Kusoma International - Laurenti Mohochi Educational Foundation is a
nonprofit organization
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created to enable access to quality education for children of impoverished and marginalized communities (particularly in the former
Kuria District
Kuria District was an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kehancha (sometimes spelled as ''Kihancha''). The district has a population of 256,086 (2009 census) and an area of 581/km2. It is inhabited by a mi ...
of
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). It is named after the father of Sangai Mohochi, faculty member with the
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Vision
The vision of Kusoma International - Laurenti Mohochi Educational Foundation is that all underserved children - regardless of gender - will, through education, have a positive impact on their community and the world.
Mission
The mission statement, mission of Kusoma International - Laurenti Mohochi Educational Foundation is to empower
impoverished
Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little
marginalized
Social exclusion or social marginalisation is the social disadvantage and relegation to the fringe of society. It is a term that has been used widely in Europe and was first used in France in the late 20th century. It is used across discipline ...
Kenya
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) by enabling their children, regardless of gender, access to quality education, in order to develop their full capabilities and equip them well to fight poverty, ignorance and disease in their communities and the world.
Goals
The goals of Kusoma International - Laurenti Mohochi Educational foundation include the following:
# To raise funds to implement the mission of the foundation.
# To build model schools that provide affordable and quality education that gives children in marginalized communities (e.g. Kuria) a fighting chance in the stiff competition for space in Kenya’s institutions of higher education.
# To offer
scholarship
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Scholarsh ...
s that would enable bright young boys and girls from poor families to acquire an education, hence giving them an opportunity to partake of a basic human right, and uplift themselves as well as their families from abject poverty.
# To offer the youth in poor communities (e.g.
Kuria District
Kuria District was an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kehancha (sometimes spelled as ''Kihancha''). The district has a population of 256,086 (2009 census) and an area of 581/km2. It is inhabited by a mi ...
) an opportunity to participate in community service through an outreach program that also offers guidance, career, and health education in light of the
HIV
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AIDS
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