Project Mathare
Help headteacher Mary fulfill her vision by funding The Roots Institute, a purpose-built school in Mathare,
one of the largest slums in Kenya, to deliver education to hundreds of children in the community.
Supporting project Mathare will provide
Connectivity peripherals such as wireless mobile access, free data sims,
computers and tablets
A computer room and furniture for learning,
and associated training
An urban garden and sustainable vegetation
for the school
A permanent school structure and
classrooms for students
Be part of the movement to create ground-up, tangible value to hundreds of students.
More about the project
Switch on Mathare is an initiative set up proactively by residents of Mathare, Kenya’s second largest slum, Nai Nami aims to embed education within the community in a structured way.
Working with Head Teacher Madam Mary, it has set up the Roots Institute School to provide education in 7 core school subjects, to 276 children in 8 small non-purpose built classrooms in locations across Mathare, but with zero connectivity to deliver education, the vision is to re-home the school into a structured, connected, facility.
Switch on the Future is working in collaboration with Nai Nami to achieve this ambition, to connect the Roots Institute with similar schools in the UK such that take part in global STEM curriculum programmes.