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Purity Anyango’s Mentor Helped Her Pass the Bar Exam and Became Her Support System
May 15, 2024
When Purity Anyango completed high school, she hoped that like many of her peers, she would join university immediately. However, that was not to be. Her family was unable to financially support her university education, so Purity, determined to make her dream come true, applied for a Hatua scholarship. This is Purity’s story of […]
Hatua alum, Diana Heri, is Changing the Conversation on Nutrition in Kwale County
February 29, 2024
Diana firmly believes that her life’s work is to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and layman’s understanding When she started her diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics at the Kenya Medical Training College, Diana Heri was looking for a purpose. “I went into my Nutrition course without really knowing what I was doing but I was certain […]
Communication Skills for our First Cohort of Junior Secondary Students
August 13, 2023
Communication! Talking, writing and non-verbal gestures are probably what comes to your mind when you hear this term. To Hatua, it is not just a skill, it is one of the core competencies that we strive to equip our students with in preparation for the workforce. The Junior Secondary mentoring bootcamp themed; ‘There is value […]
Empowering Futures Through Mentorship
June 29, 2023
At the heart of every successful young person is mentorship. Holding the hand of a young person and offering accurate information on issues affecting them and the community is the focus of our secondary mentoring program. Mentorship the Hatua way: Holiday mentoring programs at Hatua provide a structured framework for our students to receive guidance […]
The Nyali Community Library Becomes a Hub for Local Children During School Break
June 23, 2023
In this fast-paced digital age, where the internet marks a great percentage of our interactions, children are often left to watch television and hardly get time to interact outside school. In such a time, there is something remarkably enriching about a visit to a community library, more specifically in this case, the Hatua Nyali Community […]
Cynthia Gathoni & Montana Ochieng: How Mentorship Shaped our Lives
April 13, 2023
Hatua’s mentoring program is a foundational pillar of our scholarship. Throughout their eight-year journey, our students are equipped with critical soft skills that will help them thrive in the 21st-century workforce. Among the youth we’re proud to see excel in our mentoring program are Cynthia Gathoni and Montana Ochieng, who are recent high school graduates […]
#HowWeMadeIt: Sharon Otieno on Becoming a Young Trailblazer and an Erasmus Mundus Scholar in Europe
September 27, 2022
So, who is Sharon Anyango? Sharon Anyango isn’t your average 26-year-old. In fact, for the talented and ambitious Sharon, average isn’t the kind of career she wants to build. Since starting her industrial attachments and internships, Sharon has always been looking to the future and thoughtfully planning each step of her career. How it […]
September 6, 2022
Over the course of two days in August, Hatua gathered 50 mentors, 11 companies and 168 college and university students in Shanzu for our Annual Student Camp and All Mentors Forum. The two events are the highlight of our tertiary mentoring program because we get the opportunity to meet in person and interact with our […]
Mentor Finds Fulfillment Helping Mentee Discover her Passion for Teaching
August 16, 2022
A shared love for the Kiswahili language brought Mwanabiishe Mwamagadi and her mentor, Madam Meme Majiwa together. Md. Majiwa was Mwanabiishe’s Kiswahili teacher at Shika Adabu High School in Likoni. When Mwanabiishe joined Umma University to study Kiswahili and Islamic Religious Education, she naturally decided to go back to the one person she knew who […]
How Noah Kwoba Turned His Back on Gangs and Found His Calling as a Trainer
August 10, 2022
At an early age, Noah Kwoba had no other choice than to join his family in selling local brew to help put food on the table. “At the time both my parents were unemployed, and unable to provide for my three siblings and I,” Noah says. “They were doing their best. Their focus was on […]