KENNETH LUNGE (name has been changed to protect identity) Kenneth was born in 1988 near Kakamega, in Western Kenya. He is the first born in his family. After him there are two sisters and a brother. The first years of primary education he did in his home district. He could not always attend school because […]
Examples of immediate needs of assistance to individuals: Wison and Ken
WILSON ODHIAMBO (the name has been changed to protect privacy): The case: Wilson was born in late 1992 in a village on the shores of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya. His father was a fisherman and his mother a housewife. Wilson’s father died in January 2000 of “Malaria” probably Aids. His mother died on in […]
Example of assistance to education of individuals: James and his sisters
James and his sisters: This family consists of four orphaned young adults, one man and three women. The parents were killed in late 1997 as a result of tribal clashes in the pre-election period. The family is from the Kikuyu tribe (originally from central Kenya), but owed a farm in the northwest of the country, […]
Tree planting and deworming by AAR Beckmann Trust

Watu Kwa Watu has linked the schools, assisted under the Polish funded “School of Health” 2011 and 2012 projects, with the AAR Beckmann Trust of Kenya, which has organized, funded and implemented tree planting on the school grounds. AAR Beckmann Trust is also planning to continue with regular deworming of children in these schools, following […]
2012 Assistance to Schools serving poorest sectors of population, funded by Polish Aid
In 2012 the project “School of Health 2012” has been implemented directly by Watu Kwa Watu Charitable Trust, with Pol Aid (Polish Development Assistance) funds being transferred into Watu Kwa Watu bank accounts by Partners Poland Foundation, with the Project Manager funded directly by Partners Poland. The project has covered 7 schools (3 continuing from […]
2010 and 2011 Assistance to Schools serving poorest sectors of population, funded by Polish Aid
After several years of direct assistance by the Trustees to the St. Phillip’s School Mathare, in Mathare Valley, one of the poorest slums of Nairobi, the Trustees have established in 2010 collaboration with a Partners Poland Foundation, Warsaw, Poland, which was able to secure funding of Pol Aid (Development Assistance of Poland), for a series […]
2011 and 2012 Assistance with educational costs of individuals
During 2011 and 2012 assistance was provided to 16 children and young adults, orphans and hlaf-orphans. 9 of the were boys and 7 girls. In majority of cases the assistance has started earlier, as a private effort of the Trustees. Funding came from donors in Poland, Denmark, Switzerland and Germany, as well as from Trustees […]
The way ahead
So far the improvements, described in the posts concerning assistance to specific poorest schools, have been implemented by the two projects of the Polish NGO Partners Poland, jointly with Watu kwa Watu, with the funding of the Polish International Assistance Program (PolAid), and by two grants from the Social Concerns Committee of the Catholic International […]
Starkid School and Rescue Centre Feeding Program and Electrification, funded by the CIC
Watu kwa Watu has assisted Starkid School and Rescue Center in applying and securing funding for one-year feeding programme for 230 children of the Primary (from April 2012 up to end March 2013), as well as for the electrification of the School. Funding has been provided directly to the School by the Social Concerns’ Committee […]