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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£24.1K
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Spending
£25.8K
Public benefits
The program aims to change the living environment of the most needy children through enabling them to have access to education, monitoring their standard of health, encouraging their economic awareness and provision and yet promoting self-reliance and self-respect. The immediate relief of poverty through the provision of food & health/hygiene
awareness enables the children to attend school instead of being sent out to work. Obtaining even a basic education increases their opportunity to seek employment which in turn helps alleviate poverty for the next generation. We work in collaboration with local community groups and our projects also provide employment for some local (Kenyan) people. This is in line with the Kenya Vision 2030 and the Millennium Development goals Nos. 1,2 & 7 which aims at eliminating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education and ensuring environmental sustainability. People in NI can also benefit by having the opportunity to travel to Kenya with an experienced group on a supervised visit. This enable them to work alongside local kenyan communities and in so doing, become aware of their particular cultural practices and the challenges facing rural communities in Kenya. Some people who have previously travelled to Kenya with us have returned and gone on to become involved in further charitable activities.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Each year the primary school children receive a uniform and shoes to ensure that they are able to attend school, and receive a standard of education that will give them a hope for the future. Each child also receives an annual medical health check and participates in a goat rearing project. They will also receive a range of gifts which differ
from year to year e.g. mattresses, mosquito nets, solar lamps, water tanks and this could vary from region to region depending on requirements. The families of each sponsored child are covered by medical insurance. So far we have built and equipped a primary school in a remote area, built and equipped a medical clinic, supplied two boreholes and a well for the provision of clean water, supplied pipes for irrigation projects, built homes for very needy families and enabled many local people to access urgent or emergency medical treatment. We also supplied two containers full of equipment, including two land-rovers, which are being used to provide mobile medical provision in a remote area. A large generator is now being used to provide power for a local hospital. The extensive range of tools are being used to equip several technical colleges for the education of local young people. Currently we are developing a farm project in an area which is routinely affected by drought and famine. The farm will supply food to the local population as well as providing employment for some local workers. There is also an educational element where local people are being introduced to sustainable farming methods.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
Who the charity helps
- Overseas/developing countries
How the charity works
- Overseas aid/famine relief
