Kakenya's Dream
- A Advocate
- I Implementer
Description
Kakenya's Dream is a nonprofit organization that leverages education to empower girls, end harmful traditional practices including female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, and transform communities in rural Kenya. Kakenya's mission is to invest in girls from rural communities through educational, health, and leadership initiatives to create agents of change.
Primary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
- Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
Not applicable or unknown
Geographic Scope
- National
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Post-secondary
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
- Secondary Enrollment
Other
- Transition from school to work
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
Quality
- School facilities
- School quality
Skills
- Civics education
- Literacy
- STEM
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Community sensitization
- Early/child marriage
- Empowerment
- Female genital mutilation/cutting
- Gender equality
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Mentorship
- Nutrition
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Other cultural practices
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
Headquarters location(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Office location(s)
- Kenya
Contacts
- Zoe Blossom
- Communications Manager
- zoe@kakenyasdream.org
- +15715274960
- Kakenya's Dream
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Kenya