UPDATES

Discover more about life in Kilifi County, Kenya, by reading stories and reports from students, teachers, libraries and the community.

For reports from more than three years ago, please contact us directly.

Coronavirus update from the Bursary Students

We were sent some videos of the Akili bursary students who have not be able to go to school or the Akili libraries due to the lockdown in Ke

Trustee visit from Jenny Pitkin

I visited the libraries at the beginning of April 2019. It is over 3 years since I was last there and it was good to be back. I was made ...

Important meeting on student achievement at Kakuyuni Library

Kahindi Gharama is a former Akili bursary student from Kakuyuni. He is now in his final year at Egerton University studying economics and...

Kakuyuni Library: Collapsed Ceiling

After two years of drought, there has been a devastating amount of rainfall on coastal Kenya, particularly affecting the Malindi...

Welcome to the Akili Newsletter, December 2016

We have some excellent news about one of our first bursary students to share it with you. Lawrence Nzai has just graduated with a first...

We need your vote

Good news: Akili has been shortlisted for the Better World Books Literacy Grant. Our bid is for books in Swahili for the libraries. You...

10 years of Akili working in Kenya

The Akili Trust began as a charity in January 2006 with the aim of promoting literacy in the Kilifi province in Kenya. To celebrate and...

Debate Mate Kenya and Akili Trust: International Programme 2016

About Debate Mate About the Programme Debate Mate UK has collaborated with the Akili Trust to run a summer debating programme in schools...

Library news

New Library We are working in partnership with Canon Mweri Secondary School to open a new library in 2011. The school will fund the...

PR statement

Publicity statement March 2011 The Akili Trust is a British charity set up to develop community libraries in rural Kenya. We have NGO...

New: maps of our libraries

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