The world’s #2 female tennis player Serena Williams has made a visit to Kenya. On her three day tour she officially opened a School named after her and built through her charity work, in Makueni District, southeast of Nairobi.

In her statement, Serena said that she was honored and grateful that a school had been named after her. The Serena Williams Secondary School is her first charity project in Kenya, and she says she will be doing more in the future.  The school comes complete with a computer lab courtesy of  Hewlett Packard.

Accompanied by her mother and younger sister, Serena arrived in Kenya on the evening of Thursday, November 13th 2008 to unveil her plans.  While in Kenya, Serena and family will also be visiting Sadili Oval sports club, where she will train young tennis players.  During her courtesy call to Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Williams stated that; “It is an honor to visit and open a school in Kenya. Education is important and its what led to Barack Obama being the president of United States of America and actually having his father come from Kenya.”