Outlook for 2020
The economic consequences of the Corona crisis will be devastating, and Kenya won’t be exempt. Many parents will soon be unable to pay school fees, which means our schools will lose a huge part of their income. We won’t...
Likunda Primary Extension Progressing
Beginning of January we had started building the wings with new classrooms for the LPS 2nd stream. The construction is making very good progress, we are hoping to use the rooms on from the 2nd term after the break...
Opening of the “New” Ratinga on March 14th, 2020
In a record time of little more that four months we managed to complete the second wing of Ratinga. Or rather: will have managed, because obviously there are still some gaps to fill and paint to spill. But no...
Number of Mekaela Weber School Pupils Doubled
At the end of 2019, Mekaela Weber School sported slightly above 100 pupils. Now, we are counting 210. That is a sensational success of the new head-teacher Erick Omondi and his highly motivated team. There can’t be any doubt...
Ratinga Extension Nearly Completed
In November, 2019 we had begun building the second stream of Ratinga Primary School. The construction is funded by the Blumberg Foundation from Ratingen, Germany. Currently, we are in the process of finishing the roof. We are confident that...
999-Programme 2019 – Mission Accomplished
Due to a real flood of donations in December, the target for our 999-Programme was reached on 27.12.2019. By November, we had collected “only” slightly over 10,000 Euros. A big thank you to our loyal donors. The 999-Programme helps...
The Results of the KCSE 2019 Exams Are Out
The Ministry of Education has published the results of the 2019 KCSE (secondary level) exams. While our Lulu Boys High School and Lulu Girls High School, unlike our primary schools, still haven’t made it to the top of the...
Interesting Film About Schools in Kenya
Raphael Strupler, a student teacher from Switzerland who volunteered in our schools last year, has produced an impressive film about the Kenyan school system. Absolutely worth watching, albeit in German, here is the link: Film About Education in Kenya...
Mekaela Academies Among The Top 10 Again
With an average score of 375.9 points Mekaela Academies’ Likunda Primary School came in 7th among the around 1,700 primary schools of the Coast Region at the 2019 KCPE exams. To the article in the Kenya Daily Nation of 20.11.2019
Great Results of the KCPE Exams
Today, all four Mekaela Academies school buses paraded with loudspeakers through Diani, Ukunda and as far as Kwale and made a lot of noise: the results of the KCPE exams were announced today, and we have 16 (!) graduates...
Ratinga Primary Doubles
The Blumberg Foundation from Ratingen will fund the expansion of Ratinga Primary School with a second stream. The school will receive 8 new classrooms for classes 1 to 8 (which means, we won’t be doubling the kindergarten). Construction will...
Romika for Kenya!
Interview with Carl August Seibel in SWR TV on 19.02.2019
The new Mekaela Times is out
Click to download the new Mekaela Times 2018/19
Is Kenya more advanced than Germany?
Read the artice in The Kenya Daily Nation
Mekaela Weber School Opened
On the 10th January we officially opened Mekaela Weber School, the sixth school of Mekaela Academies. Weber School is a primary day school located in Kombani, a rapidly growing village at the Kwale Junction of the A14.
KCSE Results 2018 Published
The 2018 KCSE results are out and they are disastrous but we haven’t received the results of our Lulu Boys High and Lulu Girls High, yet. Read more in the article in Kenya Daily Nation of 23.12.2018
