
Dorothy Schwartz Community Centre is an elementary school in a desperately poor slum in Nairobi, Kenya. The school, named for a LWCFund board member who has provided guidance and support for several years, was founded in 2005 to provide the children of the slum an opportunity for a quality education despite the overwhelming circumstances. As co-founder Isaac Okumu has said: “The Mukuru Slums have a population of over half a million people with very limited access to clean water, sanitation, education and medical facilities. Crime, drugs, prostitution, rape and many other vices are the order of the day.” DSCC has 540 students and 18 teachers.