Hussein Dida: Philanthropic CEO keeping hopes of needy learners alive

Roamtech Solutions CEO and Founder of Hussein Foundation with some of the 200 needy students he is supporting in paying school fees from various wards in Subukia Sub-county, Nakuru, on December 27, 2023. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Asked about his funding source, Dida said he saves his per diem and has dedicated a portion of his business profit to running the foundation.

Dida also said he is into business and owns Angani Resort and Spa in Subukia. Profits from a bar are channeled to the foundation.

"I don't have much but using the little I have I make sure those needy students do not miss school. My work involves a lot of traveling and when I travel I am paid per diem, I don't use a coin and I save and give back to society. I also have separate accounts for the restaurant and those from the bar, the profit from the bar, we take it back to the society 100 percent," he said.

He said as a family they are not looking at the amount spent on the learners but on the impact the fund will have on an individual learner and the society. He said they are after changing the lives of the young learners.

Faith Njeri, the co-ordinator of the Foundation said at the beginning they would target orphans only to realize there was a need to also include those raised by single parents and persons with disability.

"The Foundation was at the start focused on the orphans only to realize there were others whose parents had no financial capability and needed assistance," she said.

Virginia Waweru, a resident said the Foundation has been of great help to them. Waweru said she is part of those tasked with identifying needy learners in the area.