About Us
Who we are
Amini Community Foundation formerly Amini Mogotio CBO is a community-based organization founded with a goal to make a big difference in a small way.
Our mission
Our mission is to partner with community to improve socioeconomic outcomes. We do this in six different ways. (1) promoting environmental conservation (2) promoting skills-based education (3) promoting small scale women entrepreneurs (4) sponsoring needy students to access high school education and college education (5) connecting the academically talented students to scholarships abroad. (6) supporting athletes pursue their talents.
Our vision
Our vision resides in the word, Amini. We see a community where each of us believes in the power in our hands to make a big difference in a small way in every life we touch.
Promoting Sports Talents
We support athletes in our small training camp in Iten. On of our athletes Aurelia Kiptui did very well last year placing second in stanchart marathon in Nairobi, third in Tunis marathon and fourth in Abu Dhabi marathon, 7th in Barcelona marathon 2024. Judy Jepkemoi secured athletics scholarship in University of New Mexico.
Tree planting
A forest starts with one tree. In 2015, 2018 and 2023 we started Amini Mogotio tree planting initiative in collaboration with local communities. Our biggest effort was in Noiwet Trading Center, Kiptoim trading center and surrounding areas. We have planted of 6000 trees so far. Some trees did not survive, and many did survive and currently providing shade to the people of Noiwet. Pictured below are those trees in 2015 and how those survived.
Skills based education
In 2016 we started the skills-based education promotion and support. We managed to sponsor several students to pursue diploma courses in Emining TTI. All of them have graduated and currently using skills learned to earn a living by either in gainful employment or being self-employed. Congratulations to 2023 graduates. Kiluge, Gilbert Kiprop, Felicity Toroitich, Daisy Sawe, Maurine Busi, and Norah Lagat.
Amini Sacco empowerment initiative
Our small-scale entrepreneurs face a lot of challenges accessing funding to facilitate their businesses. The challenge became even worse when COVID hit. Business became harder due to several market restrictions and fewer customers. This is when we started Amini Sacco initiative. We started initially with 25 women who requested small support. They saved 25,000 shillings and we boosted them with 50,000. The Amini Sacco initiative has since grown from 25 women to 300. From savings of 25,000 to now over 1.5 million shillings.
Supporting needy students to access education
Accessing high school education is a challenge due to increasing costs. Average cost of high school education is 50 thousand shillings even after capitation by Government.
As Amini Community Foundation we have been able to contribute in our small way to assist the needy students by fully sponsoring them in their secondary education. We have sponsored more than 30 students so far. Many are currently in school, and others completed their KCSE already.
Supporting students in Colleges and Universities
Accessing college education is also a big challenge to many students who qualify even with HELB. Amini Community has chipped in to help few exceptionally needy students. We will highlight just one or two.
Marion Chirchir is one of our exemplary beneficiaries. Marion comes from Koitebes in Mogotion constituency. She always wanted to be a teacher. She worked hard to attain a grade of B in High School but had no means to pay for college. She had given up on her dream. Together with many supporters like you, we were able to support her to complete her teachers college.
Connecting students to scholarship abroad
Studying abroad is very expensive and without scholarship, it is beyond reach even to the financially able individuals. As part of our mission, we have successfully assisted several academically talented students to obtain full scholarships in high level universities in USA.
Among our very successful students include; Anthony Kiprono who graduated with honors from Central Methodist University and currently a medical practitioner in the state of North Carolina. Bethwel Kiplimo who graduated with highest honors from Princeton University and currently a software Engineer in Microsoft. Our newest student is Elizabeth Jemosop Kenda who joined Yale University in August, 2024 via Kensap.
To put it in proper perspective, the cost of attending Princeton, Yale and Central Methodist University is 90,000 dollars per year each. This is equivalent to 14 million Kenya shillings per year. In fours years it is 56 million Kenya shillings. That is the positive economic impact of each of those scholarships to our community.