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EVERYCHILD COUNTS

· EIN · www.everychildcounts.net
profile · synthesized from sources

EveryChild Counts is a nonprofit organization that supports primary schools in Kenya by providing basic needs, improving infrastructure, and empowering communities. They offer school feeding programs, scholarships, and construct essential facilities like kitchens, classrooms, and toilet blocks. The organization partners with local programs to implement its initiatives.

named programs · 4 · from sources

what they call their work

Community Empowerment
Installs rainwater harvesting tanks in schools to ensure adequate water supply for hygiene and other needs, and aims to foster economic growth around schools.
Daily Lunch Program
Provides needy schoolchildren with porridge and an egg for breakfast and a balanced meal of rice, beans/peas/green grams, and fruit for lunch.
Infrastructure Improvements
Constructs and renovates school facilities including modern kitchens with energy-efficient cooking systems, classrooms, toilet blocks, and Special Needs Children Wings.
Scholarship Program
Offers scholarships to high-performing, needy students to enable them to advance to secondary school.
activities · 4 groups

what they do

  • Education Sponsorship and Academic Support 2 activities
    • Educational Supplies and Enrollment Support
      Provides children with books, school supplies, and modern desks to support learning, while also improving school conditions to increase enrollment and reduce drop-out rates. These efforts have led to increased student transfers to partner schools and improved academic performance, such as Waitua Primary School becoming the top-performing school in its zone in 2022.
    • Scholarship Support for Students
      Provides scholarships to needy students in Kenya to support their education, with a commitment to fund 36 transitioning students to secondary school across partner schools. The program began in 2022 with 11 scholarships awarded to Waitua Primary School students and has supported 64 scholarship recipients overall.
  • School-Based Meal Programs in Kenya 1 activity
    • School Feeding Program
      Operates daily feeding programs at multiple primary schools in Kenya, including Waitua, Kanjeru, and Mutunkei, providing nutritious meals such as porridge, eggs, rice with beans, vegetables, and fruit to improve student health, reduce malnutrition, and increase enrollment and attendance. The program has served up to 920 children daily and feeds a child for a year for $150.
  • School Infrastructure Development 1 activity
    • School Infrastructure Development
      Improves school infrastructure across partner schools in Kenya by constructing and renovating classrooms, kitchens, laboratories, toilet blocks, water tanks, and special needs facilities. Projects include building three modern kitchens, three toilet blocks, one classroom block, rainwater harvesting systems, and a fully furnished Special Needs Children’s Wing, with recent construction completed in 2024.
  • Special Needs Inclusive Education Services 1 activity
    • Special Needs Education Support
      Constructs and furnishes dedicated facilities for special needs children, including a classroom block with a dormitory at Kanjeru Primary School that houses over thirty students. The organization has directly impacted 42 special needs children through infrastructure and educational support.
relationships · 15

who they work with

  • Goodshop Partner — Partner platform through which a percentage of consumer spending supports EveryChild Counts
  • Kanjeru Primary School Partner — Constructed kitchens and rainwater harvesting tanks at the school.
  • Kanjeru Primary School Partner — Partner school in Kenya receiving support, recognized for feeding program and academic and extracurricular achievements
  • Kanjeru Primary School Partner — Partnered to construct a Special Needs Children's classroom block.
  • Kila Mtoto Afaidike Program (KMAP) Partner — Partner organization that introduced EveryChildCounts to Senior Chief Mutunkei Primary School.
  • Kila Mtoto Afaidike Programme (KMAP) Partner — Partner organization that facilitated the introduction to Kanjeru Primary School.
  • Kila Mtoto Afaidike Programme (KMAP) Partner — Partners to implement programs in schools in Kenya.
  • Mutunkei Primary School Partner — Partner school in Kenya receiving support, recognized for athletics and extracurricular performance
  • Senior Chief Mutunkei Primary School Partner — Constructed kitchens at the school.
  • St Anne School Partner — Provided plastic tanks for rainwater harvesting to meet COVID-19 requirements.
  • St. Anne - Kenol Primary School Partner — Partner school in Kenya receiving support, recognized for cleanliness, feeding, and academic performance
  • St. Anne- Kenol Primary School Partner — Built rainwater harvesting tanks at the school.
  • St. Anne- Kenol Primary School Partner — Will receive 6 scholarships for its students to attend high school.
  • Waitua Primary School Partner — Partner school in Kenya receiving feeding and scholarship support from EveryChild Counts
  • Waitua Primary School Partner — Partners with the school to implement feeding and scholarship programs, and infrastructure improvements.