The Alumni Mentorship Program is a sisterhood of Daraja graduates. They return to their roots on Mentorship Days where they listen to speakers and receive training and guidance in their professional aspirations. In turn, they mentor their younger sisters still in high school. The alumni are part of a Family Tree from the time they enter the Daraja gates, and they take on the sacred responsibility to mentor their younger sisters.

Through social media, WhatsApp, and phone calls, alumni share internships and job opportunities. They cheer each other on as they graduate from college and university, get married, or have their first child.

“An educated girl will always return to those who helped her and show appreciation”

-Barbara, Class of 2016

“When you educate a girl she will give it back to the community she came from. Girls don’t forget wherethey come from and as they say, ‘you educate a girl you educate the whole world”

-Sumeya, Class of 2019