Beyond the Debates: Sustaining Philanthropy in the Kenyan Education Sector

Presented at the Givers’ Lounge Held on 15/02/2012

By Nicanor Sabula, Chief Executive Officer, EAAG

Objectives of presentation To Provide an Analysis of the

requirements of grantors who offer scholarships for Secondary Education in Kenya

Aim is to Demonstrate that there exist a possibility of many deserving poor students being left out by the requirements set by grantors.

Approach

Presentation will review requirements from the Corporate Foundations Community Foundations/Trusts Family/Individual Foundations/Trusts Faith based

Corporate FoundationsFoundation/Trust

Pass Mark

Social Status

Basic Requirement

Other/info Requirements

Jomo Kenyatta Foundation

Above 350

•Orphaned/Disadvantaged Family

•Good Discipline•Admitted in Public School

•Public School Pupils Preferred

KCB Foundation

Above 400

Students from needy households

Admitted to National or Provincial School

•Statement of Need•Family Profile •Letter from spiritual leader•Letter from local leader

Kenol/Kobil Scholarship Fund

- •Mainlyorphaned and/or destitute children

•Admitted to National or Provincial School

•Beneficiaries selected annually from the eight provinces in Kenya

Corporate FoundationsFoundation/Trust

Pass Mark

Social Status

Basic Requirement

Other Requirements

Equity Foundation

Above 350

•Academically gifted yet economically and socially marginalized

•Proof of admission to secondary school

Rhino Cement Foundation

Above 350

Must be from needy family.

•Proof of admission to secondary school•Cover Letter•Letter from the primary from where you sat your K.C.P.E

•Letter from the provincial administrator •Letter from the clergy ( Local pastor•Proof of parent’s income statement/salary advice

Corporate FoundationsFoundation/Trust

Pass Mark

Social Status

Basic Requirement

Other Requirements

Co-operative Bank Foundation

Above 350

Bright but less endowed Kenya children

•Form 1 admission•At least one of the parents of student must be or have been a member of a Co-operative society•Orphans will be eligible provided at least one of the deceased parents was a member of a Co-operative Society.

Sponsorship open for both public and private secondary schools provides annual fees is less than 50,000/-

Family Trusts & FoundationsFoundation/

TrustPass Mark

Social Status Basic Requirement

Other Info/ Requirements

Hilde Back Education Fund

Above 380

•Be an orphan or from a poor family

•Form one-admission letter/joining instructions•Maintain good academic performance•Relevant recommendation letters

•Available for candidates from Garissa, Githunguri, Homa Bay, Kibwezi, Kilifi, Likuyani, Narok, Tharaka South, Turkana, Voi and West Pokot Districts

Palmhouse Foundation

Above 380

Bright and talented children from poor families

•Admitted to National or Provincial School

•Students who have attended poorly equipped rural primary schools

Community Based Trusts & Foundations/ NGOs

Foundation/Trust

Pass Mark

Social Status Basic Requirement

Other Info/ Requirements

Kenya Education Fund (KEF)

Above 290

•Recipients range from urban slum-dwellers to rural nomadic families to refugees raised in Kenyan camps•Children of peasant farmers

•Form one-admission letter•Prove that you have no means of paying for high school on your own

For equity scholarship is awarded considering50% Girls50% Boys50% Nomadic50% Non-nomadic

Akili Dada Determined by Schools Admission

Bright and talented children from poor families

•Admitted to National or Provincial Schools that work with Akili Dada

•Students who have attended poorly equipped

Community Based Trusts & Foundations/ NGOs

Foundation/Trust

Pass Mark

Social Status

Basic Requirement

Other Requirements

Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF)

320 marks for girls and 350 for boys

Orphaned or destitute or extremely poor

•Admitted to a registered/accredited public secondary school•Exhibit good behaviour both before and after receiving the scholarship

•Priority given to beneficiary students’ families and communities to make at least some contribution towards the expenses of the student•KCDF is likely to exercise positive discrimination for scholarships for female students,

Scholarships Awarded in 2011Institution No. of

ScholarshipsAmount (Ksh)

Jomo Kenyatta Foundation 280 28,000,000

Equity Group Foundation 2,144

KenolKobil Scholarship Fund ? ?

KCB Foundation 115 ?

Rhino Cement Foundation ?

Co-operative Bank Foundation 350 ( in 2011) 17,500,000

Hilde Back Education Fund 110…still going on and could get to 200

?

Palmhouse Foundation 60 ?

Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF)

Kenya Education Fund (KEF) 143 ?

Observation & Conclusion There is Increased interest from Corporate

Foundations Corporate Foundations increasingly

administering own scholarship programmes Community Foundations seem to have

lowered pass marks. Why? Could it be that they come face to face with poverty in communities they work with?

Family Foundations seem to lay emphasis on high marks perhaps owing to personal beliefs of the founder/s