Ambassador OKANIWA Ken presents Foreign Minister’s commendation to Ms. HAYAKAWA Chiaki
2024/4/9
On 9 April 2024, H.E. Ambassador OKANIWA Ken presented the Foreign Minister’s commendation to Ms. HAYAKAWA Chiaki. Hon. Peter Ochieng' Orero, Member of the National Assembly for Kibra Constituency, was also present on the day to congratulate.
Ms. Hayakawa alongside co-founder Ms. Lilian Wagala founded Magoso School
in 1999, a school for needy children and orphans in Kibera slum. Since then, the school has provided scholarship for graduates, special classes for disabled children, livelihood support and livelihood improvement for the poor and facilities for young people in the slum. Among the graduates of the school, some have entered university and some are working in Japan. The school also runs a rescue centre “Jumba la Watoto” in Mombasa, where students from the school, who have various family circumstances, can live and continue their studies outside the slum. The Government of Japan presented the commendation in view of the school’s significant contribution to school exchange, mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and Kenya.
Ms. Hayakawa alongside co-founder Ms. Lilian Wagala founded Magoso School
in 1999, a school for needy children and orphans in Kibera slum. Since then, the school has provided scholarship for graduates, special classes for disabled children, livelihood support and livelihood improvement for the poor and facilities for young people in the slum. Among the graduates of the school, some have entered university and some are working in Japan. The school also runs a rescue centre “Jumba la Watoto” in Mombasa, where students from the school, who have various family circumstances, can live and continue their studies outside the slum. The Government of Japan presented the commendation in view of the school’s significant contribution to school exchange, mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and Kenya.