Tag: Hatua Network 
The Nyali Community Library Becomes a Hub for Local Children During School Break
June 23, 2023
In this fast-paced digital age, where the internet marks a great percentage of our interactions, children are often left to watch television and hardly get time to interact outside school. In such a time, there is something remarkably enriching about a visit to a community library, more specifically in this case, the Hatua Nyali Community […]
#HowWeMadeIt: Sharon Otieno on Becoming a Young Trailblazer and an Erasmus Mundus Scholar in Europe
September 27, 2022
So, who is Sharon Anyango? Sharon Anyango isn’t your average 26-year-old. In fact, for the talented and ambitious Sharon, average isn’t the kind of career she wants to build. Since starting her industrial attachments and internships, Sharon has always been looking to the future and thoughtfully planning each step of her career. How it […]
Celebrating 9 years of growth with Segal Family Foundation
July 28, 2022
For close to a decade, Segal Family Foundation (SFF) has been one of Hatua Network’s key partners, working with us to break the cycle of poverty for youth in Mombasa. In 2013, we were still a fledgling non-profit, abundant with vision but lacking the funding we needed to implement all of our ambitious ideas. In […]
Alumni Feature: Sylvia Ouma on her scholarship journey and being the family breadwinner
April 29, 2022
For Sylvia Ouma, Hatua’s Finance Officer, receiving a Hatua scholarship was about putting her family first. It meant living her dream and lifting her family out of their challenging financial situation. Sylvia’s scholarship journey led her to become someone her family could rely on. We sat down with Sylvia to find out more about […]
Daniel Kalasa on how mentoring shaped his career and led him to Hungary
October 29, 2021
Some might say that Daniel Kalasa was born under a lucky star. With one term left to his KCPE examination, Daniel’s father sat him down and admitted that he couldn’t be able to support both Daniel and his older brother (who was also doing his KCPE examination the same year) through high school. “I […]
July 5, 2021
Mombasa, Kenya (July 5, 2021) Hatua Network is excited to announce its three-year partnership with If International Foundation. Under its Education Thematic Domain, the Foundation has pledged to support Hatua over the next three years and help it extend its scholarship recruitment efforts to reach all public primary schools in Mombasa county. “Hatua is […]
Hatua’s student selection process in the midst of a global pandemic
June 24, 2021
Hatua’s scholarship selection process is well known by many to be very rigorous. We review hundreds of applications from a pool of bright, and deserving students who need financial aid before selecting those who will join our ten year scholarship program. The person behind this process is Steve Biko, Hatua’s Scholarship Officer. We sat down […]
June 24, 2021
Hatua began its Fortified Uji Project in 2020 right before the pandemic forced schools to shut down. No students meant no uji (porridge); and the project, like so many others, went on a hiatus. When schools opened in January, Evans Omondi, Hatua’s Library Coordinator, spent more than a few sleepless nights working to get […]
How Nancy is spearheading mentoring for the 21st century workplace
June 24, 2021
Mentoring lies at the heart of Hatua’s scholarship program. It evolved from its humble beginnings as Sunday afternoon sessions which tackled simple topics such as how to make good decisions into what it is today — a solid curriculum touching on global, career-relevant topics and issues. Since January this year, Nancy Wairimu, has been spearheading […]
This is how Anita, Hatua’s “mentorship matchmaker”, works her magic!
June 24, 2021
At the beginning of 2021, Hatua was lucky enough to welcome some amazing people into our team. One of those people is Anita Akinyi, Hatua’s University Mentoring Coordinator. Anita wears many hats in her new role at Hatua. And a lot of exciting things have been happening since she started in January. We decided to […]