Ushirika Foundation Inc

03/16/2026

Ushirika Foundation Inc had busy and productive year in 2025. We look forward to expanding our projects and outreach in 2026. Consider a tax-deductible donation and join us in improving lives and the world.
Follow the link to see our five page annual impact report for 2025.

Check out this US Letter designed by Lois Hild.

01/02/2026

Looking back on 2025, Ushirika Foundation is proud of what we accomplished in only our second full year in existence. Ushirika Foundation made meaningful, community-centered investments in education, conservation, and ecosystem protection across Kenya. At Ololchura Comprehensive School in the Maasai Mara, Ushirika provided four new teacher housing units, each complete with biodigester septic systems, clean water, and electricity—improving living conditions for educators and strengthening long-term teacher retention in this rural community. At the same school, Ushirika expanded access to technology and safety by installing high-speed Starlink internet, purchasing two laptops for the school’s emerging IT lab, and funding a solar-powered perimeter fence to protect students and staff from wildlife incursions. Ushirika also purchased school uniforms for learners whose families struggle to afford even basic school fees, helping ensure that students could attend classes with dignity and without additional barriers to learning. We also expanded our student scholarship program to include nine students across primary and secondary education, with six of them being girls.

Ushirika also supported critical wildlife conservation efforts by providing funding for a Kenya Wildlife Service–approved veterinarian’s salary, benefits, and medical supplies at the Kenya Bird of Prey Trust, enabling the treatment and rehabilitation of injured raptors and vultures—species essential to healthy ecosystems. In addition, Ushirika made a donation to the Forest Guardian Project to support the monitoring and protection of the Naimina Enkiyio Forest, a sacred and biodiverse montane forest that serves as a vital water catchment, wildlife habitat, and cultural cornerstone for local Maasai communities. Through these efforts, Ushirika advanced its mission of partnering with local people to support education, conservation, and sustainable stewardship of natural resources.

Please consider Ushirika in this new year when deciding where your charitable giving should be directed. Over 98% of our expenditures went directly to our projects, so you can be assured that your donations are carefully spent.

07/03/2025

Tonight (EAT) I will say "kwheri and oleseri" to my friends in Kenya and start my journey back to the US. While here I was treated to a wonderful performance of a tradition Maasai folksong and dance by some of the students of Ololchurra Comprehensive School. I also got to meet some of the students who Ushirika is sponsoring in their educational journeys, their parents, and some of the teachers. Much of the community showed up to express their gratitude for the improvements at the school that have been the fruits of our partnership. Their welcome was overwhelming and humbling.

While here we were able to evaluate more of the school's short term and long term needs. We were able to provide for two of the short term needs. Through a generous donation from our main supporter we purchased a Starlink internet system which will serve the entire school and will be available to the surrounding village members when needed. Our donor has also prepaid for two years of the monthly service fee. We are, as ever, thankful for the generosity of Tapetum Fundus and Walter Rowntree and Laura Reynolds.

We also discovered deficiencies in the electric fence which protects the students from the lions, hyenas, elephants and other wildlife they share the enviroment with. The fence was powered by elecricity from Kenya Power, which has been unreliable, sometimes out for a week at a time. Additionally the fence energizer was underpowered for the amount of fencing and the wildlife that needs to be detered. We were able to put your donations to work by purchasing a solar powered system that not only meets the current needs, but will allow for expansion of the fence if needed in the future.

Ushirika Foundations is pleased to be partnering with the students, teachers, and community of Ololchurra Comprehensive School.

The students gave up time from their midterm break to perform this dance as a thank you to Ushirika Foundation for our support of the school.

02/21/2025

First, the board of directors of Ushirika Foundation, and especially the beneficiaries of your generosity would like to send our collective thanks. You may follow this link to see what we have been able to accomplish with your donations and support. We look forward to more to come in 2025 and beyond.

Below is our five page Impact Report covering through the end of 2024. Clicking on the image will bring up the document via a link to Canva.com.

Check out this US Letter designed by Lois Hild.