Our Programs

Education for Need Foundation, (E4N Foundation), operates on the principle that education breaks the cycle of poverty and is the seed of opportunity.

We have designed our programs to benefit the whole community by including children/pupils, teachers and parents/guardians who play a vital role in strengthening the education system and thus empowering the whole community with a wealth of resources, ideas and knowledge.

E4N Foundation believes that education is the seed of opportunity and helping children access quality and ethics-based education is creating an economically and socially empowered community.

 In Kenya, Primary School Education is free but for children to continue with their education, they desperately need books, pens/pencils and uniforms without which most of the drop-out of school.

Secondary School Education is not free though the Government of Kenya subsidized tuition fees but still the fees are too high for students from poor families to afford and only privileged students from rich families can attend secondary schools.

Most children come from very poor families and their parents can only afford to provide one meal per day for the family and thus buying of uniforms and stationery for their children in order to attend school proves to be a tag of war.

The end result is that children who had great passion for education but little resources, drop-out of school and get involved in child labor to help feed their families.

In one of our research, we found out that almost 80% of children dropping from school due to lack of fees, stationery and uniform are very bright and if given a chance and support, they can perform very well academically and thereafter become great people in society.

To assist the needy, orphaned and vulnerable students with a better start in life we designed the following programs;

 Education Sponsorships

Full Sponsorship

Under this program, the best male and female student from the Eighth Grade (Graduating Class) will each receive Full Scholarship to attend Secondary School for one year and if they demonstrate outstanding performance and excel in their studies, they will receive another year of Sponsorship until they Graduate.

Direct Sponsorship

Here a sponsor chooses to support a specific student and sponsors them throughout Secondary School until they finally graduate after four years.

Direct Sponsorship covers transport costs, uniforms, stationery, accomodation and pocket money.

The Sponsor chooses to pay once or in installments and will receive their student's and report card at the end of every term to monitor the academic progress of the student.
The Sponsor will also receive occasional letter from his/her student.

Adopt-a-Teacher

With the successful introduction and implementation of the Free Primary School education in Kenya, the number of children attending primary schools almost tripled. The end result has been an acute shortage of Teachers.

For instance, in one primary school we visited, a single teacher was attending to 150+ Pupils! We were very compelled and decided to find a way of solving the shortage of Teachers.

We developed the 'Adopt-A-Teacher Program' where we pay teachers and distribute them in schools where they are needed most.

We also organize volunteer teams of students we sponsor in Colleges and Universities to visit the schools in need where they teach for free.

The above measures have helped but have not solved the shortage of teachers in Primary schools; we therefore call upon you to help by adopting a teacher for a Primary School by donating.

Computers for Learning

In an effort to help communities realize and unlock there full potential, we designed the “Computer for Learning” campaign.

The program in essence aims to bridge the technology divide between the technology empowered and technology excluded communities.

The program has raised a lot of interest from schools and it has helped to revolutionize how education is contacted, provided new opportunities to students to explore and express themselves.

The program aims to impart basic computer skills to children at an early age.

Wheels 4 Education

In this program, we provide free bicycles to students and teachers who walk long distances to attend school.

The program has helped students and teachers attend schools full time and without the bike they only used to attend school few times a day.

Before the bikes are given to recipients, they are trained on how to service, maintain and repair the bikes to ensure long life span.