The Kenyan School Project

About Us

• In June 2008 the Scranton family took a trip to Africa. We went to Kenya in East Africa on a safari and saw incredible wildlife. But the highlight of our trip was a visit to the Burguret Primary School in the shadow of Mt. Kenya, on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, near the town of Nanyuki.

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• We were the first foreign visitors to the school. The students performed Traditional Kikuyu songs and dances in our honor.

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Inspired by this trip, The Kenyan School Project was formed to work to improve the lives of children in Kenya by promoting better educational opportunities and health. In 2010 KSP formed a partnership with the Burguret Primary School to help the school build a school kitchen and dining area.  At the end of 2010 we launched our first fundraising campaign to raise funds for this first project. See our Completed Projects page for this and other projects we have accomplished since 2010.

 

Board Members

 

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  Ann Goss
  Living and being a teacher in Kenya for 30 years helps me understand the importance of providing positive educational opportunities for the children there. Being part of the Kenyan School Project provides me with first hand experience to help bring this goal to fruition. I’m grateful to Liz and Teri for including me in this endeavor. Having family in Kenya, visiting there every year, enables me to oversee the projects the Kenyan School Project sponsors.
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  Liz Scranton
  For more than 30 years Liz has been involved in a number of non-profit boards where she served in leadership roles, fundraising campaigns and outreach. In her personal life, Liz is a serious gardener and orchardist and is passionate about caretaking the land for future generations.
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  Teri Linneman
  After visiting Kenya in 2008 Teri became interested in helping small schools in Kenya to have better educational opportunities. The Kenyan School Project was formed in 2010 as a means to raise money for small projects to help these schools meet their specific goals. Teri has been an active board member since its inception serving as a fundraiser and manager of the funds for the Kenyan School Project.
  Teri has lived on Lopez Island in Washington State since 1983 where she works at the Lopez Island School. She has served on the Lopez Island School Public School employees board for over 25 years and worked in the education field for over 40 years.
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  Ashwini Bartolucci
  Please Add: Ashwini has been a Kenyan School Project (KSP) board member since 2019 and before that volunteered at KSP fundraisers. The KSP’s focus on sponsoring small, sustainable, and region-specific infrastructure projects is one reason that Ashwini joined the KSP’s mission. School infrastructure is so important because it can provide a connection to several resources at once that range from education, water, food, and sometimes room and board. The ability to collaborate with Kenyan Schools on projects and having the schools guide us on what they need is also another reason I joined the KSP. Ashwini believes that universal rights should encompass multi-dimensional education, nutritious food, safe shelter, and holistic healthcare. Ashwini would like to keep expanding her knowledge on the intersections of climate change, economic development, food politics, and state sovereignty. Currently, Ashwini is a senior at Mills College where she is majoring in International Relations.