Supporting Early School in Kakuma Refugee Camp

Heroes Academy School is a private refugee-led initiative that aims to improve the learning system of newcomer learners.

Kakuma Refugee Background:

Kakuma Refugee Camp is located in Turkana West, known as the poorest county of Kenya. The camp hosts a population with lived experience of displacement from DRCongo, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, etc.

Language Background:

With a diverse population from different countries, language remains one of the uncontrolled challenges in the camp, mostly leading to severe communication misunderstandings, resulting in intercommunity conflict.

Learning integration remains the most challenging for children, and this affects pupil attendance, progress, and learning outcomes.

Existing learning schools:

With a population of about 270,000, the existing learning facilities fail to solve these issues; teachers are unable to control their respective classes due to the learners' ground. For example, it is normal to see a single classroom accommodate 120 learners in one shift. It is hard in such conditions to expect positive results, simply because such ground will not enable the teacher to have a personalized learning follow-up. It is also simple for learners to lose focus and engage themselves in distracting activities while the session is ongoing.

If the existing facilities fail to accommodate learners, the classes don't offer a conducive environment.

The program is designed to build a learning school for lower-level pupils.

Your support will help Heroes Academy build four small classrooms for kids aged 4 to 10.

Your donations will also enable us to equip classrooms with high-quality learning materials for children in this age group.

With a strong team of teachers, this program intends to offer high-quality education to children.

A New Learning Environment at Heroes Academy School

The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Education, in 2013 started the Digital Literacy Programme meant to integrate technology in teaching and learning in the basic education system 

This programme is being implemented in three phases, whereby Phase I targets young learners of grades 1 to 3, Phase II targets learners of grades 4-6, and Phase III targets advanced learners of grade 7 and above.

At the Heroes Academy School, we envision transforming the learning environment in Kakuma Refugee Camp into a more digital, practical, and competency-based learning space, referring to modern learning practices ( in China), aligned with the direction of Kenya’s Competency-Based Curriculum.

While tackling the newcomers' learning challenges, our goal is to provide learners with access to all facilities that will complement classroom teaching and help children develop important competencies such as creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and digital literacy.

The current learning environment in the camps has demonstrated the potential of what can be achieved when technology and newcomers’ learning techniques are brought closer to learners. 

We plan to establish this method and make sure learners can easily and freely interact with technology, explore their best interests, and practise practical skills in preparation for a bright and competitive future.