Education & Protection

Education is not only a human right in itself, but an essential right to realize other human rights. In addition, education is an opportunity for individuals to develop their abilities and improve their quality of life, and is the cornerstone of self-empowerment.

Good Neighbors promotes the right to education through early childhood education and various educational programs. Kenya Good Neighbors also implements a comprehensive child protection program for children who are most vulnerable to violence, exploitation, and abuse.

Our Focus

Ensuring quality education for all

Every child, regardless of gender, economic or social situation, should have their right to obtain quality education ensured. In order to ensure such access, we support parents and other caregivers understanding the need for child education. We assist in creating better school environments and developing teacher capacities, especially in addressing obstacles to girls’ education.

Enabling access to lifelong education

Adults unable to receive a proper education may lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, which limit their capacity to bargain at the market, engage in bank transactions, or effectively interact and communicate with others. Therefore, we provide a variety of training to adults to provide opportunities to learn these skills and empower themselves.

School fees payment by Mama Nahyeon

St. Gabriel Nahyeon Community Centre was founded on March 3rd, 2017, in honor of Nahyeon a former director of KOICA who passed away in 2013. Nahyeon’s family donated to build and run a school in Dandora, Nairobi, Kenya, in response to Nahyeon’s ambition to promote the education of children in Africa, and they have been doing so ever since with the KOICA FAMILY FOUNDATION and Kenya Good Neighbors.