GRACELAND AFRICA MISSION
Celebrating 20 years of Impact
2005 - 2025
Emily’s inspiring journey!
It’s not charity It’s investing in people It’s financing hope
"We seek a world where people are empowered to overcome poverty and social insecurity, ethnic and gender inequity; a world where they have the opportunity to achieve their hopes and dreams."
Our programs in Kenya:
provide children with the opportunity to obtain a primary, secondary, college, and university education,
help families with capacity development focused on income generation,
provide relief when needed, and
focus on gender equity.
Our Programs
Scholarships are an investment in the future of children and youth.
Scholarships are investments that open doors for meaningful employment, financial security, healthy families, and stronger communities.
GAM has focused on educating children in Kenya for over 20 years. Currently we provide scholarships to 43 students. Over 70% of our students are girls.
10 Primary and Junior secondary school students, 8 Secondary school students, 9 College students, and, 16 University students
18 college and university graduates.
Read more about our students and graduates on our Impact page.
“A quality basic education is a key driver for reducing poverty, fostering economic growth, achieving gender equality, and social development.”
Our capacity building programs compliment our scholarship programs as we focus on the students and their parents or guardians. Capacity development schemes have included organic farming and animal husbandry.
Business grants coupled with local networking and training opportunities have helped women to establish successful businesses. We often assist single parent mothers as they represent families in the greatest economic need.
We also partner wth community groups, including churches and local community based organizations, for larger capacity development initiatives that include water harvesting projects.
““Capacity development is one of the most effective ways of fostering sustainable human development. By strengthening the capacities of individuals, organizations and the enabling environment, the foundation is laid for meaningful participation in national and local development processes and thereby sustainable development results.””
Although not a sustainable development initiative, at times assistance and relief is completely essential. Through our assistance programs GAM has provided much needed items such as blankets, solar lamps, residential water filter systems, and high efficiency cookers. We have also assisted several women needing medical intervention.
During the East African drought in 2011, GAM provided food relief to hungry families living in the arid and semi-arid lands of the Eastern Province of Kenya (see photo on right).
More recently during the height of the Covid-19 Pandemic, from April to December, 2020, GAM provided monthly food and financial assistance to the families of students in our scholarship programs.
