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Bursaries & skills

School and college fees, degrees, driving licences and practical training that lead to real jobs.

Where
Coast, Mara & Laikipia
When
Ongoing
Status
Active
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Where it started

GIFT’s first university sponsorship was a pilot with A Rocha Kenya. It fully funded a degree for the student who showed the strongest commitment to using it for their community and environment.

What GIFT funds now

Every year GIFT pays school and college fees for students on the coast, in the Mara and in Laikipia. Recent support has included:

  • a place on a medical degree
  • a BSc in Travel & Tourism Management at Mount Kenya University (from 2025–26)
  • driving lessons and licences
  • training to operate construction plant
  • help with passports and birth certificates, which young people need to study and work

Where it leads

  • In June 2023 a student from a GIFT-supported Maasai community graduated.
  • A former student now drives a water tanker to remote communities.
  • After passing his driving test, a Mara student is volunteering at a tourist camp.
  • The coast’s Honey Centre is managed by a graduate whose studies GIFT supported.

More education & schools

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Across Kenya

Teacher training

Workshops in Education for Sustainable Development for more than 500 teachers, from Western Kenya to the coast.

Young pupils at wooden desks in a classroom with a 'Subtraction' chart

Mara, Nairobi, Laikipia & coast

Schools we've supported

Classrooms, desks, textbooks, teachers' salaries and first-aid kits, from GIFT's first Maasai school to a school for deaf children on the coast.

Small grants, real change

Every gift goes to projects that communities have chosen and run themselves.

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