Nawiri, which means “to thrive” in Kiswahili,  is an alternative learning approach that places a strong focus on learners’ mental health and overall well-being. The Nawiri program aims to improve access to high-quality education by employing various creative mediums. Additionally, the program offers leardership development in life skills, entrepreneurship, and Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) to learners.

Through this approach, we incorporate literacy sessions and activities such as reading seminars, creative writing exercises, and spelling bees. These sessions are designed to empower learners to recognize their potential and thrive in a holistic manner.

The Nawiri Program strives to create a comprehensive educational experience that not only imparts knowledge but also nurtures learners’ personal growth and well-being

Literacy

The literacy program aims to strengthen learners through the acquisition of strong reading and writing skills, creating a reading culture, and promoting literacy as a fundamental tool for personal, educational, and societal development.

We are dedicated to providing quality education and fostering sustainability  in rural communities through the constructing of libraries  and refurbishing of structures to libraries and fit them with literacy books for leaners in our partner schools.

We host monthly reading seminars that aim to ignite a love for reading and empower young minds. These engaging and interactive events take place every third Saturday of the month, bringing together students, educators, and occasionally community members in a celebration of knowledge and learning.

Storytelling

This program aims to improve access to high-quality education by employing various creative  mediums that engage learners in and out of schoolroom with activities that help them understand their environment, build their personalities and develop cognitive skills with alternative learning methods including Poetry, Cultural Awareness, Music and Arts.

The Importance of the Storytelling Program is that, it has wide-reaching benefits for the learners that we serve, providing them with the tools to think creatively, innovate, and appreciate their diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Goal 

To provide holistic education through alternative  learning for the overall mental health and wellbeing for learners

Leadership Development

The Leadership Development program is offered to learners with the aim to support them on important life skills, practical skills and inspire them to value education for success regardless of their situations and backgrounds.

The program focuses on empowering learners  to understand how different experiences in life can affect their mental well being and upskill them to prepare them to navigate through life

This program is delivered through a number of methods Group mentorship and self awareness classes with leaners in schools with activities such as camps, talks, seminars and workshops.

  1. Entrepreneurship
  2. Mental Health
  3. Life Skills
  4. Health education
  5. Self Awareness

Klub Ujuzi

Klub Ujuzi is a children’s financial literacy club that trains learners on financial stewardship using the table banking approach while instilling practical skills through activities such as :-

  • Permaculture
  • Apiculture
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Beadwork
  • Weaving

Klub Ujuzi is designed for school-going children and youth ages 10-14 years (grade 4 to class 8). The club’s goal is to train learners on income-generating
activities and support them in improving their livelihood, mental health, and wellbeing.

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