All Our Students Stories
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Asha Mohammed speaks for the ‘voiceless ocean’
June 14, 2021
Early life Asha Mohammed grew up near the ocean, more specifically, Shelly Beach in Likoni. Unlike most people in Mombasa, where the ocean receded into the background, becoming a silent feature of their daily lives, for Asha the ocean took center stage. Perhaps, this is why at a young age, she became passionate about the […]
Derick Omondi’s Family Home Visit
October 19, 2020
Meet Derick Omondi, a Hatua high school beneficiary whose family is among those that have benefitted from Hatua’s Nutritional Support Program. Derick is currently in Form 3 at Lenana High School, he has three siblings but is the only child currently staying with her mother in Likoni. It is so touching to still see these […]
Hatua Alumni Excelling at Equity Bank
September 20, 2019
Hatua Network’s mission is to promote equal opportunity in Kenya by providing promising, low-income students with scholarships, mentoring and career guidance that prepare them to join professional careers and serve as a link between their community and professional networks. The majority of the first students enrolled in our program have completed their undergraduate degree and […]