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Celebrating 9 years of growth with Segal Family Foundation
July 28, 2022
For close to a decade, Segal Family Foundation (SFF) has been one of Hatua Network’s key partners, working with us to break the cycle of poverty for youth in Mombasa. In 2013, we were still a fledgling non-profit, abundant with vision but lacking the funding we needed to implement all of our ambitious ideas. In […]
Adan Mohammed is using his leadership skills to become an activist for maths in schools
July 5, 2022
In any leadership committee, Adan Mohammed’s quiet and unassuming composure is easy enough to draw one’s curiosity. When it’s his turn to speak, Adan’s demeanor changes into one that can easily inspire a crowd to action. Leadership comes effortlessly to Adan, and so does finance. As a child, Adan’s passion for leadership and finance began […]
Kevin Mirikwa on Passion, Grit and the Role of Mentors
June 17, 2022
From an early age, Kevin Paul Mirikwa knew that teaching was his true calling. This is because teaching is a two-way street which would allow him to improve himself and impact the greater society right from the very beginning. “I want to use my skills towards the betterment of myself, my family, society, my nation […]
Hatua holiday mentoring receives a major upgrade
May 3, 2022
Up until recently Hatua’s holiday mentoring programs have always been an in-house affair designed and implemented by our mentoring team based on our years of experience working with youth. As Hatua has grown and we have spread our wings to serve more and more youth, we recognized we needed to further develop our mentoring program […]
Alumni Feature: Sylvia Ouma on her scholarship journey and being the family breadwinner
April 29, 2022
For Sylvia Ouma, Hatua’s Finance Officer, receiving a Hatua scholarship was about putting her family first. It meant living her dream and lifting her family out of their challenging financial situation. Sylvia’s scholarship journey led her to become someone her family could rely on. We sat down with Sylvia to find out more about […]
How Mentorship Helped Mwanaidi Start a Youth Group
March 10, 2022
Only in her first year of college, Mwanaidi Hamisi is surely becoming a force to reckon with. She already is the chairperson of Mtongwe Youth Alliance, a youth group she started in 2019 with the help of her mentor, Mahmoud Noor, founder of Swahili Pot Hub. “I started a youth group to help reduce drug […]
Salim Kea: The Young Entrepreneur
March 8, 2022
Salim Kea is the lucky wearer of three hats. He describes himself as “a graphic designer by profession, a mentor by passion and an entrepreneur by default”. Like many of our students, Salim faced an uncertain future after successfully completing his KCPE examination at St.Johns First Baptist Primary School in Likoni. But in 2015, he […]
Daniel Kalasa on how mentoring shaped his career and led him to Hungary
October 29, 2021
Some might say that Daniel Kalasa was born under a lucky star. With one term left to his KCPE examination, Daniel’s father sat him down and admitted that he couldn’t be able to support both Daniel and his older brother (who was also doing his KCPE examination the same year) through high school. “I […]
July 5, 2021
Mombasa, Kenya (July 5, 2021) Hatua Network is excited to announce its three-year partnership with If International Foundation. Under its Education Thematic Domain, the Foundation has pledged to support Hatua over the next three years and help it extend its scholarship recruitment efforts to reach all public primary schools in Mombasa county. “Hatua is […]