Safaricom Foundation has launched a programme to equip four primary and secondary schools in Shinyalu Constituency, Kakamega County with modern learning aids.
First beneficiaries were pupils and teachers of Shirulu Primary and Junior Secondary School in the constituency.
Area MP Fred Ikana, who delivered the modern learning aids to the institution on Friday, June 7 said his main objective was to partner with such like-minded organisations and individuals to improve the learning environments in schools in his constituency.
“In collaboration with my development partners, Safaricom Foundation, we have delivered new modern lockers and chairs to the pupils and teachers of Shirulu Primary School and JSS,” the MP said.

“I also got an opportunity to share various developmental plans I have for the Shirulu community with the parents and teachers over lunch,” he added.
Ikana said a similar programme was being extended to St Antony Iloro Primary; St Paul’s Shibuye Boys Primary and St Philip’s Mukomari Girls Secondary schools in the constituency.
He said they had finalized issuance and education bursaries to secondary schools for students from the constituency.

The telco company, Safaricom, which made an official entry into the Kenyan market with a slogan ‘The Better Option’ in 2000 has grown in leaps and bounds boasting of over 40 million subscribers and it has given birth to two important institutions — Safaricom and Mpesa Foundations — that have transformed lives tremendously.
Safaricom Foundation, one of the telco’s Corporate Social Investment since its establishment more than two decades ago has been a safe haven for hundreds of lives having invested over KSh5 billion in transforming more than 8 million lives in all 47 Counties.

In Education, the foundation is working with partners to contribute towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Development (SDG) Goal number 4 that focusses on ensuring inclusive and quality education for all and promoting lifelong learning.
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For more than 20 years, the foundation has provided grants to partners to deliver outcomes that have among others Increased relevant learning materials and improved learning spaces across all regions in the country; Increased access to educational opportunities for children with disabilities and children from nomadic pastoralist communities; Increased access to ICT (Information, Communication and Technology) education for both teachers and students; Improved both teacher and student competencies in literacy and numeracy (particularly mathematics).
During the recent celebrations Safaricom PLC Chief Executive Mr Peter Ndegwa and Safaricom Foundation Chairman Mr Joe Ogutu said they have developed a partnership model to enable the foundation reach all areas of the country offering impactful solutions to nationwide Education, Health and Economic Empowerment challenges.

“In this 2023 to 2026 Safaricom Foundation strategy, we will heavily leverage technology across the three pillars to improve efficiency and scale impact. By 2026, we hope that Safaricom Foundation will have proven that it is possible to impact the community through technological interventions,” said Chief Executive Mr Ndegwa.
“As we celebrate 20 years of transforming lives, we have learned a lot and developed key insights into how we approach philanthropy. One key strategy that has defined our interventions is partnerships with experts in the fields we seek to create impact, and with the communities we aim to transform. As we look to the future and implement our 2023-2026 strategy, partnerships will remain important in our work as a Foundation,” said Safaricom Foundation Chair Mr Joe.
By Dennis Lumiti and Joseph Mambili
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