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Helping girls thrive

Helping girls live healthy, self-determined lives.

At Flying Kites, we partner with teachers in rural Kenya to transform primary schools so that girls can thrive.

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In Kenya, 1 in 2 girls won’t finish school.

Our integrative approach seeks to remove barriers to learning for all students and ensure that girls have access to the knowledge, resources, and support they need to stay in school and make informed choices about their bodies, their education, and their futures.

The Flying Kites School Network

The Flying Kites School Network

The Need While access to education for girls in Kenya has improved, girls attending public primary schools in South Kinangop continue to encounter systemic obstacles and norms that undermine their value, impact their confidence, and inhibit their potential to contribute as learners, leaders and self-sufficient citizens. To align with the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme’s standards for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene...
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Girls Education & Leadership

Girls Education & Leadership

The Need Very young adolescent girls (ages 10 – 14) require unique knowledge and skills to deal with rapid changes in puberty. However, the majority of girls in rural Kenya lack access to the critical information, knowledge, and skills they need to tackle the physical and emotional changes that come with puberty. Girls in Kenya face adverse physical and social...
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School Meals, Clean Water & Sanitation

School Meals, Clean Water & Sanitation

The Need Without access to essential Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and resources at school, students face significant risks to their health and well-being. However, the majority of public primary schools in rural Kenya, lack adequate resources and infrastructure to meet UNICEF’s global guidance standards for WASH in schools. In a 2021 survey, 90% of educators in our School...
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Trained & Equipped Teachers

Trained & Equipped Teachers

The Need 94% of Network School teachers have identified “technology training” as the most urgent priority for their professional development. Following baseline assessment observations conducted in preparation for our pilot Teacher Technology Training Program, just 8% of teachers were able to turn on a computer and navigate a home menu with independence and 0% of our teachers knew how to...
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Safe & Inclusive Classrooms

Safe & Inclusive Classrooms

The Need While access to education for girls in Kenya has improved, girls attending public primary schools in rural Kenya continue to encounter systemic obstacles and norms that undermine their value, impact their confidence, and inhibit their potential to contribute as learners, leaders and self-sufficient citizens. Our primary resource for our work to create Safe & Inclusive Classrooms – USAID’s...
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Gender-Based Violence Prevention

Gender-Based Violence Prevention

The Need While girls and young women in rural Kenya are at significant risk for gender-based violence, due to a lack of resources and awareness, many public primary school teachers are unequipped to respond to instances. In our School Network, sexual gender-based violence accounted for 81% of all gender-based violence cases reported, with 91% being girls ages 10 - 17...
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2024 Reach & Impact

5,101

We support 5,101 students across nine public primary schools through five core initiatives: Girls Education & Leadership, School Meals, Clean Water & Sanitation, Trained & Equipped Teachers, Safe & Inclusive Classrooms, and Gender-Based Violence Prevention.

217

217 primary school teachers are enrolled in our Teacher Training Center where we support them as they strive to create gender-equitable classrooms and enhance student learning.

65%

After completing a year of our Teacher Training, 65% of teachers achieved a level of proficiency in the development of basic technology skills, including being able to access online resources needed to develop engaging lesson plans and foster equitable learning environments (0% at baseline; 65% at endline).

62%

We saw a 62% increase in the number of primary school teachers who reported feeling confident to report gender-based violence and ensure access to victim services following participation in our Gender-Based Violence Prevention Program (38% at baseline; 100% at endline).

88%

88% of schools meet the basic level of water and sanitation service in schools, as defined by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, which requires that students have access to clean water, safe toilets and hand washing facilities at school (0% at baseline; 88% at endline).

32%

As a result of our Gender-Based Violence Workshops, we saw a 32% increase in teachers who accurately identified the types of gender-based violence (including corporal punishment, female genital mutilation, physical abuse, verbal abuse, and sexual abuse) (56% at baseline to 80% at endline).

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Creating a framework for change.

By building the capacity of teachers to transform their schools, our approach ensures that girls in primary school have access to the resources and support they need to stay in school and make informed choices about their bodies, their education, and their futures.

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