Daraja Academy
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Daraja Academy is a free secondary school located outside of Nanyuki, Kenya. It is the first project of the Carr Education Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 non-profit based in California's Bay Area
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[edit] The Carr Education Foundation
The Carr Education Foundation was formed in February 2006 by Jason and Jenni Doherty. The mission of the foundation is
the creation of schools with curricula that focus on the core subjects of mathematics, science, reading/writing, and social science as well as on the environment, technology, and other life skills areas...[as well as] advocate for an education that meets the needs of the entire student; an education designed to prepare students to meet the every day challenges they face: poverty, employment, nutrition/hunger, and environmental preparedness.[1] http://daraja-academy.org/content/view/17/32/
[edit] The Daraja Academy
The Carr Education Foundation employs the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) standards for Daraja Academy's educational curriculum.
[edit] Connection to the Baraka School
The academy is situated on the campus of the Baraka School, featured in the 2005 documentary The Boys of Baraka. The school had been used as an outpost by the Baltimore City School District to educate 7th and 8th grade boys from Baltimore, Maryland until it closed in 2003 due to heightened security.
[edit] Daraja Clubs
Daraja clubs focus on elevating local awareness concerning the inequitable state of education in the developing world and fund raising for the Daraja Academy. Daraja Clubs exist in two Bay Area high schools, Hogan High of Vallejo and the Woodside Priory School of Portola Valley.
[edit] Footnotes
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[edit] References
- ^ Daraja Academy webpage
[edit] External links
