Tag: Kenya 
Communication Skills for our First Cohort of Junior Secondary Students
August 13, 2023
Communication! Talking, writing and non-verbal gestures are probably what comes to your mind when you hear this term. To Hatua, it is not just a skill, it is one of the core competencies that we strive to equip our students with in preparation for the workforce. The Junior Secondary mentoring bootcamp themed; ‘There is value […]
Empowering Futures Through Mentorship
June 29, 2023
At the heart of every successful young person is mentorship. Holding the hand of a young person and offering accurate information on issues affecting them and the community is the focus of our secondary mentoring program. Mentorship the Hatua way: Holiday mentoring programs at Hatua provide a structured framework for our students to receive guidance […]
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 […]
Cynthia Gathoni & Montana Ochieng: How Mentorship Shaped our Lives
April 13, 2023
Hatua’s mentoring program is a foundational pillar of our scholarship. Throughout their eight-year journey, our students are equipped with critical soft skills that will help them thrive in the 21st-century workforce. Among the youth we’re proud to see excel in our mentoring program are Cynthia Gathoni and Montana Ochieng, who are recent high school graduates […]
#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 […]
September 6, 2022
Over the course of two days in August, Hatua gathered 50 mentors, 11 companies and 168 college and university students in Shanzu for our Annual Student Camp and All Mentors Forum. The two events are the highlight of our tertiary mentoring program because we get the opportunity to meet in person and interact with our […]
Mentor Finds Fulfillment Helping Mentee Discover her Passion for Teaching
August 16, 2022
A shared love for the Kiswahili language brought Mwanabiishe Mwamagadi and her mentor, Madam Meme Majiwa together. Md. Majiwa was Mwanabiishe’s Kiswahili teacher at Shika Adabu High School in Likoni. When Mwanabiishe joined Umma University to study Kiswahili and Islamic Religious Education, she naturally decided to go back to the one person she knew who […]
Adan Mohammed is using his leadership skills to become an activist for maths in schools
July 5, 2022
In any leadership committee, Adan Mohammed’s quiet and unassuming composure is easy enough to draw one’s curiosity. When it’s his turn to speak, Adan’s demeanor changes into one that can easily inspire a crowd to action. Leadership comes effortlessly to Adan, and so does finance. As a child, Adan’s passion for leadership and finance began […]
Kevin Mirikwa on Passion, Grit and the Role of Mentors
June 17, 2022
From an early age, Kevin Paul Mirikwa knew that teaching was his true calling. This is because teaching is a two-way street which would allow him to improve himself and impact the greater society right from the very beginning. “I want to use my skills towards the betterment of myself, my family, society, my nation […]
Hatua holiday mentoring receives a major upgrade
May 3, 2022
Up until recently Hatua’s holiday mentoring programs have always been an in-house affair designed and implemented by our mentoring team based on our years of experience working with youth. As Hatua has grown and we have spread our wings to serve more and more youth, we recognized we needed to further develop our mentoring program […]