Kenya is a developing country in the eastern part of Africa. According to the Human Development Report, it is ranked 145 out of all of the countries in the world; the life expectancy for the people in Kenya is about sixty-two years old (citation). One of the major problems with this country is that about forty-three point four percent of the population is living below the poverty line, which is equivalent to a dollar and twenty five cents a day (citation). The problem of poverty is a major problem since it also is a major influence on other factors, such as health, security, and education. Surprisingly, their adult literacy rate in Kenya, for people fifteen years and older, averages to be about seventy-two point two percent …show more content…
There are about 40 tribes in Kenya, all with different values and beliefs. An example of a tribe in Kenya is called the Maasai Tribe. A major belief that is negatively impacting their education accessibility is about early marriage. Within their culture, the girls get circumcised at an early age; they believe that it “is rite of passage into womanhood that puberty and an immediate precursor to marriage” (“The Life of Maasai Women,” 2016). However, since their culture views circumcision as a gateway to womanhood, the children that continue to attend school afterwards get bullied and tormented by their peers; their society views that “school is for children” (The Life of Maasai Women”, 2016). Moreover, children who marry at a young age never return back to school in order to avoid torment from other children at school. Their culture also prefers to educate their sons first; it turns out that women are valued based on the number of children they can procreate, rather than being valued on their education status or successful they may become (“The Life of Maasai Women”, 2016). Another barrier that stand is the location of the communities or tribes compared to where the location of the school. Children from the Maasai tribe may be required to walk more than two hours every morning, in order to reach the school (“The Life of Maasai Women”, 2016). For children to walk to school for an extended …show more content…
The NGO of Children & Youth Empowerment Centre works to overcome these issues as they violate article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Although the NGO does not aid the entire population in Kenya, I believe that the number of people they do help is still considered as a way of trying to address the matters. The only way I think that Kenya will fix their poverty and education issue would be by getting major assistance from other neighboring countries, such as the United