KEEPING AKILI GIRLS IN SCHOOL THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS

Dear Friends,

Because of you, something truly meaningful is unfolding, not just in classrooms, but in the life journeys of the girls you continue to support.

This year marks an important transition for many of our scholarship students. Having successfully completed high school in 2025, 12 girls are now preparing to join university and college this August, bringing our total number of students in higher education to 18. This is a significant milestone, one that reflects years of consistent support from this community, walking with these girls from primary school, through high school, and now into the next phase of their lives.

We are equally proud of the students still on this journey. 11 of our current Form 4 students will be sitting for their KCSE(High School Exit) exams later this year, and we look forward to supporting their transition into college in 2027. These transitions represent not just academic progression, but the steady building of opportunity across years.

As our recent graduates await university placement, we are intentionally supporting this transition period through our Youth Digital Literacy Program. Here, students are gaining practical skills in computer literacy, online safety, email communication, and responsible use of digital tools, skills that will be essential as they step into higher education and an increasingly digital world.

At the same time, we remain committed to strengthening the pipeline. We continue to support students in junior and senior secondary school, ensuring they are well prepared academically and exposed to opportunities that broaden their aspirations. Through our growing STEM mentorship initiatives, we are also equipping students in rural schools with access to hands-on learning and guidance as they make subject and career choices.

This moment is about more than results, it is about continuity. It is about seeing students not just complete school, but successfully transition into the next stage with confidence, skills, and support systems in place.

We are deeply grateful to you, our community of supporters, for making this possible. Your consistent generosity has ensured that these students are not only staying in school, but moving forward, step by step, toward brighter futures.

Thank you for walking this journey with us.

Dear friends,

This week has been a joyful and inspiring one for our scholarship community. We celebrated several Akili Scholarship students who have successfully graduated from high school. We are incredibly proud of these girls, their resilience, hard work, and determination continue to inspire us, and we cannot wait to see them take the next steps as they join college in the new year.

To honor their achievement, we hosted a small celebration where the graduates spent time together reflecting on their journeys and encouraging those coming after them.

For the rest of our students in lower grades, we organized an academic clinic focused on helping them strengthen their performance. During the session, students had one-on-one conversations with mentors about strategies for improving their grades. They also shared their own revision and study methods with each other, providing a supportive peer-learning environment. Every student created a personalized study timetable to guide their learning at home.

As we wrap up the year, we remain deeply motivated by the potential and commitment of these bright young women. Your support continues to open doors for them; doors to education, confidence, and the opportunity to lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

Thank you for standing with our girls and believing in their dreams.

Warm regards,

ROF TEAM