FriendsOfJAMS

For all its students, JAMS is a life-changing experience. For some, it is a new world. JAMS selects bright young women from villages and small towns, mostly in western Kenya. Knowing something about the students’ homes helps us understand why JAMS is so inspiring for these bright, ambitious young women...

The Ministry of Education has released the results of the national graduation exams, the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), and the Class of 2020 achieved the best JAMS results ever! Not only did 100% of the 43 girls in the Class of 2020 pass and get their Certificates of Secondary Education (high school diplomas), even better, 100% scored grades good enough to attend higher education...

We are glad to report good news from JAMS as Kenya continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. We achieved a nearly 100% return-to-school rate for the delayed second term of the 2020 school year, with 163 girls returning in January 2021 to live and study on campus. (We have followed up on the four remaining girls, are helping with health and logistical issues, and expect them to return to school this summer.)...

During the first week of January, nine months after Kenyan schools closed in March 2020, all grade levels returned to the Jane Adeny Memorial School campus. We are very happy to report that 100% of JAMS students are accounted for. Only four of them have not returned, due to health issues...

We sent news and a message from your student by mail to every full and half scholarship donor in December. We hope you will write back to your student and send a photo if you’d like. Your students are now back on the JAMS campus. We will send your notes and letters to your JAMS student electronically as we receive them...