Uwezo Achievers was founded by Dennis Yiaile, the President of this program, in 2021. Dennis is currently a student at Haverford College, USA, Kenya Scholar Access Program (KenSAP) alumnus 2020, and Equity Leadership Program(ELP) alumnus 2019. He hails from a humble background in Ngosuani, a rural village in southern Kenya. Like many children in this locality, he had limited knowledge about the outside world but that didn’t deter his ambition to study at a liberal art institution in North America.

To help gifted and needy scholars who are unable to advance their education dreams due to lack of tuition fees, he founded Uwezo Achievers. The program targets Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education(KCSE) and Kenya Certificate Of Primary Education (KCPE) graduates from low-income backgrounds, particularly those from rural settings in Kenya. The program, voluntarily, exposes them to diverse scholarship programs that can cater to their education expenses depending on their level of studies.

“Wherever my pursuit of knowledge takes me, I hope that my story, endeavors, abilities, and experiences will motivate students from low-income backgrounds, precisely those from rural settings in Kenya to follow my path, or to chart their own, with a quality education.”Dennis Yiaile