Isuzu East Africa Managing Director, Rita Kavashe (L), KNLS Director/CEO, Richard Atuti and Founder Palmhouse Foundation, Erick Kimani (R). [Photo/Avid PR]
Bus and truck assembler Isuzu East Africa (Isuzu EA) is partnering with a local education Trust, Palmhouse Foundation to educate needy students.
Starting in 2017, Isuzu EA committed to donate Sh1,000 from every vehicle it sold to establish a Sh100 million Endowment Fund. The Fund will support Palmhouse Foundation’s work of financing the secondary education of needy and deserving students from Kenya’s 47 counties. The announcement was made during the launch of a book, ‘Wisdom for Abundant Living’, authored by Palmhouse Founding Trustee Eric Kimani. The event was held in front of the Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) iconic new building located at the Community Area, Nairobi. Speaking at the book launch, Rita Kavashe, Isuzu EA’s Managing Director, explained her values with Palmhouse Foundation through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. “Through our CSR initiatives, we have for many years supported the wellbeing of communities through Healthcare, Road safety, Education, and Environment. Under Education, we have made annual donations to Palmhouse since 2006 and seen over 50 bright and needy children complete high school, then proceed to local Universities. We’ve also provided internship opportunities and full-time employment to some of these beneficiaries,” she said. Rita lauded Palmhouse for being the first indigenous Kenyan education Trust to support hundreds of young beneficiaries complete their secondary education. She also described Kimani’s book as offering life transforming nuggets of wisdom. Palmhouse Founding Trustee Eric Kimani explained that the Endowment Fund would support bright and needy students achieve their dreams.
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