All Our Students Stories
Matching Talent to Opportunity: Aaron’s Journey with Hatua and Offshore Global Logistics
August 7, 2025
Every weekday, Aaron Masha dons his safety helmet and reflector jacket and starts ticking items off his to-do list at a warehouse in the heart of Mombasa’s industrial hub. From inspecting client goods for dispatch, receiving incoming deliveries from manufacturers, checking inventory levels, to updating clients with critical information that helps them make the right […]
Hatua Scholars Excel at Close The Gap Mombasa’s Internship Program
June 30, 2025
Connecting scholars in our program to job opportunities is perhaps one of the most important stages in our transformation cycle. As more alumni graduate from our 8-year scholarship and mentoring program, it has become increasingly important to build partnerships with the corporate community to support our students and alumni as they enter the workforce. Close […]
Meet the Hatua Scholars Tackling Food Insecurity with Technology
June 13, 2025
Second-year students, Fatuma Queen, Brian Joel, and three of their school peers, who call themselves the ‘Matrix’, have embarked on an ambitious project to revolutionize poultry farming within their school community. The project showcased their technical skills and underscored the transformative power of project development and management principles acquired through Hatua Network’s eLearning platform. Their […]
From Learning to Leading: How Bornveture Omondi Elevated His Internship Experience at KEMRI
May 22, 2025
Bornveture’s journey through his internship at the Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR), Kemri Kisumu, is a shining example of how leadership and dedication can transform an experience into a success story. Bornveture joined the KEMRI CGHR Student Mentorship/Attachment Program from September to December 2024 for his second attachment. There, he quickly emerged as a […]
Sandra Akinyi is Empowering Pregnant Teens in Busia County to Return to School
March 26, 2025
As part of our tertiary e-learning mentoring program, our students in university and college are encouraged to ideate and implement projects that help solve a current challenge in their local communities. Not one to shy away from big challenges, Sandra Akinyi decided to take on one of the biggest challenges facing school-going girls in her […]
Proactivity Takes Center-stage at Hatua’s 2024 Annual Student Camp
November 1, 2024
For three days a year, our college and university students pack their bags and head home for our Annual Students Camp. With students scattered all over the country, the Camp presents a rare opportunity to meet all of them in person, bond, and learn together. This year 223 students made their way to Bombolulu Workshop […]
Tabitha Achieng, the Electrical and Computer Engineer Shooting for the Stars!
July 1, 2024
“Shoot for the stars!” It’s a colloquial expression usually given to those brave and ambitious enough to pursue their dreams. While most people don’t take it literally, Tabitha Achieng, a fourth-year Electronic and Computer Engineering student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT), is an exception. Tabitha is doing exactly that—aiming for the […]
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 […]