the numerous
challenges being experienced in the region
due to negative impacts resulting
from the degradation of the environment.
In a bid to recover some of the lost forest
and to contribute towards the government
efforts to attain the Millennium
Development Goal 7, which aims to safeguard
environmental sustainability, we
have designed environment programs
that have evolved over the course of
time. Highlights in 2013 include:
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