VOLUNTEER WITH KEY AND MATCH WITH A LIBRARY THAT YOU’LL LOVE!

Are you an educator who is also outgoing, positive and self-disciplined? Do you have a love of learning and adventure and a passion to promote teenage and childhood literacy? Does the idea of packing your bags and immersing yourself in a new culture appeal to you? Are you able to work independently and respond to fluid and frequently shifting priorities with grace and aplomb? Does the idea of helping make a lasting difference in the lives of underserved children in Kenya and Ghana put a smile on your face?


KEY Dawden Primary and Junior High Complex | Tarkwa, Ghana

 
WHO IS ELIGIBLE
Certified School Librarian / Certified Teacher-Librarian / Certified Library Media Specialist / Certified Library & Information Technician / Student enrolled in Library & Information Studies Program / Graduate of Library & Information Studies
TERM
2–3 months depending on the needs of both parties and suitability. The average school day is 8 am to 4 pm.
THE POSITION IS UNPAID
Please estimate between $2,500 and $4,000 for food, board and transportation costs, depending on the average cost of living in the area of the school.

LEAN MORE AND APPLY



KEY Iltolish Mara Primary School | Narok, Kenya

Our Partners & Supporters

KEY is extremely grateful for the continued work of our consultants, volunteers & communities, who offer their help from around the world.

Publishers

Donors

  • Jordan Banks
  • Joe and Larissa Canavan
  • Amoryn Engel & Kevin Warn-Schindel
  • Shaun & Stacy Francis
  • Tomasso Giulini & Ilaria Nardi
  • Scott and Magda Jeffery
  • Jay Kellerman
  • Dougal & Barbara Macdonald
  • Walter and Diana Maughan
  • Anthony Munk and Amie Rocket-Munk
  • Reza Satchu and Marion Annau
  • Branksome Hall
  • Sauti Sol Band
  • Kenyan Boys Choir
  • Champion Taekwondo
  • Cossette
    creative marketing and communications agency
  • Susie Kacaba
  • Lewis Mudge

Cosponsors

Consultants

  • Braeburn Schools
  • Cossette
    creative marketing and communications agency
  • Chapi Chapo
    Design firm in Toronto
  • Kit Milnes
    Environmental Consultant
  • Japhet Otike
    Librarian and Lecturer at Moi University
  • Dr. Kinya
    Librarian and Lecturer at Nazarene University, Nairobi
  • Dean Rousseau
    Librarian Technician
  • Vida Juozaitis
    International Librarian Consultant

Interns

  • Lencer Ogutu

    Lencer Ogutu graduated from Precious Blood Riruta in 2014 with an A of 84 points. Afterwards, she joined KenSAP and got admission into Princeton University, New Jersey. She plans to join the school of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Lencer is currently an intern at the Knowledge Empowering Youth Foundation. She loves learning foreign languages and reading novels as a pass time.

  • Jimmy Otieno

    Jimmy Otieno graduated from Maseno School in 2014 with an A of 84 points. He worked as a volunteer teaching assistant for PACEmaker International after high school. He thereafter joined Kenya Scholar-Athlete Project (KenSAP) and successfully applied for admission to Stanford University where he will be pursuing Computer Science and Economics. He is passionate about social entrepreneurship and problem solving and aspires to build his own fortune 500 company in the future. He is currently an intern at KEY Trust.

  • Karen Nyokabi

    Karen Nyokabi graduated from Precious Blood Riruta in 2015. She is currently an intern at the KEY foundation. She plans to study finance at university. Reading is one of her favorite hobbies.

  • Kate Omao

    Kate Omao graduated from Starehe Girls’ Centre, the class of 2015. She aspires to pursue Law and marketing in university. She is currently an intern at KEY Trust. She loves to enlighten different people in the society on the importance of reading. Through the KEY Trust Foundation, this hobby has been developed.

  • Ombati Mabera

    Ombati Mabera graduated from Precious Blood Secondary School in 2015. She is currently an intern at the Knowledge Empowering Youth Foundation. She aspires to become an electrical engineer.

  • Precious Jebet
    First Library Captain of a KEY library

    Precious Blood Secondary School graduate. Enrolled at Dartmouth University.

  • Stephanie Maloba
    Student

    Stephanie Maloba graduated from Precious Blood Riruta in 2014. She is currently an intern at the Knowledge Empowering Youth Foundation. She aspires to become a Corporate Lawyer, a profession she learned about through the library donated by KEY to Precious Blood in 2012. 

  • Angela Moturi
    Student

    Angela Moturi graduated from Precious Blood High School in 2014. She plans to study Literature at university. She is currently serving as an intern at Knowledge Empowering Youth.

  • Judith Musangi
    Student

    Judith Musangi graduated in 2014 from Precious Blood Riruta, the best performing girls school in Kenya. She is currently an intern at KEY Trust. She aspires to study cinematography at university. Reading is her favourite pastime. 

Rita Field-Marsham

Founder & CEO

As a Kenyan-born lawyer, I have always been aware of the transformative power of language, reading and a well rounded education. It has been a very personal goal of mine to ensure children have the knowledge they need to shape and transform their own destinies.

Rita is a board director of the Kenya Scholar Access Program (KenSAP), the Andre De Grasse Family Foundation and a Board Governor of the MPESA Foundation Academy.

Before moving to Canada in 2004, Rita was a lawyer in private practice in Kenya and provided pro bono legal services to the High Court, Court of Appeal, and FIDA-Kenya for litigants unable to afford the services of a lawyer.

 

 

Wanjirũ Ngige

Legal Adviser

Wanjirũ Ngige, a founding partner of Ngige Aluvale Advocates LLP and formerly with Mohammed Muigai LLP for 15 years, specializes in Commercial Transactions and Research, Policy & Drafting. She has acted for diverse clients across various legal areas, appears in courts and tribunals, and serves as an arbitrator. She was a member of the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal from March 2022 to March 2023 and currently represents the LSK on the Committee on Senior Counsel. Wanjirũ has taught Principles of Civil Procedure and Administrative Law at Strathmore University’s School of Law, sits on the Investment Committee of the Kenya Innovative Finance Facility for Water (KIFFWA), and currently serves as a Legal Adviser to Knowledge Empowering Youth (KEY).

Wanjirũ holds degrees from Keele University and a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford. She was called to the Bar of England & Wales by Gray’s Inn in 2007.

Gladys Kerich

Programs manager

The right book can Change a Life.

Gladys Kerich has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management. In her nine years with KEY, Gladys has developed her expert reputation as a collaborative leader in building complex turnkey school library models on time and on budget.

Nyakundi James Nyambane

Head Librarian

Nyakundi oversees all operational aspects and audits of our libraries ensuring the fulfillment of KEY’s mission, values and strategic priorities. Highly organized, detailed-oriented and friendly, he is always on hand to help KEY libraries’ teachers, students and librarians with queries and recommendations as needed.

Nyakundi received a bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science, and has over eight years of experience as a User Services Librarian at United States International University Africa (USIU). He is a member of the Kenya Library Association (KLA), American Library Association (ALA) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Standing Committee member for (CPDWL) 2019-2023.

BOARD & ADVISORS

KEY would like to recognize our well informed, trained and experienced board members and advisors, who hold us accountable and treat no subject as undiscussable.

Niccola Milnes M&E Advisor at USAID and Principal NVM Consulting. As KEY’s first hire, Niccola helped build our award winning library models over 7 years as Programs Manager (2011-2018).

Wandia Gichuru Founder and CEO Shop Zetu, Co-founder and Executive Director Vivo Activewear. Trustee Zeitz Foundation, Mpesa Foundation Academy, KenSAP, and Field-Marsham Foundation. Cohort 1 Stanford Seed Transformation Program. Previously, Governance Advisor Department of International Development (DIFID), Policy Advisor UNDP, Operations Analyst World Bank, Public Relations Citi, Project Coordinator Kenya Wildlife Service.

Brett Marchand CEO Plus Company. Former President and CEO Vision 7. Board Member Pathways to Education Canada, Foundation Director St Michael’s Hospital, Advisory Board Member Alberta School of Business, Chair NewCo Toronto, Board Member Ontario Science Centre. Previously at Molson Canada, Campbell Soup, Proctor & Gamble, and Chair Habitat for Humanity Canada.

Scott Jeffery President Treehouse Capital. Previously President Colgate-Palmolive Canada Inc., Central Europe and Russia, and Columbia S.A.

Charles Field-Marsham Founder and Chairman Kestrel Capital Management Corp Canada, Kestrel Capital (East Africa), and Panafrican Group. Investor and board member of Slingshot Sports LLC. Board Chair and sponsor of Kenya Scholar Access Program (KenSAP). Previously, board member of AMREF Canada, Grand Challenges Canada, SickKids Hospital Foundation, and NEXT Canada.