Ulimbwende Links
Linking vulnerable children to education across western Kenya since 2014.
A focus on root causes.
Lasting change cannot be achieved by working around the edges. Ulimbwende Links confronts the root causes of children's vulnerability poverty, gender inequity, and broken systems and strengthens the families and teachers who hold communities together.
Read our latest stories →Sponsor a learner. Change a generation.
For as little as KSh 1,500 a month, you cover school fees, a uniform, books, and a daily meal for a child who would otherwise be out of school. You'll receive termly updates, photos, and report cards from your learner.
Link a child →Education, mentorship, meals, livelihoods.
Our four flagship programmes work as a system: keeping children fed, learning, and supported while empowering their parents and teachers with the tools to sustain that progress long after we leave the room.
Explore our programmes →Built with not for our community.
Every child enrolled is identified by a community committee of parents, teachers, and youth leaders. We invest in local capacity so that decisions stay close to the families they affect.
Meet the community →"Ulimbwende Links didn't just pay my school fees. They sat with my mother, stocked our kitchen, and made my whole family believe I could become a nurse. I graduate next year."- Achieng', Form Four learner, Kakamega
Latest stories
All stories →Water, School, and a Borehole That Changed a Community
When girls spend three hours a day fetching water, education loses. Here is what happened when that changed.
The Mentor Who Stayed: Lessons from Five Years of Youth Work
Mentorship is not a programme. It is a relationship that refuses to expire.
How Education Changes Everything for a Child in Rural Kenya
Three years into our scholarship programme, the results speak for themselves.
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