Brainhouse Academy

Brainhouse Academy, also called The Brainhouse School, is a low-cost private school on the northern side of Mathare North that teaches both primary and secondary classes. Many of its learners are orphans or come from very poor homes, and the school offers shelter in dormitories as well as day places. Since 2010 a UK charity, the Akamba Children's Education Fund, has worked with the head teacher and staff on a feeding programme that has served close to a million meals, 29 eco-toilets that turn waste into biogas for the kitchen, solar lighting, clean water tanks, a library and vocational training in dressmaking, plumbing and solar work. A scout group and sport are part of school life. The secondary section is registered with the Ministry of Education and sat KCSE as early as 2009. Enrolment has been reported at roughly 800 to 900 children.