Daraja is a national NGO working on the following areas: -


(i) Promoting right to basic education through two main program initiatives;

Education for the marginalized children of Kenya (EMACK) – 2011

Education for the Marginalized Children of Kenya is an initiative of the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Beginnig from January, 2011 they have been technically and financially supporting education programme in the Urban Slums of (Mukuru kwa Njenga). The program seeks to improve access to quality education and increase retention and completion rates for children historically under-served by the education system in Kenya.


Urban Slums Basic Education Programme (2008 – to date)

Daraja is currently implementing an Urban Slums Basic Education Programme whose overall goal is “To enhance the capacity of basic education providers in the urban informal settlements aimed at improving access and enhancing the quality of basic education provision in the urban slums by ensuring that all children living in the slums benefit from the government’s Free Primary Education grants. The main focus being; Building the capacity of school governance teams to be able to provide quality basic education for all children.

(ii) Promoting civic education through;

Constitutional Reform Education (CRE) – 2011

Daraja is currently implementing the Constitutional Reform Education in partnership with Uraia under the Kenya’s National Civic Education Programme Phase I (NCEP II). This project is aimed at consolidating democratic gains and establishing county and school platforms to facilitate more robust public engagement in the constitutional implementation Process.


Civic Education for Schools and Colleges {2003 - to date)

This programme began with Education Policy Reviews, Needs Assessment, Provincial Consultative Forums on Civic Education and the on going National Induction Programme for Schools and colleges.

In 2003, Daraja and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (a German Foundation based in Nairobi) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, conceptualized a Civic Education induction programme for schools and colleges dubbed “Civic Education for Schools and Colleges” with an overall goal being to induct all teachers on Civic Education so as to improve their capacity to deliver civic education not only to the students but also to the entire school communities.