KWES Foundation was granted Dutch ANBI Status effective 30th May 2024. Our registration number (RSIN) is 827643858. Our ANBI Status validity can be verified via the Dutch Tax Authority’s website [here]. The Dutch fiscal benefits that follow from our ANBI status are explained [here]. We are happy to report that we have been granted ANBI […]
Kibera Libraries Program
The Kibera Libraries Program is now completed. The libraries were opened on September 2nd 2024 and serve over 180 young learners every week! At the start of 2024, KWES Foundation provided a grant to The Turning Point Trust to cover the costs of books needed for the establishment of a school library within the Fountains […]
2023 Annual Report
2023 was our first year of operations. We registered the KWES Foundation as a domestic nonprofit corporation in the State of Texas (USA) in May 2023. Later in the year we received a determination letter for the IRS that confirmed KWES Foundation as a Federal Income Tax-Exempt Organization under Section 501(c)(1) of the US tax […]
January 2024 Updates
We thank our donors for giving generously over the New Year! Thanks to your gifts, we have been able to add 5 primary school children and 3 secondary school children to our 2024 educational program with YOD International in the Mukuru slum in Nairobi. In total we are now sponsoring 25 primary and 19 secondary […]
The State of Education In Sub-Saharan Africa
UNESCO reported[1] that in 2021 the number of primary school age children out-of-school was 67 million globally. More than half of these children were living in sub-Saharan Africa. In this region, 20% of all primary school age children, 33% of all lower secondary school age adolescents, and 48% of all upper secondary school age youth remain out of […]
Education as an International Development Priority
In our first post we will look at the international context of education development and reform. Education has long been a focus area of international cooperation. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948 defined education as a fundamental human right. The move for greater international cooperation in education began in 1990 with the […]