This archive report was first published on 20 December 2021.
On December 18th, 2021, the Kenya Airlift Program held a luncheon at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi to celebrate its students relocating to the US in January 2022 to attend different universities for their master's degrees.
With a total of 50 students expected to airlift to the US in January 2022, the program has recorded its highest number of students since its inception in late 2018.
Among the students with confirmed visas, 16 will join the University of Alabama in Huntsville, 6 will attend Grand Valley State University in Michigan, 4 will join South Dakota State University, and 1 will attend Illinois State University.
The program supports students' relocation expenses, university tuition and fees, and provides cutting-edge IT job skills training to make them more marketable worldwide.
Nominated senator Isaac Ngugi and Dean of Students at the University of Nairobi, Mr. Johnson Kinyua, expressed optimism about the program's potential to combat youth frustrations caused by unemployment and low-paying jobs.
Program director Bob Mwiti and co-founder Hon. Dennis Kiogora praised the program's impact on transforming the lives of brilliant young Kenyans.
The Kenya Airlift Program is a modern-day trendsetter, following in the footsteps of the Tom Mboya airlift of the 1960s, which saw the likes of Wangari Maathai and Barack Obama Sr. turn their lives around with an American education.
