Sarah Jannsch’s enthusiasm for the WISER girls is contagious. She first heard about WISER as a young employee at Johnson & Johnson and was immediately hooked. She’s since visited WISER’s campus to spend time with the girls, built a network of engaged Johnson & Johnson WISER Volunteers, and is leading a group back to Muhuru […]

In 2015, like in most years, WISER hosted a group of visitors on our campus for a few months. Two of those visitors, Savannah Johnson and Madelaine Katz, were working on similar research projects exploring the mental health of girls in Muhuru Bay. Three years later, Savannah and Madelaine still consider themselves WISER advocates, but […]

As the world celebrated International Day of the Girl on October 11th, the WISER girls and their teachers were hard at work. In partnership with our friends at Kakenya’s Dream, the WISER team took to the streets to defend girls’ rights and advocate for equal employment opportunities. The event, hosted in Narok County, drew over 600 […]

A group of young women stands in front of the bright blue front gate at WISER. They are dressed in a variety of styles – business wear, handmade dresses, clothing in dozens of different colors, each more vibrant than the next. They have come to campus from all across Kenya; from Eldoret, Nakuru, Nairobi, and […]

As students in the US head back to school, our recent WISER alumni are gearing up to begin their college journeys on campuses across Kenya. Our 5th class of WISER graduates will be studying everything from computer science to social work this fall, and while starting your first semester of college can be intimidating, these […]