Upeo Wa Macho

Check out recent pics of our brilliant students.

And if you haven't donated to our end of year fundraising campaign, please do! https://give.classy.org/upeo2016drive

While we've been quietly going about our mission of improving talented young Kenyans' access to education, we have also been revamping our website.

is a great opportunity to share it with the world. Check it out via the link below! (also donate!!)

http://upeowamacho.org

upeowamacho.org

Upeo Instagram is up and running! Spread the word and follow for updates on our students, fundraisers, and how you can get involved!

Few days left in Upeo's end of year fundraising campaign! We're an all volunteer run organization with minimal overhead making an enormous impact. There's no better place to direct your charitable giving!

We're 70% of our way to 6K. Help us close the gap!

https://www.youcaring.com/UpeoHolidayFundraiser

Change a Life: Give the Gift of Education Seasons Greetings! The holidays have arrived once again. That means it's a time to step back and appreciate what truly matters in life. For myself and most others, this lengthy list includes friends, family, good health, hope for 2015 and on and on. However, my time in Kenya taught me there are...

‘To be educated means… I will not only be able to help myself, but also my family, my country, my people. The benefits will be many.’ ~ Meda Wagtole, Ethiopia

efareport.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/why-girls-education-matters/

Why girls' education matters With 31 million girls of primary school age out of school, and 17 million expected never to enter school at all, the situation for girls’ education desperately needs addressing. But why does it mat...

Interesting article that uses the slow down in coverage of the Nigerian schoolgirl abduction to make important points about investing in education in developing countries.

Simply put, the world is falling short. Education is the only way to create lasting change in places that suffer from poverty or hateful ideologies. Yet we continuously put other initiatives ahead of it.

The bright side is we can do a lot with a little. What most people in the US spend on rent in a month is more than what it costs to send a Kenyan student to school for a full year. Please consider supporting Upeo or other organizations that are making a real impact in this hugely important area.


"Yet we’ve also learned that done right, education changes almost everything. Evidence suggests that educating girls increases productivity, raises health standards, reduces birthrates and undermines extremism.

Drones and missiles can fight terrorism, but an even more transformative weapon is a girl with a book, and it’s one that is remarkably cost-effective. For the price of a single Tomahawk cruise missile, it’s possible to build about 20 schools.

Many of the world’s poor understand the power of education. I’ve seen children in Liberia who lack lights at home do their homework at night under street lamps. I’ve been moved by parents in India and Pakistan going hungry to pay school fees for their children.

A fierce ambition to study explains why those 219 girls in northern Nigeria showed up to take their final exams even though they knew the risks of terrorism. Some of those girls dreamed of becoming teachers, doctors, lawyers — and now they may be enslaved in a forest and perhaps married off to Islamic militants."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-those-girls-havent-been-brought-back.html?_r=0

Those Girls Haven’t Been Brought Back Leaders love to talk a good game on promoting education, but they don’t deliver.

Interesting trend. A very positive sign about the job prospects of our scholars for when they graduate.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101588781

Carlyle's Africa fund blows past its asset targets Carlyle has raised $698 million for its dedicated Africa fund, nearly $200 million above its initial target.

Gets to the core of why we do what we do at Upeo.

http://www.upworthy.com/what-can-you-expect-when-more-than-half-of-your-continent-is-under-the-age-of-25?c=

What You Can Expect From Africa Isn't What Many Of Us Have Been Taught To Expect From Africa More than 50% of the continent is under the age of 25, and it's showing in a big way.

“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farmworkers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.” – Nelson Mandela