As part of the recruitment process, HBEF does beneficiary home visits to ascertain that the students are indeed from needy backgrounds as that is one of the key issues the organization looks at when seeking to recruit students each year.
Last week, 3 HBEF staff visited Olentoko Village in Kajiado County where Philip Surumen one of our Form 1 students is from. He joined Olkejuado High School and we look forward to meeting him during the first monitoring visit to hear his experience in secondary school.
The pictures are taken in the family homestead; Philip's mother - Maria Surumen, HBEF Executive Director - Sarah, Philip's primary Headteacher - Mr. Daniel Teeka and one of the younger children pose for a photo at the end of the interview.
Philip emerged the top pupil in his school and the whole district.

HBEF is so proud to have a larger and larger group of secondary graduates who go on to do great things.

''My 2nd article of the semester is up on the NU Talon. Please read and let me know what you think.
Congratulations to Micah Lorenz, Alex Lee, and Julia Laura Olson, for being elected as the first students body leaders under (ASNU) here at Northwest University.'' Patrick Kimani Nyambura

Read the article here: http://northwesttalon.com/archive/nu-elects-new-student-body-leaders-under-new-asnu/article_0a721fbe-ff95-11e6-b30b-53d71f65cfcb.html

November Nairobi BMSV as the students write letters to their sponsors and watched the film 'A small act'. Many of them commented that the film reminded them of how they had received their scholarship and how much hope it had given them.

Kiambu County Beneficiary Monitoring and Support Visit in December 2016 where the students watched 'A small Act' film. HBEF hopes that the film has a great impact on them and that their success stories will also be told and celebrated one day.

The Kenyan education sector has seen a lot of changes and there continues to be more developments to clean up the system. It is quite a bold move by the Education Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i but quite welcomed as you can read below.

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ureport/article/2001230224/changes-in-our-education-sector-are-long-overdue

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ureport/article/2001229675/is-your-university-degree-fake-cs-matiang-i-is-after-you

Happy Valentine's Day, Ms Hilde Back!!! From me and all the children in Kenya whose lives you have changed forever! Enjoy the day, and also enjoy the special calendar produced by the Hilde Back Education Fund, the Kenyan charity named after you (www.hildebackeducationfund.org) to mark 2017, the year you will turn 95! We all love you for helping us get an education, and for helping us understand that EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT!!!

Chris Mburu - HBEF Founder

HBEF is continuing to celebrate the 2016 KCSE results - it is great to know that out of 61 students who sat the national examinations, 54 got an aggregate of C+ and above and will be admitted into the public universities. This translates to 88.5%. Congratulations HBEF class of 2016!
To view the individual results kindly visit the website here: http://hildebackeducationfund.com/beneficiaries/2016results

HBEF 2017 beneficiaries Musili Kaumo and Evans Mwangangi receiving their cheques from the Kitui County Director of Education Mr. Philip Wambua. Both joined St. Charles Lwanga in Kitui.