Current Initiative: Pathfinder Academy
About Pathfinder Academy
Pathfinder Academy, a primary school located in Kiminini, Kenya, offers education to more than 465 students, primarily orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). The school has both day students and boarding students. Pathfinder is consistently ranked as the top primary school in the district, with students performing better on standardized testing than students from any other school in the area.
As many of the students are OVCs, they often do not have parents or caretakers to pay their school fees. Pathfinder tries to accommodate such students as it believes that no child should be deprived of an education, but it is virtually impossible to run a school where the majority of students cannot pay to attend.
Therefore, Pathfinder relies on funds generated from its agriculture and livestock projects, volunteers, donors and student sponsors in order to continue providing a top quality education to its students.
Background
World Kindness Coalition (WKC) is currently supporting Pathfinder Academy, a registered Kenyan non-governmental organization. Pathfinder Primary believes that no child should be deprived of schooling and strives to provide a top-notch education to promising orphans and vulnerable children who otherwise would not receive one.
With the help of generous sponsors from around the world, hundreds of bright children have graduated from Pathfinder Academy, continued their schooling, and gone on to become productive members of society.
When James Crenshaw, cofounder of WKC, first visited the program in Kenya, he left with a deep desire to help find the resources needed to help this community flourish
Helping Students Thrive
The cost to support these students is equivalent to an average yearly subscription for many conveniences we enjoy in the US.
Student tuition fee
$300 per year ($25 monthly)
Student boarding fee
$360 per year ($30 monthly)
Sponsor a day scholar
$156 per year ($13 monthly)
Sponsor a boarding pupil
$450 per year
One-year lunch for a student
$60 per year
Writing and reading materials for a whole year per pupil
$60 per year
Locker and a chair
$30 per year
Our goal is to raise $40,000 dollars,
or enough to sponsor 60 students’ room and board.
Joshua's Story
Joshua is an experienced community mobilizer who spent over thirty years working on education management, conservation and food, finance, social justice, and human rights within his local communities and abroad.
Joshua has always been keen on promoting creative thinking among the local youths. After graduating from Manor House Agricultural College in 1991, he joined the World Bank/ODA as the Community Liaison Coordinator. He later left the World Bank and founded Common Ground for Africa to fulfill his hope to alleviate poverty in Africa, starting from his own community. His passion to help the poor has enabled him to traverse the world and meet with global leaders, such as Nelson Mandela and Kenneth Kaunda, to bring change to the world.
How to Donate
Our financial steward, Village Volunteers, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization who handles your donation. All donations are tax deductible.
When you click DONATE, you will be redirected to a Paypal donation link that reads “Make your donation for Common Ground for Africa!"
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