Beacon Blog
New Beacon Schools – June 2016
The Trustees of The Beacon Equity Trust (BET) are pleased to announce that two top Kenyan 8-4-4 system secondary schools have joined as Beacon Schools to offer The Beacon Scholarship…
Leadership Workshop – April 2016
The Teambuilding Workshop was held at the Savage Wilderness camp at Sagana on Saturday 9 April 2016.
Trustees Visit – February 2016
The Trustees visited Scholars in their Beacon Schools and met Mentors and Heads.
Leadership Workshop – February 2016
The Personal Skills Leadership Workshop was held in Nairobi on Saturday 20 February 2016. The theme was Public Speaking.
Workers Day – November 2015
Joy Lelei, Beacon Scholar at St. Andrew’s Senior School & College, organised a ‘Workers Day’ for all school support staff.
New Scholars Dinner – August 2015
New Beacon Scholars and their parents met BET Trustees and staff at the first New Scholars Dinner in Nairobi.
Leadership Symposium – August 2015
Beacon Scholars presented their summer citizenship projects and Dr Susan Kiragu-Kanayo (Founder, Children in Freedom) and Charles Murito (Country Manager, Google) addressed the Beacon Community.
First Beacon Scholar for University – August 2015
The first Beacon Scholarship for University has been awarded at the University of Cambridge.
New Beacon Scholars for Schools – June 2015
Three new Beacon Scholarships for Schools have been awarded in 2015.
Formation of Beacon Parents Association – June 2015
Parents of current and former Beacon Scholars met in Nairobi and formed a new Beacon Parents Association.
Leadership Day – April 2015
The Leadership Day was held in Nairobi and was focused on younger Scholars because many of the older ones were either preparing for or writing GCSE exams.
New Beacon Schools – March 2015
The Trustees of The Beacon Equity Trust (BET) are pleased to announce that four world class secondary schools have joined as Beacon Schools to offer The Beacon Scholarship for Schools.
Leadership Day – February 2015
Trustees, Reps, Scholars and Mentors met in Nakuru for a day of leadership activities and networking.
Trustees Visit – February 2015
The annual visit by Trustees included visits to Beacon Schools, possible new Beacon Schools, and organisations who are considering sponsorship of the Beacon Programme.
Major New Donor Sponsors The Beacon Scholarship for University – September 2014
The Trustees of the Beacon Equity Trust (BET) are pleased to announce a new partnership with Nairobi International School (NIS) for The Beacon Scholarship for University.
Leadership Workshop – August 2014
The annual Leadership Workshop was held at Peponi School from 29-30 August 2014.
New Beacon Scholars – June 2014
Three new Beacon Scholarship awards have been made in 2014.
Scholars Day – April 2014
On the 14th April 2014, seven of the Beacon Scholars met at the Climb Blue Sky centre in Nairobi.
Trustees Visit – February 2014
Beacon Trustees with Scilla Davey visited Beacon Schools in February to meet all current Beacon Scholars and Mentors.
University Scholarship Launched – January 2014
New undergraduate scholarship launched at the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science.
Hardship Fund Launched – November 2013
Trustees launch The Beacon Hardship Fund to support parents’ share of fees in cases of financial distress.
Leadership Workshop – October 2013
The annual Leadership Workshop was held at Pembroke House School over the weekend of 5/6 October 2013.
Scholars Day – August 2013
On Saturday 24 August 2013 current and new Beacon Scholars met for a morning to discuss their summer citizenship activities.
Scholars Day – April 2013
On 8 April 2013 the Beacon Scholars came together to share time, opinions and challenges.
Beacon Scholars Attend Junior Round Square Conference – March 2013
Two Beacon Scholars, Joy Lelei and Tunde Muriuki, recently attended the 2013 Junior Round Square Conference in South Africa as representatives of their school, St. Andrew’s, Turi.
