The Starehe Girls’ Centre held its 20th Charity Walk event on Saturday at the Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary.
The event aimed at raising funds to cater for the needs of high-performing but underprivileged students who are on sponsorship at the institution.
The walk, which featured 5km, 10km, and 21km distances, also sought to raise awareness and rally support for equitable access to quality education for disadvantaged girls.
Speaking to
The Star
, the Chair of the Board of Trustees and a founder member of the institution, Eunice Mathu, revealed that they expect to raise Sh6 million to Sh7 million.
“From the Charity Walk, we expect to raise about Sh6 million to Sh7 million,” Mathu confirmed.
She noted that all resource mobilisation for the school is handled by the Board of Trustees, adding that the support received from partners and participants was deeply appreciated.
“I just want to thank all the people who came out to make this day a success,” she said.
“May the Lord bless them, and may they continue showing their support,” Mathu added.
Among those who took part in the event was alumna Jecinta Nzembi, who joined the school in 2017.
She shared that Starehe’s support doesn’t end when one is done with high school; it goes beyond that.
“The school follows up on its girls after they are done, and there is also a group, the Old Starehian Society—where we still support each other,” Nzembi said.
A Form Four student at the Starehe Centre, Daisy Chepkorir, acknowledged that the school has positively impacted her life and that she has received both intellectual and emotional mentorship.
The Centre was established in January 2005 as a charitable national girls’ high school for bright but financially and socially disadvantaged students.
The school began with only 72 students and has since grown to accommodate 800 learners.
“We started with 72 girls, but now we have 800 girls,” Mathu said.
Seventy per cent of the students at the school are currently fully sponsored through donor and community contributions.
The Centre remains committed to empowering young women and advocating for their right to quality education.
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