2024-02-27T12:45:35-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 263357739 KENYAN URITHI EDUCATION FUND KENY 7348081285 483 Little Lake Drive Suite 200 Ann Arbor MI 48103 Gary McClusky Treasurer 7348081285 2024-02-20 Gary McClusky 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X https://www.kuef.org X X 84016 X 83241 0 0 775 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84016 98897 0 0 0 0 166 2330 101393 -17377 77935 0 60558 77935 60558 0 0 0 0 77935 60558 0 0 77935 60558 Partner with local Kenyan communities to educate children and youth living in acute poverty and overcoming barriers to education. Key partners include school and community leaders, secondary schools, primary schools, children's home, and community cultural center. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. Bishop Lawi Imathiu Secondary School (BLISS) is a day public school that serves the poorest families in the community that cannot afford the predominant boarding school system in Kenya. Current enrollment exceeds 700. BLISS is considered a high performing school, based on student performance on their National Exam. Scholarships for current secondary students were provided for over 157 disadvantaged, young people to overcome economic barriers to completing secondary school. ($13,524) Scholarships for post-secondary school education at university and technical school. Granted 12 university academic scholarships for top-performing BLISS graduates (including both top male and female students). ($7,270) KUEF Scholars Program for deserving students to receive post-secondary vocational technical education or university education in 2-4 year programs without regard to academic ranking. 19 students participated in the program for 2023. ($7,094) Girls Education Scholarship for deserving female student at university based upon scholastic aptitude and potential to make significant impact in community and world. ($1,015) TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: $28,902 28902 X 28902 SCHOOL & COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT Ten (10) US volunteers, based out of the Tiriji Eco Center (Kithoka), taught 15 classes in five different schools, hosted a Gathering of Girls for participants of the KUEF Girls Education Program, interviewed principals at three schools, engaged with 23 children living at Kithika Amani Children's Home (KACH), transported 13 large suitcases of school, athletic, enrichment supplies and two band musical instruments from Utah distributed to schools and KACH, and engaged with a local community church. Local leaders and educators identified three top issues of concern: (1) food insecurity, (2) inflation and (3) teacher funding. The primary goal of community building was accomplished with many community relationships built and strengthen overall. There is much opportunity for collaborative partnership in the future. TOTAL SERVICE FUNDING: $25,837 25837 X 25837 FEEDING PROGRAM FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Provide morning porridge for over 650 students at Gichunge Primary and Kithoka Primary Schools each school day. Grants to the Feeding Programs at Kithoka Primary and Gichunge Primary Schools were essential in the battle to fight malnutrition which was made worse by the severe drought Kenya experienced in 2022. ($4,332) BLISS (secondary school) grant for supplemental food material for School Lunch Program (over 700 students) due to school garden crop failure. ($15,013) TOTAL FEEDING GRANTS: $19,345 19345 X 19345 SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAM SUPPORT Grant provided for supplemental BLISS teachers and staff support ($7,366). Science lab improvement to provide gas piping in one additional lab. ($5,405) School text / revision books to prepare students for national exam in Form 4. ($3,667) Staff Development opportunity for school principal. ($870) TOTAL SCHOOL PROGRAM GRANTS: $17,308 GIRLS' EDUCATION PERIOD PROGRAM Removed barriers to education for young women in rural Kenya. The program supports female students by creating girl-friendly school environments by providing sanitary pads, underwear, tuition support, female health education, and adequate toilets. The program currently supports over 750 female students at 5 schools in Kithoka, a small village in Meru, Kenya. Total GRANTS: $7,505 TOTAL OTHER GRANTS: $24,813 NOTE: ALL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS WERE COVERED BY PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM KUEF BOARD MEMBERS. 24813 X 24813 98897 Helen Beth Miller Executive Director 8 0 0 0 John Kline President 5 0 0 0 Alan Metz Secretary 5 0 0 0 Gary McClusky Treasurer 35 0 0 0 Brian Ward Director at Large 5 0 0 0 Thomas Case Director at Large 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MI UT Gary McClusky 483 Little Lake Drive Suite 200 Ann Arbor MI 48103 7348081285 1 KE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 85181 63498 84159 86548 83241 402627 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85181 63498 84159 86548 83241 402627 71114 331513 0 0 0 0 775 775 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 403402 0 0.82179 0.73708 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 - Grant details are provided in Form 990EZ Part III under Program Service Accomplishments Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Insurance;1122|Banking Fees and Donation Processing;198|Web site hosting and business registration and software;433|Exchange Loss;577^Total;2330^