Ngong Road Children's Foundation

We empower Nairobi children living in poverty to transform their lives through education and support, leading to employment.

The successful journey of Roseann

By Sallyanne Atieno

RoseAnn Chelangat Otieno joined Ngong Road Children’s Foundation (NRCF) in 2007 as one of the beneficiaries for the education program from primary school, through Secondary School to University. Her education journey was made successful through the financial support of her sponsor Steve Lewis.

Roseann completed her primary school education in 2012 scoring a B+ at GSU primary school. This earned her a spot in Nembu Girls High School, one of the best secondary schools in Nairobi where she got a B grade and transited to Maseno University to study a Bachelor’s Degree in Geospatial Information Science with IT, a course girls have always shied from. 

She however took it as a challenge and graduated in 2022 with a second Class Upper.

Roseann has held several leadership positions in her education journey beginning as a squad leader at Ngong Road Children’s Foundation, a Deputy School Captain, football Captain and Captain of students Campaign Against Drugs  at her high school. In Maseno University, she was a class representative.

She began her career at Kenya National Highways Authority, KeNHA, and later joined Digireg Kenya as a data operator in Kisumu County where she currently works. In her spare time, Roseann volunteers as an Environmental Champion and participates in  the UN-HABITAT- COVID-19 mitigation activities. Roseann also organizes a charity program at St Mary Magdalene Oasis of Peace Children’s Home in Kisumu County and a Street feeding program for street Children.

We wish Roseann a successful career journey.

Meet Wenceslaus, Case Manager in the Primary Department

“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.”, this quote would best describe Wenceslaus Njiri right from childhood. Wenceslaus, mostly known as “Wence” by his peers and beneficiary of the organization was born and raised in Ngando, Dagoretti where he lived with his grandmother who was the sole breadwinner and had quite a difficult childhood mainly because his grandmother struggled to provide for him and the entire family.

His leadership was seen right from High school as he was a dorm captain and the hockey team captain while at Parklands High School. You might think that this is as far as he could go in terms of being a visionary leader and taking charge but there is more to Wence than meets the eye. He was one of the instrumental and key people that were the pioneers of being volunteers as Youth Peer Providers (YPP) when the SRH program was started back in 2017 in the organization, right after he had completed his secondary education.

Friends of Ngong Road 2020 Kenya Visit - day 3 - Saturday Programme - Introduction to Ultimate

It would also interest you to know that he is loved by the younger students in the organization. Wence takes pride in being a major contributor and facilitator of the Saturday programs. He would be studying at Kabete National Polytechnic taking social work and community development and at the same time, he would still create time to volunteer as a facilitator in the Saturday program. He would interact with the kids thus creating a strong bond, little did he know that he would get the chance to work with the kids as their case manager.

His love and commitment to work during his internship at the organization is one of the factors that led to him being absorbed as a case manager in the primary department. He loves working as a case manager and he describes it as a way of showing appreciation to the organization as it is through them that he got a sponsor to take him through his education. Wence hopes to accomplish a lot for the organization and for himself as he maneuvers through and explore his career.

Thanks to Friends of Ngong Road and Ngong Road Children’s Foundation for transforming this young man’s life through education.

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