The Gakundi Memorial Foundation has been identifying Kenya's most talented children from its most vulnerable communities since 2012 and funding their path through secondary school and beyond. 123 students. 47 schools. 8 counties. The mission was extraordinary. The tools were not.
"I want to raise my parents' background and help children who can't afford school."
For most of GMF's history, managing 123 students across 47 schools meant one thing: an overwhelming amount of manual work. Every hour spent on administration was an hour not spent on a student.
Student dossiers as PDFs across local hard drives and shared folders no naming convention, no search, no version control.
Manually updated spreadsheets, prone to error, impossible to query across cohorts or years.
Copy-pasting data, hunting for photos, rebuilding context from scratch for every sponsor update.
A student missing school due to unpaid fees, like Simon Ngunjiri, could go unnoticed until it was too late to help.
Galago built a purpose-designed web application around GMF's actual rhythms: from initial student selection through four years of secondary school and beyond. Every feature replaced a specific manual process.
All 123 students, grade distribution, gender breakdown, school coverage: recalculated in real time. Always current.
Replaces: weekly check-in emailsEvery student's full history in one click: family background, primary results, every report card, photos, mentor notes.
Replaces: scattered PDFs & drivesThe platform reads academic data and flags students who may be struggling before it becomes a crisis.
Replaces: reactive spreadsheet reviewA full-screen presentation that pulls from live data. Share a link: real students, real results, always up to date.
Replaces: rebuilt PowerPointsTechnology at its best is invisible. It quietly handles the work that doesn't need human attention, so that human attention can go where it's irreplaceable.
"GMF didn't just pay my fees. They changed the way I see myself."
Your foundation has the same potential. The platform is ready.