Hilde Back Education Fund

A Kenyan Charity Educating Bright Children from Poor Families

Current and proposed activities of the HBEF include:

Providing special academic orientation and encouragement to hardworking pupils, e.g. personal tutoring, to enable them achieve their full potential

Sponsoring activities that provide children from poor families with the motivation to excel in their studies, e.g. awarding prizes to pupils who come first in selected subjects such as Mathematics, English, Science, or organizing writing competitions in the rural areas.

Creating local resource centers where pupils from poor families can access important school materials such as text-books and also get free information regarding local and foreign institutions of higher learning.

Providing special academic orientation and encouragement to hardworking pupils, e.g. personal tutoring, to enable them achieve their full potential

Sponsoring activities that provide children from poor families with the motivation to excel in their studies, e.g. awarding prizes to pupils who come first in selected subjects such as Mathematics, English, Science, or organizing writing competitions in the rural areas.

Creating local resource centers where pupils from poor families can access important school materials such as text-books and also get free information regarding local and foreign institutions of higher learning.

Linking up talented pupils with their counterparts in other parts of the world and encouraging mutually-beneficial exchange programs through locally-based Embassies and other institutions

Organizing motivational lectures by successful community members in order to underscore the value of education and create positive role models

Awarding modest monetary scholarships to exceptionally bright pupils in primary and secondary schools who are unable to carry on with their studies due to financial problems

Referring pupils who do not meet HBEF funding criteria but who have a demonstrable need (e.g. AIDS orphans or physically and mentally handicapped children) to other local and international organizations that can provide needed assistance

Introducing children from disadvantaged communities to skills previously beyond their access such as foreign languages, computer, theater, music, poetry etc

Mobilizing individuals and institutions with interest in education to donate materials useful for the education of disadvantaged children such as old computers, second-hand books, music instruments etc.