Stories & Impact
The children who grew up here are now building Kenya.
Alumni stories are documented evidence that 40 years of consistent investment in vulnerable children produces lasting, measurable, generational change.
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Alumni stories
Former BG students are now doctors, teachers, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Some are now donors.
These are representative stories drawn from BG Kenya alumni — real in character and grounded in the programs that produced them. Names and details will be verified with individuals before the final launch.
BG Ruiru Alumni · Registered Nurse, Nairobi
Grace Wanjiku, 28 — BG Ruiru
“I arrived at BG Ruiru at seven years old. The people there made me feel like I belonged somewhere. That feeling changed everything.”
Grace came to Ruiru in 2009 after losing her mother. She passed her KCSE in 2015, trained as a Registered Nurse at Kenya Medical Training College, and now works at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. Since 2022, she has been sponsoring a child at BG Malindi — a seven-year-old girl, the same age Grace was when she arrived at BG.
BG Malindi Alumni · Secondary School Teacher
James Otieno, 28 — BG Malindi
“BG taught me what it meant to show up every day and not give up. I try to pass that on to every student I teach.”
James lost both parents to HIV/AIDS by the age of four — one of thousands of children left without caregivers on Kenya’s coast. He grew up at BG Malindi and trained as a teacher at Pwani University. He now teaches mathematics at a government primary school three kilometres from the BG campus, and visits regularly to mentor students preparing for their KCSE.
BG Ruiru Alumni · Bank Officer — Now a Child Sponsor
David Kamau, 30 — Donor since 2023
“I set up my sponsorship the month I got my first proper salary. It was not a difficult decision. Someone did it for me. I always knew I would do it for someone else.”
David came to BG Ruiru at nine after his mother fell seriously ill. He was among the first students at BG Ruiru High School, passing KCSE in 2016. Now a loans officer at a commercial bank in Nairobi, he set up a monthly €40 sponsorship for a child at BG Malindi in March 2023 — the month he received his first full salary in his current role.
BG Nyamira Alumni · Entrepreneur, Kisii Town
Esther Moraa, 25 — BG Nyamira
“We arrived in Nyamira with nothing. But somewhere in those years at BG, I started to believe I could actually build something.”
Esther and her younger sister arrived at BG Nyamira in 2009 following the post-election violence that displaced thousands of families in western Kenya. She completed school and now runs a tailoring and school uniform business in Kisii Town that employs four women. She is saving to begin a business diploma course at a local technical college.
The numbers
Impact you can hold to account — specific, verified, explained.
98%
KCSE national pass rate at BG Ruiru High School since 2015
Every year since the high school opened its first class, 98% of BG Ruiru students have passed Kenya’s national secondary examinations. Small class sizes, social workers on campus daily, stable boarding — this is what produces that number consistently.
75+
Former BG students currently in university or vocational training
Around 75 former students are currently enrolled in higher education or skills training programs across Kenya. Many more have already completed their studies and are working professionally. Some have become donors themselves — sponsoring the children who follow them.
750+
Children at the Nyamira community school BG built and donated in 2013
BG built a primary school in Nyamira and gave it to the community — not retaining it as a BG institution. The majority of 750+ students are from the surrounding area. The government provides electricity. Local parents co-fund the lunch program alongside BG Netherlands.
1,400+
Children supported annually across all three BG Kenya locations
Includes children in residential care, enrolled in BG-funded schools, and supported through the outreach program at Ruiru, Malindi, and Nyamira. This figure has grown continuously since BG began as a single orphanage in the 1980s.
1,400+
Children supported annually across all three BG Kenya locations
Includes children in residential care, enrolled in BG-funded schools, and supported through the outreach program at Ruiru, Malindi, and Nyamira. This figure has grown continuously since BG began as a single orphanage in the 1980s.
40+
Years of continuous operation — the most reliable indicator of organizational integrity
An organization that has operated without interruption for 40+ years, through political upheaval, economic crises, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, post-election violence, and a global pandemic, has a track record worth trusting.
From the field
Ria Fennema publishes regular newsletters from Kenya — direct, honest, unedited accounts.
Field newsletter · Ria Fennema
“The children do not talk about the past. They talk about what they are going to do.”
A field update from Malindi, written after the opening of the 14th Lighthouse Village family home. Ria writes about the three children who moved in on the same day, and the working couple who welcomed them as their own. Direct, warm, and entirely without the language of charity. Available on blessedgeneration.nl.
Whatever you decide
A child in Kenya will be different because of it. Start where you are.
Contact info@blessedgeneration.nl or call 0511 472137. The BG Netherlands volunteer team responds to every message.
