About GlobaLink Mentors

Built by mentors, for mentees who needed one first.

We're a Kenyan-founded, community-driven organisation that places trained volunteer mentors inside schools for structured, year-long relationships — not one-off talks.

A classroom visit that didn't end

In 2013, a small group of university graduates returned to their old secondary school to give a single career talk. Students kept asking to meet again. That "one more session" became weekly visits, then a timetable, then a curriculum — and eventually GlobaLink Mentors.

What started with 14 students in one Nairobi classroom now runs inside more than 60 schools across four counties, with a full-time team supporting hundreds of volunteer mentors.

2023

First mentorship circle

14 students, one school, weekly Saturday sessions.

2024

Registered as an NGO

Formalised operations and hired our first programme officers.

2025

Crossed 40 partner schools

Expanded into Kiambu, Machakos and Kajiado counties.

2026

60+ schools, 4 counties

Over 4,800 mentees supported since founding.

Founding mentors meeting with early students

OUR VALUES

Consistency

A mentor who shows up once won't change much. Ours commit to a full academic year, minimum.

Dignity

Every mentee is treated as capable first, and in-need second. We build on strengths.

Evidence

We track attendance, grades and wellbeing so we know what's actually working.

Partnership

We don't replace schools or parents — we work inside their existing structures.

MISSION AND VISION

Mission: to give every student in a partner school access to a trained, consistent mentor who helps them stay in school, build life skills, and plan a realistic path forward.

Vision: a generation of young East Africans who had someone believe in them early enough to believe in themselves.

Meet the Team

A mentor and mentee reviewing a workbook together