A classroom with no desks. A teacher who hasn't been paid in months. A student who stops going to school because the family needs an extra pair of hands. These are stories that repeat themselves, and that often stay invisible.
We've seen them up close, because we've been there: we're university students, researchers and teachers who have lived and taught in Kenya and Tanzania. There, we put our academic experience to work for the people working on the ground every day, the teaching staff, the local institutions, to guarantee dozens of students free, quality access to education.
STORM Project was born to secure a future for the girls of Maralal, Kenya, but it dreams of extending its support to hundreds of new students, pulling them away from a life of abuse and poverty.
Want to be part of this change?
Our principle
We do not bring projects or solutions from outside. We work within the communities where we operate, listening to and being guided by those who live there every day. We support and fund only initiatives conceived, initiated and led by local communities.
Every storm begins with a single drop
In Samburu County, appreciation can take the sound of rain. It begins with one finger tapping against the palm of a hand. Then another joins, and another, until the sound grows and gentle rain becomes a storm of applause.
This image is where our name comes from: STORM, STudy to transfORM.
We chose it to celebrate the students we meet, and to return the trust and appreciation they've shown us. We don't want to be at the centre of their story. Our role is to walk alongside them as they build the knowledge, freedom and tools to transform their own future, and help transform their communities.
Because every storm begins with a single drop. And every great transformation begins with someone who chooses to believe in it.
Discover our storyA drop of change
Glorius is a student who exemplifies the program we run with Nielimishe. Even after finishing secondary school, we kept following her: we supported her through her university years at Strathmore University, which sponsored her with a scholarship, and now that she's completed a degree in Economics, she wants to support other students herself, taking on a mentor role.
Our projects
This is what we are doing and what we could do thanks to you
Maralal, Kenya 12/2024
Irene School Maralal A boarding school for girls that has taken in poor students and students fleeing early marriage and genital mutilation since 2018. Over 40 graduates, 10+ students at university.
Kakuma → Maralal, Kenya ongoing
Kakuma Refugee Camp In the Kakuma refugee camp (200,000 people), only 6% of eligible students reach secondary school. We sponsor the transfer of some students to Irene School in Maralal: far from the camp, closer to a future.
Samburu County, Kenya ongoing
ILEPU School Our school for the years ahead: 10 hectares of land bought in 2024, in partnership with Nielimishe Foundation, a Kenyan organization that will run it directly. A self-sustaining, replicable model.
Maralal and South Horr, Kenya ongoing
Basketball training A complete education includes sport too: basketball helps students build discipline, teamwork, confidence and wellbeing, both in and beyond the classroom.
Our impact
These are more than numbers. They are the stories of the people we have met and walked alongside, supporting them as they shape their own paths and pursue their dreams.
people reached
students supported
students admitted to university
volunteers from all over the world
Educating a girl means educating a community.
Peter Musau
Founder of Nielimishe