Every child deserves an education and we can make a difference ...
Kids in Kenya is a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the educational opportunities of thousands of disadvantaged children in a very poor community in Kenya. Run by a small group of committed and enthusiastic volunteers, the organisation has, over the last few years, provided basic materials such as pens and paper, and even footballs and rubber thongs.
We purchase the goods in Nairobi, and we personally deliver them to the schools in Siaya District, thereby ensuring they arrive intact, and that they reach the children most in need.
While it is intended to maintain the supply of very basic resources into the foreseeable future, it is also planned to extend the work, by improving school classrooms, building adequate library resources and raising sufficient funds to assist deserving children to go on to complete secondary education, and in some cases even attend university. We need all the help people can give us to extend this important work.
Check "Paule's Story" to find out how Kids in Kenya begun and what we have achieved so far.
Our Team
Pauline Browne-Cooper - founder and trustee
Paula Garrod - trustee, volunter graphic designer
Sean Curtis - volunteer web designer, IT support
Tara Riggs - volunteer education co-ordinator
Canberra Rotary International
Kids in Kenya has benefitted from innovative use of surplus conference materials.
Ms Pauline Browne-Cooper, founder of the Kids in Kenya project gave a brief address to Canberra Rotary International on Monday 3 May.
Since the foundation of Kids in Kenya, fund-raising efforts have been devoted to provision of urgently needed school materials such as pencils and papers, while such items as footballs and rubber thongs have been provided for reasons of health - the former to promote good exercise, the latter to protect children’s feet around unsanitary toilets that are no more than holes in the ground. Such items will continue to be needed but we would also like to think more ambitiously about larger projects for the future.
ANOTHER SHOP UP IN NAIROBI AND AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY TO THE SCHOOLS IS PLANNED
Paule and Sally are heading to Kenya in July this year. We have enough funds to buy a substantial quantity of school materials and we are hiring trucks, drivers and camp hands and personally delivering the goods to the schools. The teachers, children and the local villagers are very excited about our forthcoming trip and have requested much needed school supplies as well as soccer balls and rubber thongs. As the village has no power "our man in Nairobi" Marcus communicates with the teachers at the village and information/messages go back and forth. We couldn't manage without Marcus!
Every child deserves an education and we can make a difference ...