Project Baobab - Teaching Kenyan Youth Skills for Independence
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Funding
 
Project Baobab is a 501-C-(3) non-profit organization [EIN #02-0532299] in the United States. This status allows us to receive donations from foundations and private donors, as well as to distribute funds directly to student beneficiaries. 
 
Project Baobab is also a NGO registered in Kenya under section 10 of the Non-govermental organizations act of 2010.  also a Kenyan registered NGO.
 
Most of Project Baobab's funding comes from individuals. Project Baobab has also received grants from:
 
- Friends of Kenya
- The Global Fund for Women
- The Hurlbut-Johnson Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon - Valley Community Foundation
- Juniper Networks Foundation Fund
- Nike Foundation (via a partnership with Technoserve)*
- The West Foundation
 
*Technoserve is a nonprofit organization that provides business solutions to entrepreneurs in rural areas worldwide. Project Baobab and Technoserve formed a partnership in June 2006 with the aim of fostering an entrepreneurial culture among Kenyan youth. Through this partnership and the help of a grant from Nike Foundation, Project Baobab expanded to an additional eleven sites (five schools and six community programs).
Lang'ata Prison Grantee who has started a bakery
Lang'ata Prison Grantee who has started a bakery
 
Board of Directors

Hassan Bashir
Maggie Kamau
Francis Kihanya
Wambui Kihanya
Colleen McLaughlin
Jeanne Moulton
Dr. David Ndii
Tiffany Randall Su
Gee Gee Williams (Founder)

Advisory Council

Mrs. Lucy Gitonga
Prof. Peter Kibas
Mr. Sammy Kiguru
Mrs. Suzanne Redfern-West (Council-Board Liaison)
Mr. Samuel Waweru