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01 Jun 21

Pushing Boundaries: Reaching the Hard to Reach

Written by Justus Maina, Dignitas Leadership Coach The COVID-19 outbreak has caused one of the greatest disruptions to education witnessed in Kenya, and indeed the globe. In an attempt to prevent transmission of infection and to ensure the right to education for all learners, Dignitas quickly shifted from traditional in-person…

01 Jun 21

Pushing Boundaries: Alumni Championing the Future

Written by Mercy Munialo, Dignitas Leadership Coach The magic of the African Baobab tree cannot be compared to any other tree. The tree has an awe-inspiring physique; it’s extremely huge, enormously tall. Once you see it, you are immediately amazed at just how beautiful it is. Has anyone ever told…

01 Jun 21

Pushing Boundaries: Scaling New Heights!

In 2017, Dignitas was partnering with just 21 schools, with an ambitious goal of reaching 300,000 children by 2022. As I joined the team towards the end of that year, it was clear that we would struggle to reach our goal if we stuck at the same pace. We immediately…

04 Feb 21

New Learning during COVID-19 for 21st Century Skills

If you’ve been following closely, you’ll know that Dignitas responded quickly and effectively to COVID-19 school closures with our Leaders of Learning program which sought to keep the learning and well-being of vulnerable children on track. An important element of the Leaders of Learning program was the Learning Packets that…

03 Feb 21

Hope for At-Risk Girls in the COVID-19 Crisis: Dottie Scholars

Written by Mercy Naitore, Finance and Admin Officer Dottie Scholars is a girls scholarship program launched by Dignitas in 2011. The program aims to provide young women from marginalized communities with an opportunity to attend a high-quality secondary school and develop as leaders and role models in their community. In total…

26 Jan 21

Meet our new Advocacy and Development Director

It has been an exciting start to the year for the Dignitas team. We’ve been privileged to grow our team by welcoming a new Advocacy and Development Director on board. Ng’ang’a Kibandi comes to us with a wealth of experience, and a passion for quality education that offers all children…

09 Jan 21

School Reopening and Recovery: Thriving Leaders for Thriving Learners

It has been a busy week for parents and families in Kenya as all children have finally been allowed to return to school. Parents have been queuing for hours to buy uniforms, school supplies and other necessities. Others have been busy negotiating for new school placements – at least 56,000 learners…

08 Jan 21

Looking Ahead: Supporting Learners to Thrive to 2021

What a year 2020 was! It is still strange to think that, at this time last year, we sat at our desks planning for a year that would most definitely not unfold as foreseen. We worked together as a team to set goals and make plans that would be thrown…

16 Nov 20

Well-being for Learning: Feeding Program for Vulnerable Households

Written by Francis Njoroge, Programs Officer In January, 2020 was proving to be another busy year for Dignitas and the communities we serve. Dignitas hit the ground running with planned programming and new partnerships. Covid-19 seemed like any other story on the news and the majority of Kenyans did not believe it would…

04 Nov 20

Celebrate with us! Dignitas wins a 2020 WISE Award!

We are very excited to announce that Dignitas has been awarded a 2020 WISE Award for our Stawisha Instructional Leadership Institute. Six innovative projects addressing global educational challenges have been honored from 625 applications with the announcement of the 2020 WISE Awards winners. The WISE Awards, created by the World Innovation Summit…