Deborah Santana and Carl Lumbly will host a special event to raise funds for Kenya's Daraja Academy. Daraja Academy founders, award-winning educator from the Bay Area Jason Doherty and his wife Jenni ...

"A girl has legs to walk beyond the kitchen; a girl has eyes to see beyond the village; a girl has energy to fetch more than firewood; a girl has the ability to carry more than water."* So declares a ...

Education is the only thing that prevents girls in Kenya from becoming statistical casualties. Some 15 million underage Kenyan girls – some as young as 10 – are forced into marriage yearly, denied ...

Nearly three months since the government shut down all learning institutions to curb the spread of coronavirus, Asha Siti and Sharon Ravin are still stuck in an empty school. They do not have a home ...

Ashley Murphy said she has caught a life-altering condition, called the “Daraja fever.” It”s not deadly or contagious, but it has changed her life. Murphy, a 21-year-old UC Davis student, recently ...

Thursday, June 27. 8:00 & 10:00 pm, $10. 50% of all proceeds from Marin Academy’s Senior Concert will go to Daraja Academy. The Marin Academy Music Program (at Marin Academy, in San Rafael, CA) is ...

A “buck a book” sale of new and used books to benefit Daraja Academy will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 2210 Las Gallinas Ave. The nonprofit academy, a secondary school in Kenya that serves ...

A summer waitressing job teaches this young woman from Kenya what it takes to stand up for herself and demand respect.