Today (22.04.16) is the last day of the HBEF 2 week Beneficiary Monitoring and Support visits. We have been able to meet majority of our 248 students in the 28 countries we operate in around the country and we look forward to sharing an update with all our sponsors. Below is a picture of the  first BMSV meeting in Kajiado County with the 4 selected students who are pictured below

This week and next week is being spent meeting all our 248 students around the country in their different counties. During the Beneficiary Monitoring and Support Visits we get to find out how the students are progressing and their last term's performance, they set new goals for the next term and they get to write letters to their sponsors.

University revision (Application) of courses for 2015 Candidates begins on Monday 11th April and ends on Saturday 30th April 2016 midnight. Cut off is 60 points for boys and 58 points for girls. Process is online...for more please visit http://kuccps.net/

The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination Results (KCSE) were released by the Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiangi on Thursday 3rd March. The HBEF Office has been in a celebratory mood as the results of our 167 Candidates have been trickling in. John Meshack Rotich's name was featured in Citizen TV, the leading Media House in Kenya among the students who scored the maximum points possible (A of 84 points).

Through the Sponsor to Child Program, HBEF has awarded 23 bright needy children 4 year sponsorship in support of their secondary school education in 2016. This brings the total number of students who have been supported by the Fund to 594. HBEF undertook a rigorous Beneficiary Recruitment and Selection Process in partnership with Education Officials from the selected Counties aimed at ensuring that only the very needy students were selected and awarded the scholarship. This Sponsorship was made possible by the generosity of our sponsors all over the world. HBEF is grateful to all our sponsors for making this possible.

Form 1 2016 students from the various counties HBEF selected from when they were receiving their cheques in preparation to joinig their new schools

This is what 3 of our 2016 new sponsors have to say after we introduced their sponsor children to them: an impact on the girls for the rest of their lives.

• That's wonderful! Thank you so much for the email. We are very happy to be able to help Abel through his schooling. He sounds like an exceptional young man.That's wonderful!
• Thank you so much for the email. We are very happy to be able to help Abel through his schooling. He sounds like an exceptional young man. This is such great news. I know that this experience will have
• Thank you so so much for your email!!! I am very excited to be a part of this organization and proud that I will be sponsoring Joseph. It sounds like he is a very bright student and has a great future ahead of him.

In the last two weeks, we were able to go to the 5 counties we shortlisted from and conduct interviews with various relevant county authorities. We have since then completed the recruitment process and all the students have now reported to their respective schools with their first term cheques. Thank you so much to all who have sponsored a child in 2016!

Sponsor application forms for 2016 beneficiary applicants were received on Monday and Wednesday and today we complete the shortlisting process in preparation for interviews in the various regions next week. We are still accepting new sponsorships, please do not hesitate to contact us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   or click on 'Call for 2016 Sponsorship' to learn more.

The application forms are now back in the office as the deadline was last week Friday. We will begin the shortlisting process tomorrow ans through the week. Interviews in the specific regions will then take place next week. We still have spaces for new sponsors; Please partner with us to give bright but needy children access to education. Please click on the 'Call for 2016' link above to sponsor a child.