Daraja Academy Job Vacancies

Location

Kenya

Company size100-500 people
About
Every girl has the right to learn. This is the idea behind the founding of Daraja Academy. When Jason and Jenni Doherty – educators from the Bay Area – visited Kenya in 2006, they were struck by the degree that gender determined opportunity. For families living in deep poverty, access to education was already limited, but sons were still far more likely to attend secondary school than daughters. Girls were left behind. Without secondary education, girls in Kenya are often condemned to early marriages and pregnancies, and are unlikely to find any professional opportunities that enable economic self-sufficiency. Education is the fastest bridge out of poverty, and so many girls have no hope of crossing it. The Dohertys realized they could contribute to the solution, and resolved to establish a school for exceptional girls who had no other means of continuing their education. They found partners Victoria Gichuhi and Charles Mbuto, Kenyan educators, who today serve as Principal and Dean of Academics, respectively. Together, they conceptualized a boarding school that would see to a girl’s physical needs (including food, housing and medical care), provide her with a rigorous academic curriculum, and empower her as a woman and leader. They named the school Daraja, which means bridge, and sought to fill it with girls from all over Kenya whose potential would otherwise be lost. The Dohertys took this vision back to California, where they found hundreds of generous people willing to give the gift of education. These intercontinental efforts were realized in 2009, when Daraja Academy welcomed its first class of 26 students.Every girl has the right to learn. This is the idea behind the founding of Daraja Academy. When Jason and Jenni Doherty – educators from the Bay Area – visited Kenya in 2006, they were struck by the degree that gender determined opportunity. For families living in deep poverty, access to education was already limited, but sons were still far more likely to attend secondary school than daughters. Girls were left behind. Without secondary education, girls in Kenya are often condemned to early marriages and pregnancies, and are unlikely to find any professional opportunities that enable economic self-sufficiency. Education is the fastest bridge out of poverty, and so many girls have no hope of crossing it. The Dohertys realized they could contribute to the solution, and resolved to establish a school for exceptional girls who had no other means of continuing their education. They found partners Victoria Gichuhi and Charles Mbuto, Kenyan educators, who today serve as Principal and Dean of Academics, respectively. Together, they conceptualized a boarding school that would see to a girl’s physical needs (including food, housing and medical care), provide her with a rigorous academic curriculum, and empower her as a woman and leader. They named the school Daraja, which means bridge, and sought to fill it with girls from all over Kenya whose potential would otherwise be lost. The Dohertys took this vision back to California, where they found hundreds of generous people willing to give the gift of education. These intercontinental efforts were realized in 2009, when Daraja Academy welcomed its first class of 26 students.

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