School Bursaries

Access to education is one of the simplest, most powerful tools in the world and one of the hardest to guarantee everywhere. For many families around Mugie, the cost of school fees can be the difference between a child staying in the classroom or staying home.

Mugie's bursary programme was created to close that gap. Launched in 2021 with 456,594 KSH, the fund awarded its first 33 bursaries that year. A modest start, but a clear statement of intent. It hasn't stopped growing since. By 2026, the fund had grown to 1 million KES, supporting 140 students across Mugie's neighbouring communities.

The process is built to stay close to the community it serves. Each November and December, Mugie alerts local steering committees that applications are open. These committees — made up of people from the community itself — receive the applications and select the recipients, before passing their selections on to Mugie for distribution. It's a model built on trust: the people who understand a family's circumstances best are the ones making the decision, not Mugie from a distance.

It ties into something much bigger, too. The United Nations calls it Quality Education, one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals the world has set for itself by 2030. Mugie's contribution starts at the grassroots, on this plateau, one bursary, one student, one school term at a time. Because the future of this landscape and the people who call it home, will one day rest in the hands of the children learning here now.