Kakenya’s Dream
Women for Change · Kenya
Women for Change has worked with Kakenya’s Dream since 2016 to provide tertiary scholarships to over 100 young Maasai women, including five studying in Australia. Dr Kakenya Ntaiya grew up in a village in the Maasai Mara where child marriage and FGM were the norm. She became the first Maasai woman from her village to be educated at a university in the United States — then returned home and built a school for girls that now supports thousands of students through direct education and outreach.
We support graduates of that school into tertiary study in Kenya and, for those with leadership aspirations, in Australia. Among the first recipients was Linet, who arrived having never owned a computer — and graduated with a Dean’s List commendation, a Masters in Cyber Security, and a role as a Cyber Specialist.
