The schoolgirls, through a project led by the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa and supported by Intel and the Aga Khan Foundation (USA), conducted a community survey that found residents from the two areas were facing ongoing challenge from snake and scorpion bites.
In the Press
The following articles can be found in the press:
The Star reports on a life-saving product developed by students at Coast Girls School through the Educating Girls in Science (EGIS) project. EGIS is led by the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa and supported by Intel and the Aga Khan Foundation (USA).
Standard Digital News reports on a life-saving product developed by students at Coast Girls School through the Educating Girls in Science (EGIS) project. EGIS is led by the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa and supported by Intel and the Aga Khan Foundation (USA).
The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa has launched a programme to help students in public schools improve their performance in English and Mathematics.
Fatema Murtaza Hassanali, a student of The Aga Academy, Mombasa has achieved the maximum 45 points score in the IB exams held in May 2015.
Education World ranks Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad as the third best international day-cum-boarding school in India.
Edufrica reports, "For the first time in Africa and indeed the world, International Baccalaureate (IB), the world’s most prestigious university entrance qualification, will be taught in Kiswahili. This feat was achieved by Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, Kenya."
Last week, nine Aga Khan Academy [Mombasa] students helped construct one of the biggest sand dams in a village at Isivuni river in Masii location," reports The Star's correspondent Andrew Mbuva. "It's a culture in our school where the finalists in every year are engaged in a school project called 'The Leadership Programme'. In it the students are required to embark on a community and service project and for our case we chose doing a sand dam," a student told the journalist.
Students from the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa are taking part in a programme by Yale University at Riviera High School in Kabuga, Kigali.
The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa, has broken new ground with the first ever Swahili – English version of the Primary Years Programme (PYP) for the International Baccalaureate.