KenGen PLC is been committed to fostering a skilled, competent, and patriotic youth to help build a vibrant economy and transform Kenya into a middle-income country by 2030.
To enhance its Corporate Social Investment (CSI) efforts, KenGen established the KenGen Foundation to manage its Education Scholarship programs and other key sustainability pillars of the company’s CSI agenda.
Launched in 2005, the KenGen Education Scholarships has supported over 1,000 students and has enabled numerous young people to achieve their dreams through secondary and university education.
KenGen has invested over 700 million in education scholarships and school infrastructure, nurturing the next generation of workers and leaders.
A Tradition of Excellence
The KenGen Education Scholarship program provides opportunities for bright, needy secondary and university students from communities near the company’s installations. These scholarships enable beneficiaries to achieve academic excellence and open doors to promising careers and brighter futures.
The program instills a culture of hard work, positive thinking, and dedication to service, helping students realize their potential and become better citizens and key contributors to the country’s social and economic goals.
KenGen Foundation’s scholarship model goes beyond financial assistance, nurturing recipients to become passionate, motivated, and service-oriented leaders. This lifelong connection and drive to excel make KenGen Scholarships unique.
The program reaches diverse groups, including girls and students with disabilities.
Annual Mentorship Program
The KenGen Foundation organizes an Annual Mentorship Program for all Education Scholarship beneficiaries to enhance their academic performance, character, social, and leadership development.
This holistic mentoring program helps students discover and develop their potential and talents, guiding them to become tomorrow’s transformational leaders.
In addition to personal mentoring, students benefit from peer-mentoring and coaching opportunities during the annual leadership congress. This event attracts leading professionals who provide valuable insights through lectures and workshops, creating a platform for students to interact with and learn from today’s great leaders.
Objective
The primary goal of the mentoring program is to build strong relationships between the Foundation, acting as role models and life coaches, and the beneficiaries. This nurturing and guidance aim to improve academic skills and foster new knowledge and abilities.
The Annual Mentorship Program helps scholarship recipients grow their leadership skills alongside academic excellence.
During the three-day event, opinion leaders, motivational speakers, and distinguished achievers provide coaching and mentoring to guide students in discovering their potential and charting a path to becoming future leaders.
Students participate in group lectures, interactive meetings, and team-building exercises, gaining valuable insights and skills for their future development.
Jitunze Ujituze Program (JUT)
The Jitunze Ujituze Program is a collaboration between KenGen Foundation and the Wellbeing Institute. Together, they develop youth programs using the Positive Youth Development (PYD) approach. JUT programs focus on promoting factors that affirm young people as valuable assets.
Positive Youth Development (PYD)
In contrast to the deficit approach commonly used in Kenya, which focuses on preventing risky behaviors, PYD engages youth in productive activities. This approach provides young people with the assets they need to develop positively and contribute to their communities.