Since our launch in 2004 as Orphans of Rwanda and then Generation Rwanda in 2010, Kepler has been supporting talented but economically vulnerable Rwandan students to attend higher education institutions in Rwanda. In 2013, we refocused our efforts on reinventing higher education to offer young people pathways to access gainful employment. We signed a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) to provide our students access to a competency-based US bachelor’s degrees.

Key to our mission is serving marginalized communities – refugees, very vulnerable students, and students with disabilities. We have committed to making sure 30% of students are from marginalized communities (at least 25% from refugee populations). To do this we address the barriers they face head on with the Iteme preparatory program that empowers secondary school students from refugee and surrounding communities to succeed at and after Kepler. 90% of our students are employed within six months of graduation.