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PHOTO ESSAY: Kenya's Kibera School for Girls

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Sep 26, 2017

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By providing education, daily nourishment, uniforms, and school supplies free of charge, the Kibera School for Girls gives the brightest and most at-risk girls the power of hope and education.
By providing education, daily nourishment, uniforms, and school supplies free of charge, the Kibera School for Girls gives the brightest and most at-risk girls the power of hope and education.
The view from the school roof: Kibera is one of Africa's largest slums, where more than a million people live.
The view from the school roof: Kibera is one of Africa's largest slums, where more than a million people live.
The school currently serves 142 students in pre-K through 4th grade and will expand to follow students through 8th grade.
The school currently serves 142 students in pre-K through 4th grade and will expand to follow students through 8th grade.
The curriculum is an alternative to traditional methods used across the developing world where students passively listen, demonstrate knowledge via exams, and suffer corporal punishment.
The curriculum is an alternative to traditional methods used across the developing world where students passively listen, demonstrate knowledge via exams, and suffer corporal punishment.
Education specialists helped to design the innovative curriculum to capitalize on how children best learn.
Education specialists helped to design the innovative curriculum to capitalize on how children best learn.
Hands-on activities foster independence and creativity, instilling a love of learning that motivates students to surmount the many challenges that they face.
Hands-on activities foster independence and creativity, instilling a love of learning that motivates students to surmount the many challenges that they face.
Run by a staff of expert female teachers, the school gives students and community-members positive female role models.
Run by a staff of expert female teachers, the school gives students and community-members positive female role models.
Parent involvement is an enormous part of what makes the school a success. In return for free tuition, uniforms, meals, and school supplies- parents agree to volunteer at the school for five weeks per year.
Parent involvement is an enormous part of what makes the school a success. In return for free tuition, uniforms, meals, and school supplies- parents agree to volunteer at the school for five weeks per year.
The school has already saved the lives of many of the students, protecting them from rape and prostitution while providing the educational foundation for a path out of the slum. Students at the Kibera School for Girls are Kenya’s future leaders!
The school has already saved the lives of many of the students, protecting them from rape and prostitution while providing the educational foundation for a path out of the slum. Students at the Kibera School for Girls are Kenya’s future leaders!

PhotographerHilary Duffycaptures images of Kenya's future at a groundbreaking girls' school inside one of the world's largest slums.





In August 2009, Shining Hope for Communities founded The Kibera School for Girls, the first tuition-free school for girls in Kenya's largest slum. Located on the outskirts of Kenya's capital city, infrastructure in sprawling Kibera is almost nonexistent, and its residents are often ignored and discarded by the rest of society. Kibera—on the margins economically and geographically—is rarely viewed as the center of anything. Photographer Hilary Duffy explores the energy inside the bright blue walls of the Kibera School for Girls to reveal a center of innovation and a training ground for future leaders.

  • Girl Power
  • Education
    • Africa
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