Education
School fees, uniforms, books and mentorship — so no child in Obura Ward is sent home from class because the harvest failed or a parent fell ill.
Sponsor a child
From the brickyard
to the classroom.
Some children here carry bricks before they carry books. We exist to change the order of that sentence — school fees paid, water made clean, plates made full, one household at a time.
Who we are
Neighbours, not outsiders.
The Henrietta Foundation is a community-based organisation working in Obura Ward, on the Kisumu shore of Lake Victoria. We were started by people who grew up on these same roads — which is why the work begins with a conversation, not a clipboard.
We move with local schools, churches, health volunteers and village elders to find the families who slip through every other net: the child pulled out of Standard Five to work, the household walking two hours for water, the widow with a skill and no capital.
Nothing leaves the county. Every shilling given goes into school fees and uniforms, water points, clinic days, and small businesses that let parents provide for their own — with dignity intact.
Come and see the workWhat we do
Three ways we lift together.
Water & health
Protected water points, community clinic days, and support for mothers and under-fives. Clean water is the cheapest medicine we have ever bought.
Fund a clinic dayLivelihoods
Skills training, table banking and start-up grants for widows and youth — turning a season of aid into a household that no longer needs it.
Back a businessWhere it goes
Counted one child at a time.
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Children kept in school
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Water points protected
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Clinic visits funded
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Of your gift spent in Kisumu
“They did not bring us a project. They asked what we already had, and then they helped us finish it.”
Village elder, Obura Ward
Give today
Your gift becomes
someone’s tomorrow.
A term of school fees, a month of clean water, a mother’s first stock of goods. Choose whichever door is easiest for you.
M-PESA
Paybill XXXXXX
Account HENRIETTA
Bank transfer
Write to us for account details and a signed donation receipt.
Give your time
Teach, mentor, build, or partner with us. Every skill is welcome.
Contact
Karibu — talk to us.
Visit
The Henrietta Foundation
Obura Ward, Kisumu County
Kenya