Our Scholarship Recipients

These students receive scholarships based on their merit and academic standing. A scholarship of $980 CAD, funds a student for a year. Students are eligible for a renewable scholarship if they maintain excellent academic standing.

For the last 8 years, Heartbeat Ministries has been involved in supporting bright but needy high school students from the Bura area. This is in a move to transform the living standards of the area using education as the subject of change. The journey has been quite fruitful witnessing the beneficiaries living to their words of utilizing the scholarship opportunity well by scoring good marks to guarantee them of university slot. The philosophy behind this initiative is that if these students can be supported to go through high school and manage to go to the university and get good courses which will help them get a good job that will reduce poverty in the family and to the society.

If you have supported a student through high school and would like to donate towards their university education, reach out to us at ministriesheartbeat@hotmail.com for more information.

Current Recipients

LARI JUMA

Lari Juma is the grandson of the Bishop in Sechu and he goes to Mwangoji secondary school in Sechu as a day scholar. He is in form four right now and will be sitting his exam this year.

CLAUDIA TATU

The daughter of Roselyn Wariri who is a very hardworking member of our organic farming project. Her daughter is in Mahoo girls in Taveta and she is the currently the best girl in her class getting A’s. She is in form two and has two more years to go.

ROSE WARIRI

Rose is the daughter of the lead teacher and she is in Mwambonu Girls Highschool. She is a hardworking student. She is in form three and will be finishing next year.

DANIEL NDORO

He is the son of our lead teacher and he is in Dr. Agrey High school where he will be completing his form four this year.

MARGRET TAMIA

She is from Bura Station and is currently under our scholarship program in Murray Girls High School. She is doing quite well and will be graduating this year.

Graduated Recipients

MOSES KHASEKE

Moses is from the village next to the health center and he was sponsored after he had dropped out of school due to a school fees problem. He was going to a local day secondary school Kombolio secondary school. When Heartbeat Ministries offered to help, he went back to school and managed to score a C- average, this will get him placed in a technical school.

VALENTINE MSHAMBA

Valentine is from Mnengwa village and comes from a very humble background. Her father is a bodaboda driver and pastor. When she was to join form one, things were so hard and Heartbeat managed to sponsor her to join Bura Girls High school. Here she scored a C+ average and has been called to join the Kenya Methodist University Meru to pursue Bachelors of Education, Arts.

ERNEST MAVU

Ernest comes from Alia Village which is very remote and the main activity is mining and grazing. He had dropped out of primary school when his parents abandoned him, but a well-wisher helped him go back to school and managed to finish class eight. He was called to join Dr. Aggrey High school where he was sponsored by Heartbeat Ministries and managed to score a B average. He is waiting for his admission letters to the university.

ERNESTINA MGHOI

Ernestina used to live in Bura with her auntie because her mother has severe mental illness and then was jailed. As a result, Ernestina had no other person to educate her. When Heartbeat came to know about the situation, we took her to Murray Girls High school where she managed to score a C+ and she has been called to Pwani University to study for a Bachelors of Science in Geography.

BRENDA MWERO

Brenda is from Mnengwa village. She comes from a single parent family and has other siblings in school. She joined Murray Girls High school and managed to get a C+ and is waiting to know which university she will be joining and what course. The family is very thankful and praying for you as you played a great role to support her through school.

LAZARO RIGHA

Lazaro is the a son of a widow from Bura Station. His father was a driver but committed suicide and the young family was left to fend for itself. The mother usually helps Jane and Jennifer to make meals for when our team from Canada visits. Righa went to Shimo la Tewa High School in Mombasa and managed to get a C+.

This earned him a slot at the ZeTech University to pursue Bachelor of Science in Media and Digital Communication. The family has great hope that the same God who blessed the son with the scholarship will surely do it again. Righa will be a big help to Bura and to his family.

BENEDICT MBAYA

Benedict comes from Mnengwa Village. He was sponsored when we visited St. Johns Mwema for a Days for Girls program and the Area Chief informed Heartbeat about the student who has a huge school fees balance. Heartbeat managed to clear the balance and help him finish his school where he got a B average.

This got him accepted into University, taking a Bachelors of Science in Microbiology.

IMMACULATE CHARI

She comes from Bura Mission and her family was really struggling at the time of her application and after the support she joined Asumbi Girls High School and managed to score a B-.

This placed her at Daystar University where she will be studying Bachelors of Education, Accounting and commerce.

FLORA MROMBO

Flora comes from Mlughi Village and he got the scholarship because she had dropped out of school due to lack of school fees. Her mother was really sick and all the money went to her medication. When Heartbeat learnt about their story, they offered her a chance and she went back to school Murray Girls High school and managed to score a B-.

This has placed her at Murang’a University College to study Bachelors of Arts Journalism and Digital Media. She is so happy and she confessed that since she did not know how to finish her school and God showed up when she has already given up, she believes God will show up again in this university situation.

JOSEPH SHOLO

He is from Bura Mission and got the opportunity because of this hard work in school and the family was really struggling with more three other siblings in high schools. Joseph went to Kenyatta High school which is a National school and managed to get a B average.

He has been called to join Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Nairobi to study Bachelors of Science Renewable Energy and Environmental Physics. His family is so thankful and even though they don’t have enough resources to take him to the university but they believe that God will help him to realize his dream.

ALOICE MSWAILI

He is from a very poor family. His mother (widowed) is the sole bread winner of the family and two other siblings are in school (sister in the university, brother in form two). He went to St. Mary’s High School Lushangonyi and managed to get a B average.

He has received a call to do a Diploma in Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Mombasa. He is due to begin on the 15th of September this year but due to the family situation, he is doing a casual job at our Heartbeat Farm to save some money to start his university.

DAVID CHICHI

David was the first beneficiary of this program and he was a graduate from nyolo primary school and went to Voi Boys High School where he got a C+. This gave him the opportunity to study in Kibabii University in western Kenya when he is waiting for graduation having completed his Bachelors Education Arts.

If it were not for Heartbeat to sponsor him this dream could not have been possible. He is helping his aged grandma now with the little that he is getting from teaching at private schools. He is forever grateful for the help.