Join us in a week of giving and encouragement for our senior students as they take their national exams! In honor of International Women’s Day, the WISER team is coming together to launch WISER Women’s Week, March 4 – March 11. During this one-week campaign, we ask you not only to make an impact with […]

We are excited to announce that, as of the beginning of 2022, Melissa Katz, longtime WISER supporter and board member, has assumed the role of chair of the board of WISER International. Melissa inherits this role from Dr. Sherryl Broverman, WISER co-founder and Chair Emeritus, who will remain on the board as a member and […]

Now that WISER has welcomed all of our students back for a successful and safe academic year, it’s difficult to imagine an alternative to WISER’s COVID-19 story. This week, Jill Filipovic for Bloomberg Businessweek shined a light on the immense cost that COVID-19 school closures and disruptions has had on girls’ lives throughout Kenya. You […]

“I don’t have words for what it means to be back here after all this time.” While her visit looked different from her last visit almost two years ago – with distancing, masks, symptom checks, and vaccine cards in tow – Dr. Sherryl Broverman was so happy to be back at the school she co-founded […]

In early November, the Global WISER Family heard some fantastic news: our founding principal, Madame Dorcas Oyugi, was nominated for AidEx’s 2021 Humanitarian Hero of the Year award. And with your votes, she became one of three incredible finalists! The ultimate winner was Dahabo Bagaji, a midwife who also works in rural Kenya, and shares […]