Thanks to our incredible supporters we have managed to build 34 new homes for 162 children. Whilst our initial goal back in 2013 was to get a good quality mattress for each of the children at the Pavilion Village children’s home, we quickly began to realise more needed to be done. We encountered many families living without electricity in
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Neil Jaffrey Initiative
Sadly in 2014 the Gathimba Edwards Foundation lost one of our most loyal supporters. Neil Jaffrey was tragically killed when cycling along Anderson Drive in Aberdeen on the 7th of September. Neil, more commonly known as ‘Eddie’, really was one of a kind. He had a unique ability to take an interest in everyone
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Bulls for Schools
When we set up our Bulls for Schools initiative in 2015, we aimed to enable 9 families in the Kitale region of Kenya to generate an income for themselves through dairy farming. The ethos of the project was that money earned would make it easier for them to afford to pay school fees for their
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Pavilion Village Children’s Home…our first project
We’ll never forget our first visit to Pavilion Village Children’s Home. It was where we met
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GEF Football
uses football as a vehicle to encourage fitness, positive extra curricular activities and attitudes.
Secret Santa
Christmas is a time for giving and sharing and over the years Secret Santa has become a popular way of exchanging presents within families, groups of friends or colleagues. All
GEF’s annual Christmas Fayre
Do you run your own crafts stall? * APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN * We would like to talk to small local sellers of arts and crafts who would be interested
Quiz nights
Quarterly quiz nights coming to Aberdeen in 2020. A chance to get your friends together for a bite to eat and a bit of fun while raising money for kids
GEF Haddo Cross Country Races
Our 5th annual GEF Cross Country Races at Haddo House will take place in January 2020. More information coming soon! To allow us to cover the running costs of this
Kiltwalk 2020
Are you looking for your next running challenge? Think you could take on 26 miles? On the 7th of June 2020 we will be participating the the Aberdeen Kiltwalk and
Charity of the Year
Choose Gathimba Edwards Foundation (GEF) as your Charity of the Year and help us make a very real difference to children in Kenya and Aberdeenshire. Why Gathimba Edwards Foundation?