Ngong Road Children's Foundation

We empower Nairobi children living in poverty to transform their lives through education and support, leading to employment.

Susan Success Story

Susan has been able to fulfill her dreams of completing her studies and finally graduating. When she joined the program as a young girl, she said that she wanted to help the less fortunate children in the future in any way possible. She was determined to complete her studies and succeed in her chosen career path.

Susan has finally been able to complete her studies and graduated! She was studying at the Thika School of Medical and Health Sciences where she took a course in community development and social work. This particular course will allow her to not only help the less fortunate children, but to also help the people in her community as well. She will be able to improve the quality of their lives, help them address the socioeconomic barriers that often lead to poverty, crime, poor health, and so on.

Susan hopes to get a job where she can transform society by helping the vulnerable and championing better lives for other less fortunate children like she was.

Tabitha Graduation Story

Tabitha is a calm and collected young girl yet very ambitious and resilient. She joined the program in 2008 when she was a young girl in grade 3. She worked hard through her primary, secondary, and university studies and today, she is one of our successful graduates. 

In her university studies, she pursued a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and specialized in Procurement and Logistics at the Kenya Methodist University. 

Currently, she is a contractor for NRCF and Karibu Loo under the TechMates program specializing in Digital Marketing. This is after she underwent 6 months of training under the program. She is also a Blockchain Website Translator and content writer for Lido Nation which is a Cardano staking pool. 

Tabitha hopes to reach more milestones in her career and inspire young girls.

An Incredible Trip For Carole, The New Executive Director (Friends of Ngong Road)

My first trip to Nairobi was an exceptional experience in community and capacity building. The focus of my two weeks was spent on understanding the staff’s work, interacting with the students, and visiting board members. My biggest takeaway is the sense of community that welcomes the students and their families when they join the NRCF (Ngong Road Children’s Foundation) community. They are embraced with joy and high expectations.

The new Elimu Hub student center is busy! Lucy Iguri (in blue) and Victor Wambua have made creative and professional contributions to the library collection, including tagging the books per a system emulated from another library, and developing a Google Form for book tracking and checkout. Lucy developed guidelines to address how to curate and manage the collection. Pictured is a group of students who spied a new pile of books on Lucy’s desk and pressed her to enter them into the system so they could start reading!

Between one-to-one meetings, Saturday Programme, lunches, and weekend activities, I was able to get to know the individual NRCF and KLL (Karibu Loo) staff members and have the privilege of hearing their stories. The most impressionable stories were those with the staff who are also program alumni. 

Here are two NRCF alumni entrepreneurs: Patrick and Leonard! 

Delivering loos with John and Martin, both NRCF beneficiaries.

Meeting former board member Edna with Callen and family. Visiting Kelvin’s son Taj.

At Saturday Programme, I could see the layers of connectedness between Case Managers, students, and supportive people such as the Saturday Programme cook and nurse. The children radiate delight at having games, activities, and books that they would not otherwise be able to access. The students in the red shirts are the choir.

Shanice is a newly sponsored student. She took a book home from Saturday program, and when she came with her mother to pick up her uniform, Alice said she read it to her sister all evening. Here she is coming back for more! Future librarian?!

Being immersed in the NRCF community solidified for me why I was compelled to join this organization. We provide equal opportunity to children who, due to economic disparities, would not otherwise believe that they would obtain a college education. Their beaming faces project a sense of security in a circle of supportive peers, mentors, and caregivers among whom they grow up.

Help us run our student-support programs

We need your help to run and enhance the Saturday Programme and all our student-support programs. Normally during this time, we would be preparing (and raising funds) for August Camp, which our students love. As a result of COVID, they will instead be attending school for most of August to make up for lost education time. We hope to resume camp in 2023, and this year we have added expanded programming to our very popular Saturday Programme during the students’ shortened school breaks.

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Saturday Programme is educational and fun

Each Saturday the students enjoy a variety of fun and engaging activities such as:

  • Games and physical activities to facilitate teamwork and physical awareness
  • Cognitive activities including book reading and puzzle games to support learning
  • Expressive art therapy to help with life’s challenges
  • Clubs, such as drama, music, and Taekwondo to support a broadening of interests 
  • And importantly, a healthy lunch

In addition to the Saturday Programme, we provide age-appropriate programming throughout the year such as Life Skills training, Sexual and Reproductive Health sessions, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Education, Career Development, and Entrepreneurship Training. 

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