Welcome to the EFYE Education Centre!
The EFYE Education Center is the heart of our non-profit organization EFYE (Eagle’s Fountain Youth Empowerment). As a preschool and elementary school, it offers about 106 children in the slum of Mathare, Nairobi, a place of refuge with prospects for the future. From here we try to enable children and young people through educational work to build a sustainable better future for themselves and their environment and to dissolve inequalities of opportunity. We want the children to emerge from school strengthened in their personalities and physically healthy, and to know how to approach their future lives with self-confidence and trust. Education is fundamental for this and here at the EFYE Education Centre it is free of charge for all children.
106 children
at ages three to twelve
Pre-primary and primary school
government accredited
Nairobi, Kenya
in the slum of Mathare
106
children
at ages three to twelve
Pre-primary and primary school
government accredited
Nairobi, Kenya
in the slum of Mathare
Education
The foundation of our work is education. But education does not only mean transmitting subject-specific knowledge. Through collaborative learning and interacting, the children also develop the ability to think and interact autonomously in interconnected social and cultural contexts. Our teachers accompany the children and adolescents throughout the course of their personal development and support them to find and follow their own path.
Education
The foundation of our work is education. But education does not only mean transmitting subject-specific knowledge. Through collaborative learning and interacting, the children also develop the ability to think and interact autonomously in interconnected social and cultural contexts. Our teachers accompany the children and adolescents throughout the course of their personal development and support them to find and follow their own path.
Teachers
The EFYE Education Centre is also a place of security and affection. Some of the children and adolescents experience what it means to be there for one another and to support each other for the first time in their life. The children are friends who laugh and play together. Our teachers are amazing reference persons, looking after the children in a competent, caring manner, giving them a feeling of security and protection.
Security and Affection
The EFYE Education Centre is also a place of security and affection. Some of the children and adolescents experience what it means to be there for one another and to support each other for the first time in their life. The children are friends who laugh and play together. Our teachers are amazing reference persons, looking after the children in a competent, caring manner, giving them a feeling of security and protection.
Health and Nutrition
Besides mental strength we also promote the children’s physical health. Daily warm meals prepared by our cook Jane, weekly servings of fruits as well as essential hygiene measures like washing hands and cleaning the rooms are integral parts of everyday school life at EFYE Education Centre. In this way, the children and adolescents develop and increase their health awareness which is especially important in the environment of informal settlements.
Health and Nutrition
Besides mental strength we also promote the children’s physical health. Daily warm meals prepared by our cook Jane, weekly servings of fruits as well as essential hygiene measures like washing hands and cleaning the rooms are integral parts of everyday school life at EFYE Education Centre. In this way, the children and adolescents develop and increase their health awareness which is especially important in the environment of informal settlements.
