Are there Universities in Kenya?

Yes, in Kenya there are 23 public universities and many private institutes. However, it is enough to compare the numbers with the Italian ones to notice the problems. In Italy there are 63 public universities, with a total of 1761573 students out of 60 million inhabitants, while in Kenya at the third of the institutes there are proportionately far fewer students even though the total population is the same. The reasons are many:

• the universities are located around the major cities of the country and are not distributed throughout the country, requiring expensive and unsafe travel;
• university fees and maintenance costs for the duration of the studies are not compatible with the meager earnings of the majority part of the population;
• many students start school after the age of ten and after completing their studies between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five it is believed that they should start a family and start working to maintain themselves and the families, instead of continuing to study

What can we do in this Situation?

We want to start small by raising awareness among our students and their families about the importance of the university qualification. We also hope to be able to sponsor the university studies of the best female students in each class who will graduate from high school. Our dream is to allow all girls to pursue their dreams, to become engineers, chemists, doctors, nurses and to be able to contribute to improvement of the living conditions of their community.