Programs
Programs
Uwenami Scholarship Fund was formed in 2018. BJF raises funds from individuals, institutions, corporates and others to support children’s education. BJF provides financial assistance to arrest the discontinuation of education of talented and meritorious children due to economic hardship, by providing scholarship support for pursuing their academic goals, the best way to an improved quality of life in future. The demand for education in Kenya is very high, but, so is the cost. With limited resources, BJF is slowly but surely taking the lead in supporting poor children to remain in schools.
Kuza Kuku Livelihood Support Program seeks to alleviate poverty among poor households headed by widows. Kuza Kuku are Kiswahili words meaning rearing of chicken. The program was started to improve the household income of poor women through donation of Kuroiler breed of chicken which mature faster as compared to the other breeds. The hens weigh 2kg and the cocks 3kg by three months and 3.5kg and 4.5kg respectively by eight months.
The main objective of this sexual and reproductive health program is enhancing the knowledge, skills and attitude of youth & adolescents on sexual and reproductive health and rights; leading to behavioral change which enables young people to make evidence based and informed decisions with responsible choices.
A shift from agriculture to agribusiness is an essential pathway to bring change or make revolution in Kenyan agriculture and to make more attractive and profitable venture. Agripreneurship has the potential to contribute to arrange of social and economic development such as employment generation, poverty reduction and improvements in nutrition, health and overall food security in the national economy.
This program aims to have well-wishers contribute just one dollar, and keep two girls from poor families in school.
Over One Million Girls in Kenya miss school 5 to 6 days every month during their menstruation because they are too poor to afford sanitary towels. Put in context, a girl who is absent from school due to their period loses a significant number of learning days which is equal to 2 to 3 academic weeks of learning in every school term. BJF supports these girls from poor households with annual packs of sanitary towels provided to them through their schools to reduce absenteeism from school leading to negative education outcomes.