"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela We believe that every child deserves access to education and the chance to pursue their dreams. At the heart of our mission is to: Provide children in Kenya with an education by supporting school, college and university fees. Further support...
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Adventure trip 2015 review
We would like to say the biggest thank you to our 2015 Kenya 22 family which raised over £12,500 for the children we are supporting in Kenya. The team of 15 were great fun and it was a huge pleasure to spend 12 days with them visiting children, meeting world famous athletes, going on safari and...
Adventure trip 2016 review
Asante sana (thank you very much) to our 8 guests who were part of this memorable trip and raised an incredible £8,687. This unique opportunity gave our guests the chance to give kids in Kenya a chance while also enjoying the trip of a lifetime that included: taking part in our Mount Kenya Marvellous race...
Adventure trip 2017 review
Our team of 12 guests climbed Mount Kenya in support of our kids and raised an amazing £7,200! During the course of their 2 week spell in Kenya they touched hearts and changed lives forever. They visited families, ran our Mount Kenya Marvellous 5k or 10k races, officially opened new houses we have built, went...
Adventure trip 2018 review
The team raised an incredible £14,121 which enabled us to do the following: 1. A contribution to the operation (and after care) to fix Daniel’s broken arm that he had lived with for 6 years. His arm is now functional and we have been able to provide he and his 6 kids with a house...
Adventure trip 2019 review
Our 2019 group collectively raised an amazing £5,890 which enabled us to support two very special projects. By volunteering in Kenya, they witnessed how their donations helped. We built a new house for a family of 9 who previously lived in very poor conditions. They had no beds or toilet (they used a nearby bush)...
House building trip 2016 review
In October 2016 our 25 volunteers achieved something very special. In the space of just 9 days they managed to build 5 houses for families in Iten. Their amazing efforts have taken 25 children from sleeping on the floor of mud houses to lovely new beds in shiny new timber homes. Seeing the excitement of...
House building trip October 2017 review
In October 2017 our volunteers built 4 houses for 2 families in 7 days - 1 day ahead of schedule! You can watch how we did it by clicking here. The family pictured had been through some very tough times. The 6 of them lived in a broken wooden shed in Nyeri. James (right) scored...
July 2018 trip review
In July 2018 our group of 29 international volunteers and many from within Kenya built 4 houses in just 6 days, breaking all records we have achieved in previous house building trips. No-one could quiet believe it, but it just goes to show when a group of people come together to make something happen special...
2021 building
Due to Covid-19 we were unable to run trips to Kenya between 2020 and 2022. However, this did not stop us building 5 houses. Thanks to funds raised by those who had signed up to our 2020 trip, we were able to build Simon and his family their new house in March 2021 in our...
Oct 2019 trip review
In October 2019 15 volunteers embarked on a trip to Kenya to build houses for 3 families they had never met before. Over the course of the 2-week trip they worked together, faced some challenging weather conditions, learned new skills and formed lasting bonds; to take on a project out of their comfort zone. Why...
£42,000 raised at our 2015 GEF Dinner
Thank you to everybody that attended, donated prizes and helped out at our inaugural charity dinner in 2015 which raised an incredible £42,000. The total included an extremely generous donation of £15,000 match funding from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. This enabled us to make truly life changing differences to the 174 children...