Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls (JAMS) focuses on being a good neighbor. In addition to providing life-changing education for the girls who attend JAMS, the school contributes to the local community in various ways.

The local primary school (grades 1 – 8) now has clean, fresh water thanks to a well and plumbing infrastructure funded by Rotary International due in part to the efforts of the JAMS founder/directors. No longer must students walk five miles roundtrip to the river to get water in jerry cans.

Local children now have a children’s library within the JAMS Wehrmeister Library, where they can come to read and learn.

“The most important thing we can do for our children and fellow citizens is to create opportunities to expand their sense of actual possibilities.”

          –JAMS Founders Dr. Wasonga and Dr. Otieno

Last but not least, JAMS provides much-needed jobs. Local quarrymen provided the stone and local workmen constructed the school’s buildings.

Twelve certified teachers work at the school and get housing as well as salaries.

Local men and women work on the campus in various capacities including a dormitory matron, cooks, groundskeepers, security guards, maintenance personnel, dairymen, and gardeners.

During the height of the COVID pandemic, JAMS provided a lifeline by keeping all employees on staff at a time when many people in Kenya fell into unemployment.

As JAMS founder/directors Dr. Teresa Wasonga and Dr. Andrew Otieno say, “The most important thing we, together, can do for our children and fellow citizens is to create opportunities to expand their sense of actual possibilities.”