ARES Adopt-a-School Program Overview

Adopting a school will enable us to outfit an entire school with up to 400 students with an ARES Education server system, notebooks, projectors, networking gear, and ongoing support. This is a highly leveraged means to provide a critical level of support to children in elementary and secondary schools that might never have a chance to graduate and secure a meaningful career for themselves and their families. The school administration and students will receive a customized plaque in recognition with your name, and you will receive a video of the ceremony, photos of school ARES system setup, and ongoing updates on the school's progress.

It's a powerful, affordable way to make a lasting difference in the lives of an entire school of current and future students in rural Kenya, supported by an established program with 8 years’ experience and over 80 schools enrolled. We offer multiple options to tailor the donation to fit your capabilities and interests.

You’ll receive direct and regular feedback regarding the impact your donation is having, and the future needs of the school and students.

Rotary District and Rotary International grant templates available.

Here's the situation

Schools in rural lack Kenya the resources and tools required to provide a quality education for their students. As a result, students there are left behind and are mostly unable to compete in the national and international job markets.

The benefits of digital literacy have been widely recognized around the world. Unfortunately, most schools in rural Kenya do not have resources to provide internet access, computers, or digital literacy training, resulting in an enormous ‘digital education gap’ between rural Kenyan students and their peers in urban Kenya, and worldwide.

The need:

Digital education tools, quality educational content, ongoing support assistance in digital teaching methodology, and technical support.

What we provide:

Education server designed to work in Kenyan environment (battery based, integrated cooling, solid state storage, low energy usage, etc.), a mesh wireless network to connect the entire school campus, at least one portable projector, at least 20 resilient notebooks. Most important – lots of local, hands-on support (for at least the first year)!

Our success to date:

We have been working across Kenya for 8+ years. We have over 80 schools installed now with lots of demand from new schools. We have real data to demonstrate that ARES has made a significant difference at the schools that have ARES that we will happily share with you.

How can you help:

Join our effort by adopting one or more schools! There are several support levels to choose from, outlined in this document. We welcome all levels of support. It all helps. Rotary Clubs: All ARES board members are longstanding members of Rotary International. We have completed numerous district and international grants for ARES. We have an established process and template that we can share to help assist you with the application process if you want to go that way.

ARES Education is a registered NGO in Kenya.

We are very happy to accept donations of all sizes and types. Everything can make a huge difference in the future of a child!

Donations are tax deductible. All donations are directed to our charitable purposes.

Cheques should be made out to "AFRETECH AID SOCIETY".

Donations can be made through our North American partner, Afretech Aid Society, a registered charity in the US and Canada.

In the US, cheques may be sent to 1420 Chuckanut Crest Lane, Bellingham, Washington 92229.

In Canada, cheques may be sent to Afretech Aid, 7692 Garfield Drive, Delta, BC V4C 4E6.

Canadians can also contribute via Canada Helps