Amani Complex International works with and for at-risk children and their families in Kenya to break the cycle of vulnerability through decolonially-framed holistic education, mental health support, community development, and anti-human trafficking advocacy.

EDUCATION‍ ‍

Why Education when there are so many Schools?

The goal of Education in Amani is shalom- not just graduation rates or test scores, but the flourishing of the whole person in right relationships with the divine, themselves, their community, society, the world, and creation in totality.

A child who narrates community history through storytelling, or a youth who excels in creative arts performance and theater, is not ‘less intelligent’ than one who solves mathematical equations. A child whose hands build and repair furniture or a youth who is a skilled plumber is not ‘behind’ the child who reads fluently. A child whose emotional attunement holds together a fractured peer group is exercising a form of intelligence the world desperately needs.

In Masii, South-Eastern Kenya, Amani runs both a Pre-school and an Elementary School because we believe education is not a ladder to economic mobility alone. It is a formation of the whole person, mind, heart, character, and voice.

We enroll children from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, providing Bible-centred, holistic education that nurtures dignity, agency, justice, and voice. We provide need-based scholarships to ensure that financial barriers never determine a child’s future.

Our vision doesn’t stop in Masii; we dream boldly of a Pan-African Chain of Amani Primary and Tertiary / Vocational Schools- institutions that prepare holistic and dignified local and global change agents to the glory of God. We are currently envisioning a Vocational Institution in Kilifi County, Coastal Kenya.

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LEADERSHIP @ AMANI SCHOOL

The School is run by a Principal (Head Teacher), Deputy Principal, Senior Teacher, and a team of teaching and non-teaching staff.

A Parents Teachers’ Association (PTA) Committee steers stakeholder participation.

Amani Complex Kenya Board, which comprises the community members, the School Principal, and the founders, provides oversight.

The current staff comprises 10 teaching staff and four support staff.

Aman School Ongoing Phase 1 Renovation of the Newly Leased Campus with Six Classrooms and an Office.

MENTAL HEALTH

Amani is committed to meeting the mental health needs of at-risk children and their families.

The Amani school in Kenya hosts a mental health program through peer counseling, guidance and counseling, intergenerational mentorship, and art-based therapy programs.

This is a developing program.

ANTI- HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARTIVISM

Amani Complex International is committed to children-centred artistic prophetic voicing, combating child-sex trafficking in Kenya.

At present, the Amani school in Kenya champions children-based anti-child sex trafficking advocacy through performing arts and Artivism. Children participate in creative arts, including music, dance, and murals, to voice injustices related to different forms of sex exploitation.

Amani Complex International is currently partnering with the Founder, William Maweu, to conduct PhD research in Coastal Kenya. The research is titled: Children’s Participation in Social Change: Investigating the Effects of Childist Prophetic Artivism Against Child Sex Trafficking in Coastal Kenya. It seeks to investigate the immediate effects on participating children and observing adults when child participation in artivism is used as part of prophetic advocacy efforts against child sex trafficking in coastal Kenya.

This is a developing program.

SOCIAL ECONOMICS

Amani International Complex is committed to providing micro-enterprise loans and or grants to help at-risk families establish micro-enterprises / small businesses to improve their socioeconomic well-being.

This program was piloted in 2023 when Amani provided grants to two families to boost their already established grocery businesses. The two families were able to stabilize their businesses, and they are still thriving.

This is a developing program.