Winnie Wamuyu comes from a very poor village in the district of Nanyuki in Kenya. Her father left when she was young and her mother remarried. When Winnie was a grade nine student at Tigithi […]

Pauline Kagendo’s story begins with her daughter, Sarnaver, who, in 2015, was a Form 4 student at Loise Secondary School.  Sarnaver was the top student at her school and was chosen to stay with Canadian […]

Robert Morijoh was 18 years old (Class 8) when we met him at Uaso-Nyiro Primary School in 2012.  He is playing a hand-made Massai guitar called a lchamuke which he practices every night. The theme of […]

Helen Kariuku was a young Kikuyu student who had a dream to go to university to become a special needs teacher. Her mother had died of cancer and her father wanted her stay home to […]

Joel Ndung’u was struggling to keep up his high marks at Sweetwaters Secondary because his family home had burnt down and he and 11 members of his family were taking turns sleeping in a tiny mud […]

In 2008, we stayed at the Jumia Resort Centre in Limuru, a couple hours southwest of Nanyuki.  We decided to go for a walk to see the local farms.  We noticed a young boy following […]

A few questions for Richard Vigne, CEO of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy: 1)  Where were you born? Kericho, Kenya 2) Where did you go to school? Ampleforth College in England, Newcastle and Cranfield Universities in England – Zoology and an MBA 3) How long have you […]

Ian has worked for PA-MOJA for two years. He is passionate about Butterfly Effect and the voice that it gives to young people in Kenya. In 2016, Ian travelled to Canada with three students from […]

Elizabeth Nyawira and Hellen Njoki are the main cooks at Pelican House. They have become an integral part of the PA-MOJA  team and have taught us many lessons about Kenyan culture. They both have small […]

John Mwangi has been driving for PA-MOJA for four years. He has a wife and three children, one of whom, he adopted when his sister passed away.  John is more than a driver and has […]

John Kobia has been a driver for the Ol Pejeta Conservancy for over ten years.   John speaks six languages including, English, Meru, Swahili, Samburu, Turkana and Kikuyu.  He has taken us on dozens of […]

Over the years, PA-MOJA has struggled with an existential dilemma that challenges many NGOs with interests and partners in Africa and frequently remains unresolved: Charity vs. partnership. At what point does one become the other […]

Getting through high school is probably the greatest and most important challenge in the education career of a needy Kenyan student. The fee alone is daunting for the parents and many children are forced to […]

Between January and June 2016, three Kenyan boys – alumna of Tigithi Secondary School divided their time between as many Canadian sister schools as they could fit in their incredibly full calendar. They were the […]

In just 10 years, the partnership between PA-MOJA and the Ol Pejeta Conservancy has resulted in numerous successful community development initiatives, specifically in education. Schools have been built, numerous bursaries awarded and plenty of lives […]

By Ashli Akins “Why the heck are you bringing your javelin with you to Kenya?” my friend laughed at me. Another just said, “Okay, I don’t even want to know why.” It all started over […]

Between January 23 and March 25 2016, three Kenyan boys from one of our sister schools in Kenya, Tigithi Secondary  arrived in Canada to visit their sister schools and work as PA-MOJA ambassadors from Kenya. […]

Komba Suleiman Tunu Komba knows better than most of us how it feels to be alone. He is the child of a single mother who decided she was done with being a mum when he […]

PA-MOJA is honoured to have multiple award winning musician Alpha Yaya Diallo play at our 10-Year Celebration Dinner being held at Newland’s Golf and Country Club on April 8th, 2016.  This is an exceptional opportunity […]