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This Giving Tuesday, Children Need Us More Than Ever — and Your Gift Will Be Matched!

by Kupenda

  • Posted on November 19, 2025

This year’s foreign aid freeze has left more than 23,000 people in Kilifi, Kenya without access to essential care. But the greatest threat many children face isn’t just the loss of services — it is theĀ deepening stigmaĀ that follows. When families can’t access medical care, harmful beliefs often resurface. Children with disabilities are once again being…



Finding Purpose in Kilifi: My Journey Volunteering with Kuhenza in Kenya

by Kupenda

  • Posted on October 21, 2025

By: Deborah Schultz How I Landed in Kilifi I’m a pediatric occupational therapist living north of Boston, Massachusetts. For years, I’ve dreamed of participating in a mission trip—an opportunity to share my skills, learn from others, and give back in a meaningful way. But between building a career and raising four daughters, the timing never…



Shaping Inclusion: How Mainstreaming a Child with a Disability Transformed a School and Inspired a Community

by Kupenda

  • Posted on October 8, 2025

Furaha Samuel, a 21-year-old girl with brittle bone disease from Mongotini, Kilifi County, spent her early education in boarding special schools—Gede Special School for primary and Sahajanad Special Secondary School for secondary. After her first year in secondary school, Furaha did not want to return to Sahajanad, citing insufficient support and the distance from home.…



How Baraka is Thriving in a Vocation Program and Inspiring His Peers and Teachers to Support Inclusion for Students who are Hard of Hearing

by Veronicah Kuria

  • Posted on October 8, 2025

Baraka George, a young man who is hard of hearing, is making history at Adu Vocational Training Center. Thanks to the advocacy efforts of Kupenda for the Children and the commitment of his father—who trained as a disability advocate in Kupenda’s first parents’ workshop—Baraka enrolled at Adu Vocational Center this year, even though the school…



How Inclusive Education Gives Children Like Martin Independence and Inspires Schools to Change

by Veronicah Kuria

  • Posted on October 8, 2025

Kupenda’s inclusive education initiatives are helping children with disabilities like Martin gain independence and dignity while inspiring schools to become more accessible and inclusive. Martin is a bright boy with muscular dystrophy enrolled in a mainstream primary school in Jilore, Kilifi County. Although determined to learn, his physical challenges made each school day painful and…



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