Getting to school is only half the battle...
In rural Magadi, children walk miles to reach Memusi's schools. Many arrive hungry. For girls, there's another barrier that rarely gets talked about — their period.
At Memusi, we provide feminine hygiene products to every girl at our schools. Because keeping a girl in the classroom during her period isn't a luxury — it's the difference between an education and a dropout statistic.
Girls from poor families miss up to 20% of school days in a year — the equivalent of six weeks of lost learning — because they can't afford sanitary towels. [1]
A study in Kenya found that 95% of menstruating girls miss one to three school days each month, 70% report a negative impact on their grades, and more than half say they fall behind in school because of menstruation. [2] Without access to sanitary products, many simply don't come in.
1 in 5
Maasai girls complete primary school. [3]
Of those who start, fewer than 20% make it to year eight. Sponsorship keeps one more child in that number.
19%
of primary-age children in Kenya are not in school. [4]
In a country of 55 million people, that's millions of childhoods without a classroom, a teacher, or a chance.
£15
A month is all it takes.
To cover a child's education costs — the resources, meals, and teacher support that make real learning possible.
[1] Source: Daily Nation Kenya — Unkept promise: When menses means missing school and losing lives, July 2025. URL: nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/unkept-promise-when-menses-means-missing-school-and-losing-lives-5131770
[2] Source: KELIN Kenya, Breaking Barriers: Addressing Menstrual Health and Wellbeing as Human Rights, 2024. URL: kelinkenya.org/breaking-barriers-addressing-menstrual-health-and-wellbeing-as-human-rights
[3] Source: Brookings Institution — "How girls' education intersects with Maasai culture in Kenya" by Damaris Seleina Parsitau, 2017 Echidna Global Scholar. URL: brookings.edu/articles/how-girls-education-intersects-with-maasai-culture-in-kenya
[4] Source: World Bank / UNESCO — Kenya Learning Poverty Brief, April 2024. Calculation based on UIS data. URL: documents1.worldbank.org
Sponsor a real child.
When you sponsor a child at Memusi, you're allocated a specific child. You'll receive an up-to-date photo of them, and a letter or drawing — depending on their age — and you'll have the chance to write back to them each year. It's a real connection, with a real child, built around their education.
Your £15 a month covers the ongoing cost of that child being at school — two meals a day, their share of teaching staff costs — with the remaining support going to their family, helping to address the wider pressures that can pull children out of education.
Memusi's goal is that at least 50% of sponsored children are girls. In Maasai communities, girls face the steepest barriers to staying in school — and an educated girl, as the saying goes, educates a generation.
What it is.
A named child allocated to you
Your £20 per month assigned to one child
Two meals a day and teacher costs covered
An annual letter or drawing from your child
The chance to write back to them each year
Additional support for the child's wider family
Tax efficient via Gift Aid
Cancel any time
What it is not.
A passive donation with no personal connection
A one-off payment
Locked in — change or cancel any time
A complex commitment to manage
Separate from the wider support network around that child
This is what your letter means to them.
Every sponsored child receives a letter.
This is what that looks like.
Less than a daily coffee.
A child's entire education.
£15
Per month.
£15 a month covers everything a sponsored child needs to stay in school — their portion of Memusi's teacher costs, the meals that keep them fed and focused, and the resources that make learning possible.
Here's how it breaks down:
£7
Teacher support & training.
£5
Daily meals & nutrition.
£3
Resources & classroom costs.
What changes when a child is sponsored?
They stay in school for longer.
Consistent financial support removes the practical barriers — fees, resources, meals — that push children out of education before they've had a real chance.
They go home fed.
For many children, the meals at Memusi are the only ones they'll have that day. Sponsorship keeps those meals on the table — literally.
Girls are able to thrive.
Without sanitary products, many girls simply don't come in. Sponsorship means every girl at Memusi has what she needs to be in class every day — not just when her body allows it.
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Their teachers show up prepared.
A sponsored child has a qualified, supported teacher in front of them every day. Sponsorship funds the salaries and ongoing training that make that possible — because a great teacher is the single biggest factor in whether a child actually learns.
Put your name behind one child's education.
Choose your monthly amount, set up your gift, and we'll take care of the rest. Cancel any time — no forms, no fuss.
What happens after you give?
Your gift is assigned to children's education immediately.
We'll send you a confirmation and welcome to the Memusi community.
You’ll sponsor a specific child and receive a photo of them and the opportunity to written communication with them to follow their path through the school.
Your Gift Aid declaration (if applicable) increases your gift by 25%.
You can choose to increase your donation to sponsor more children or to cancel your donation at any time.