Akothee launches Sh20 million appeal to Kenyans

Philanthropist Akothee has launched a Sh20 million school fees appeal for an academy she has launched. She held a fundraising dinner on April 27. She also held a golf tournament.

The singer hosted several celebrities in Nyali where she explained her reason for calling for support.

She is running a girls’ academy where more than three-quarters of the students can’t afford school fees.

“Akothee Academy is to just but any school. It’s a home. I realized they are being mishandled some are coming from very poor backgrounds where they are coming from domestic violence situations.”

The singer has almost 70 kids with 60 unable to fund their education.

“But I also have rich kids at that school, and those are the ones paying school fees, so I want to make it more sustainable.”

She wants to build dormitories and nurture girls.

“I would like to be their mother, to teach them personal hygiene, self-esteem, like a home they can call home,” she informed the group of celebrities while addressing them.

The mother of five doesn’t believe she is being over-ambitious with the projected cost of her project

“So we are here on this course to try and raise 20 million,” adding, “That this will pay teacher salaries, fees, among other costs.

“I get a lot of peace, this is my therapy when I see someone smiling because of me it gives me a lot of energy.”

The musician also has a feeding program in Turkana.