Welcome To Hilde Back Education Fund
The Hilde Back Education Fund, (HBEF) is a Kenyan charitable organization that provides financial support to bright children from poor families to enable them get education at the secondary school level. HBEF’S focus is promotion of education as a fundamental human right.
News and Events
News on February 24, 2021
Celebrating Hilde's Life And Legacy

Following the recent demise of Ms Hilde Back and her planned funeral on Friday 26th February 2021, we are deeply touched by the outpouring of love and support through encouraging messages from so many of you. We continue to celebrate Hilde’s life a... Read more
News on January 14, 2021
Ms Hilde Back Passes on
The Board, Management and Staff of Hilde Back Education Fund is sad to announce the passing on of Ms Hilde Back on Wednesday 13th January 2021 at the age of 98 years. Ms Hilde Back is the inspiration behind our organization, having supported the educ... Read more
News on July 14, 2020
Sharing our January to June 2020 Newsletter

After another great start to 2020, little did we know that the Covid-19 pandemic would cause an unprecedented interruption to learning in Kenya. All in all it is our privilege to share with you our progress so far through our current Newsletter iss... Read more
News on February 25, 2020
GLAD TO WELCOME OUR 2020 HBEF BENEFICIARIES

GLAD TO WELCOME OUR 2020 HBEF BENEFICIARIES Just like every beginning of the year, this year we are once again very privileged to welcome our new students who we will be supporting through the next four years as they pursue their sec... Read more
News on December 19, 2019
Merry Christmas

Hilde Back Education fund Family wishes you a merry christmas and a prosperous new year Read more
News on May 9, 2019
HBEF Beneficiary Monitoring
HBEF Beneficiary Monitoring and Support Visit (BMSV)is an interactive session carried out by the HBEF officers to monitor the progress of the beneficiaries in the respective regions at the end of every school term. Watch the video for more Read more
News on March 28, 2019
A CLEAR VISION PROPELLED ME TO SUCCESS

"If you are good at something, give back to the society and the society will certainly give back to you" Elvis Muiruri karanja '2015 to 2018' ... Read more
News on February 7, 2019
Welcoming 85 new boys and girls in the HBEF Family!!!

After the release of the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination in November 2018, HBEF initiated the 2019 Scholarship Beneficiary Recruitment and Selection Exercise. Those shortlisted after submitting their application through our Scholarship ... Read more
News on November 20, 2018
Spreading the word in France

HBEF Founder Chris in France joined by HBEF Post Beneficiaries John Meshack of Ecole Centrale de Nantes University and Edward Karumba who recently joined Science Po University for a run in promoting Education is a Human Right Campaign. Both stu... Read more
News on October 4, 2018
"a small act Jamii" is here!!

Wednesday 3rd October 2018 was a great day at HBEF. It was Ms Hilde Back’s 96th Birthday! In commemorating the day; ‘a small act Jamii’ ; a community of HBEF stakeholders coming together to support the work of HBEF, was launched. HBEF Fou... Read more
Success Stories - The power of a small act
Phares Okoth
A former student at Homabay High School was admitted to pursue a course in Medical Laboratory Science and Technology at the University of Nairobi. He says he is sure that with the education he is getting now, it will see him through more achievements in the future like opening up a laboratory that is standardized for specimen examination and research.