{"id":14460,"date":"2025-08-02T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/?p=14460"},"modified":"2025-08-15T13:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:28:52","slug":"mentorship-in-motion-isuzus-ongoing-promise-to-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/2025\/08\/02\/mentorship-in-motion-isuzus-ongoing-promise-to-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"MENTORSHIP IN MOTION: ISUZU\u2019S ONGOING PROMISE TO YOUTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saturday, 2nd August 2025:<\/strong> A team of ten ISUZU mentors led by Sandra Njagi, Export Sales Manager, stepped forward once again to participate in the August Holiday Mentorship Program, offering more than just advice, but presence, encouragement, and authentic care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In heartfelt one-on-one conversations, mentors connected deeply with students, walking with them through personal and academic challenges. They spoke openly about setbacks, shared stories from their own life journeys, and reminded the students that struggles are not roadblocks, but building blocks toward growth and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This mentorship moment was part of a much larger journey. Since 2005, the ISUZU EA Foundation, through its STEM Education Pillar, has been supporting the Secondary Education of needy, bright, and talented students, including those with exceptional gifts in sports and creative arts. To date, 118 students have benefited from the scholarship program, which is implemented by Palmhouse Foundation on behalf of the Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Foundation has invested over Kshs 35.5 million in scholarships and continues to safeguard the future of the program through an endowment fund of over Kshs 20.7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mentorship has become an integral part of this scholarship journey. The Foundation, in collaboration with Palmhouse Foundation, has been running structured Holiday Mentorship Programs during the months of April and August each year, helping students stay focused, supported, and inspired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time after time, ISUZU employees have shown up, not as instructors, but as role models, listeners, and guardians. Their commitment and passion have placed ISUZU among the leading corporates championing mentorship in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This dedication is grounded in a bigger vision, the Foundation\u2019s desire to become the ISUZU Automotive Innovation Hub \u2014 a space where talent and ideas are nurtured, not only to sustain the future of the ISUZU brand, but to uplift people and the community at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the ways this will be made possible is through a continued focus on scholarships, mentorship programs, and opportunities that connect students to purpose, self-belief, and possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through these efforts, the ISUZU EA Foundation continues to walk alongside young people, investing not just in education, but in lives, planting seeds of hope, and helping build a future where no potential is left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah Mbugua, the First Beneficiary of the Scholarship Program, an Isuzu Employee, Mentor and current
Vice chair of the Palmhouse Foundation, giving her remarks during the event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eric Kimani(R) the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Palmhouse Foundation is seated with Hannah
Mbugua, the First Beneficiary of the Scholarship Program, an Isuzu Employee, Mentor and current Vice
Chair of the Palmhouse Foundation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inspiring the next generation: Isuzu Mentors stand to be recognised for their invaluable role in shaping
young futures during the mentorship event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Isuzu Mentors in a cheerfully enjoying a light-hearted moment during the motivational talk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Personal moments of Impact showing various one-on-one sessions between Isuzu mentors and mentees offering guidance and encouragement during the mentorship program at Karura
Gardens, Githunguri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isuzu Mentor Sandra Njagi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isuzu Mentor David Muraguri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isuzu Mentor Vilma Mwangi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isuzu Mentor Caroline Rono<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isuzu Mentor Harrison Ogada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isuzu Mentor Daniel Mwandigha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isuzu Mentor Eng. Dorah Kabillah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isuzu Mentor Eng. Bryan Mbugua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isuzu Mentor Faith Andati<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isuzu Mentor Sarah Theuri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A moment of pride and purpose, the dedicated Isuzu mentors after a fulfilling mentorship program at
\nKarura Gardens, Githunguri. From left: Vilma Mwangi, Sandra Njagi, Bryan Mbugua, Dorah Kabillah, Sarah
\nTheuri, Faith Andati, Caroline Rono, and David Muraguri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-14460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom","tag-csi"],"zion_builder_status":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14460"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14504,"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14460\/revisions\/14504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isuzu.co.ke\/isuzu-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}