Kenya Reads

Kenya Reads Kenya Reads is an organization that promotes literacy in rural slums of Kenya.

The initiative was inspired by Peterson’s childhood schooling experience in the Kiamaina slum located in a remote part of Kenya. He eventually dropped out of Maina Primary School where he cites lack of books, school uniforms and role models as major impediments to his learning. Presently a college student in Ohio, Peterson met Shauna Godfrey, and from their shared belief on the importance of educa

tion in empowering a community through the youth, Kenya Reads was founded. For its inaugural phase, starting June 2012, Kenya Reads started the first school-based library system in the Kiamaina slum, a region suffering from absolute lack of libraries and vital educational resources. Today, Kenya Reads provides just over 2,000 students with access to story books and textbooks. Shauna and Peterson also launched and conducted summer-long after-school mentorship programs which are meant to inspire as well as to provide a safe space for the students to express themselves freely. While in Kenya, the KR co-founders realized that there were still many students from Kiamaina who were unable to join school because they could not afford the price of school uniform, a mandatory requirement in the Kenyan educational system. To address this problem, Kenya Reads will be establishing a community center, in June 2013, which will partner with a local women's group to produce and sell affordable school uniforms. The establishment of this center will help Kenya Reads to reach an additional 2,000 students in the next 2 years.

We are 2 years old! Check out our brand new website here: http://www.kenyareads.org/. Stay tuned for more regular update...
08/15/2014

We are 2 years old! Check out our brand new website here: http://www.kenyareads.org/. Stay tuned for more regular updates.

Here are some photos of KR's summer in Kenya working in schools and starting a school uniform shop.
10/28/2013

Here are some photos of KR's summer in Kenya working in schools and starting a school uniform shop.

We expanded this summer with starting a school uniform business in Nyahururu, Kenya. We provide affordable school uniforms to children in need.

We expanded this summer with starting a school uniform business in Nyahururu, Kenya. We provide affordable school unifor...
10/28/2013

We expanded this summer with starting a school uniform business in Nyahururu, Kenya. We provide affordable school uniforms to children in need.

07/13/2013

Sorry for the late post, but we've been really busy. To find out more please read:http://kenyareads.weebly.com/1/post/2013/07/finally-open.html

Hi Everyone! We are so sorry for not posting regularly. Here is an update of all the things that we have been up to over the past couple of weeks. The Rift Valley Uniform Centre is officially open...

Hi Everyone!We are off to Kenya! Here is a new blog post explaining our plans for the summer. http://kenyareads.weebly.c...
06/11/2013

Hi Everyone!
We are off to Kenya! Here is a new blog post explaining our plans for the summer. http://kenyareads.weebly.com/1/post/2013/06/off-to-kenya.html

Hi! Pete and I are currently sitting at the airport in Amsterdam waiting to board our flight to Nairobi. We are so excited to be going back to Kenya this summer to expand Kenya Reads! Kenya Reads has...

05/07/2013

Here is an article Amanda Nagy from Oberlin Communications has written about the Kenya Reads team and their summer plans. http://new.oberlin.edu/home/news-media/detail.dot?id=5339761

In less than a year, a literacy initiative led by juniors Peterson Njamunge and Shauna Godfrey has made a profound difference for school children and community members in a remote, impoverished district known as Kiamaina slum in central Kenya. Their project, Kenya Reads, has supplied textbooks and c...

Just had an amazing plenary session at CGI U in St. Louis. We are also going to be featured at CGIU tomorrow. Check out ...
04/06/2013

Just had an amazing plenary session at CGI U in St. Louis. We are also going to be featured at CGIU tomorrow. Check out this video about KR that CGI U made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bMhRofb4Ks&feature=youtu.be

This Progress Report video details the work of Shauna Godfrey and Peterson Njamunge on their 2012 CGI U Commitment to Action, Kenya Reads. They are bringing ...

04/01/2013

Here is a new article about Kenya Reads from The Oberlin Review :)
http://www.oberlinreview.org/article/kenya-reads-open-new-community-center/

Kenya Reads is more than just a literacy program for Kenyan students in the slum of Kiamaina — it aspires to fundamentally change a community through education and opportunity. Started by two Oberlin students, College juniors Shauna Godfrey and Pete Njamunge, Kenya Reads is the culmination of years…

The Kenya Reads Team just qualified for the final round of the Launch U entrepreneurship competition. If you are in Ober...
01/26/2013

The Kenya Reads Team just qualified for the final round of the Launch U entrepreneurship competition. If you are in Oberlin, come support us as we compete with other entrepreneurs for $15,000 in funding. Tomorrow, 9am, at Clonick Hall, Kohl Building, Oberlin College. IDEO's GM, Tom Kelley, will be speaking.http://oberlin.edu/launchu/

LaunchU is an intensive program designed to accelerate the development and launch of Oberlin entrepreneurs. Culminating in a public pitch competition before a panel of investors, the program provides a forum in which aspiring entrepreneurs can refine their ideas, develop both skills and networks, an...

Happy Universal Children's Day!Love from Kenya Reads.
11/21/2012

Happy Universal Children's Day!
Love from Kenya Reads.

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