KenGen Foundation Wraps Up Form One Selection for 2016 Education Scholarships

KenGen Education Scholarship beneficiaries during the Annual Mentorship Session 2015. The Foundation is now sponsoring 8 more students courtesy of the Giver Initiative.

The KenGen Foundation has concluded this year’s secondary schools education scholarships selection with a final list of 31 needy students who will benefit from fully paid for opportunities to further their studies.

Working closely with the area CSR committees, liaison officers and the local administration under the Foundation supervision, rigorous background checks on the applicants was made to ascertain those who were awarded the scholarships were indeed deserving of the limited golden chance.

“Selecting the newest class of scholars is always an exciting time for the Foundation for we believe those chosen are leaders who will make a significant impact in their communities and the nation in the very near future” says Mike Njeru, Managing Trustee of KenGen Foundation adding that seeing the continued growth of the KenGen Scholarship program has been very rewarding towards advancing the Company’s vision.

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The selection process is highly competitive, with up to 20 students chosen each year.

This year however, the Foundation was able to increase the scholarships by ten to have an intake of 30 recipients. Eight of the new scholarships were enabled by the financial assistance of the KenGen Employee Givers while two were from our partnership with Bamburi Cement Ltd.