Alumni Storytellers
The best way to understand what BG does is to stand in the middle of it.
Whether you come to work, to visit, to meet a child you sponsor, or combine a field experience with a safari — BG welcomes you to all three Kenya locations. Guesthouses available. Placements arranged individually.
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Featured story
One story — in full — to show what the BG journey looks like from the inside.
Featured alumni · BG Ruiru
Giving talks at congregations, schools, businesses, and civic groups
“Being part of Blessed Generation changed my life. They gave me not just an education — but a sense of belonging and purpose. Today, I am a [profession], and I owe it all to the support and love I received at BG.”
Grace Wanjiku — Registered Nurse, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
Grace came to BG Ruiru in 2009 after her mother died of illness and her father was unable to care for her and her younger brother. She was seven. She spent eight years at Ruiru — through primary school, through the opening of the high school in 2015, and through her own KCSE examinations that same year, which she passed with a grade that earned her a place at Kenya Medical Training College. She qualified as a Registered Nurse in 2019 and now works at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. Her brother, who also passed through BG, is currently completing a degree in civil engineering in Mombasa. Grace has been sponsoring a child at BG Malindi since 2022 — a seven-year-old girl, the same age Grace was when she arrived at Ruiru.
More alumni stories
Each story is different. The thread connecting all of them is the same: someone believed it was worth investing in them.
BG Malindi Alumni · Secondary School Teacher
James Otieno, 28 — BG Malindi
“Being part of Blessed Generation changed my life. They gave me not just an education — but a sense of belonging and purpose. Today, I am a [profession], and I owe it all to the support and love I received at BG.”
James lost both parents to HIV/AIDS by the age of four — one of thousands of children along the Malindi coast left without caregivers when the epidemic was at its peak. He arrived at BG Malindi in the first years of the program, when it was still finding its footing. He completed his secondary education in Kilifi, passed his KCSE, and trained as a teacher at Pwani University. He now teaches mathematics and English at a government primary school three kilometres from the BG Malindi campus. He visits the BG school regularly to mentor older students preparing for their national examinations.
BG Malindi Alumni · Secondary School Teacher
James Otieno, 28 — BG Malindi
“Being part of Blessed Generation changed my life. They gave me not just an education — but a sense of belonging and purpose. Today, I am a [profession], and I owe it all to the support and love I received at BG.”
James lost both parents to HIV/AIDS by the age of four — one of thousands of children along the Malindi coast left without caregivers when the epidemic was at its peak. He arrived at BG Malindi in the first years of the program, when it was still finding its footing. He completed his secondary education in Kilifi, passed his KCSE, and trained as a teacher at Pwani University. He now teaches mathematics and English at a government primary school three kilometres from the BG Malindi campus. He visits the BG school regularly to mentor older students preparing for their national examinations.
BG Malindi Alumni · Secondary School Teacher
James Otieno, 28 — BG Malindi
“Being part of Blessed Generation changed my life. They gave me not just an education — but a sense of belonging and purpose. Today, I am a [profession], and I owe it all to the support and love I received at BG.”
James lost both parents to HIV/AIDS by the age of four — one of thousands of children along the Malindi coast left without caregivers when the epidemic was at its peak. He arrived at BG Malindi in the first years of the program, when it was still finding its footing. He completed his secondary education in Kilifi, passed his KCSE, and trained as a teacher at Pwani University. He now teaches mathematics and English at a government primary school three kilometres from the BG Malindi campus. He visits the BG school regularly to mentor older students preparing for their national examinations.
BG Malindi Alumni · Secondary School Teacher
James Otieno, 28 — BG Malindi
“Being part of Blessed Generation changed my life. They gave me not just an education — but a sense of belonging and purpose. Today, I am a [profession], and I owe it all to the support and love I received at BG.”
James lost both parents to HIV/AIDS by the age of four — one of thousands of children along the Malindi coast left without caregivers when the epidemic was at its peak. He arrived at BG Malindi in the first years of the program, when it was still finding its footing. He completed his secondary education in Kilifi, passed his KCSE, and trained as a teacher at Pwani University. He now teaches mathematics and English at a government primary school three kilometres from the BG Malindi campus. He visits the BG school regularly to mentor older students preparing for their national examinations.
What 40 years of investment produces
The outcomes are not claims. They are the documented careers of people you just read about.
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Former BG students currently in university or professional careers
This number grows every year as BG Ruiru High School produces new graduates. Many more have already completed their studies. The careers documented here — nursing, teaching, banking, business — are not aspirations. They are the current reality of people who grew up inside these programs.
8 years
Average number of years a BG child spends in the program before independence
BG does not operate on fixed age limits or program durations. Children stay as long as they need to — through primary school, through secondary school, and into the transition to independent adult life. The consistency of support over years, not months, is what produces the outcomes.
Donors
Some alumni now sponsor the children who sit where they once sat
David set up his sponsorship the month he got his first salary. Grace started sponsoring a child at the same age she was when she arrived at BG. This pattern — alumni giving back as soon as they are able — is the most powerful evidence BG has that what it does works. It is self-sustaining in the most human way possible.
Ready to come?
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