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Newcastle University Trip to Ndhiwa
We are delighted to share a blog written by one of the Newcastle University Team Kenya Society members, who has recently returned from a fantastic trip to Ndhiwa. Read Bibi’s blog below, to find out more about the students’ adventure… Arriving After our long journey from Newcastle Airport our group of 5 arrived at Jomo Kenyatta Airport at 7am. We met up with our driver Robert and began our journey to Ndihwa after leaving the airport. Despite being very tired from our already long journey to Nairobi, we all very much enjoyed our journey in the van, as it…
Read moreTeam Kenya 15th Anniversary Celebration
Don’t miss out! Grab your tickets now: www.teamkenya.org.uk/anniversary-ball-2023 This summer, we are celebrating 15 years of Team Kenya and would like to invite all of our supporters, friends, families and colleagues along to enjoy a fantastic evening of connecting and reflecting on everything that has been achieved since 2008. The past 15 years have seen us impact an estimated 80,000 people in Ndhiwa, including 25,000 young girls. Team Kenya’s work has had a remarkable impact on the Ndhiwa community, enabling a fantastic community-led transformation since Valerie Wilson (our founder) first visited in 1999. Our deep connections with the Ndhiwa community…
Read moreImpact Report 2022
Your support means we are able to deliver vital programmes in Ndhiwa. You can find out more about these programmes in our 2022 Impact Report. We hope you enjoy reading about how your donations have helped achieve some amazing things for the women and girls of Ndhiwa. Impact Report highlights 480 women received training in micro-finance by December, and 740 women are currently members of table-banking groups. By securing 35,000 Euros from the L’oreal Women’s fund for agribusiness training at the end of 2022, we will be able to continue to financially empower women so they can send their girls…
Read moreClimate Change and Gender Equality
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our population right now. However, what is often overlooked is the disproportionate impact climate change has on certain groups in society, especially women and girls living in lower-income countries. This year, our Newcastle University Team Kenya Society has set out to find out more about the links between gender equality and climate change. The society’s research has found that women lack power in climate decisions on a global scale, due to their being underrepresented in environmental policy making. For example, in 2020, women held only 15% of top jobs as ministers…
Read moreInternational Women’s Day 2023 – DigitALL
This year, all of us at Team Kenya were very excited to learn the theme for International Women’s Day – ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality’. Getting girls into digital has been one of Team Kenya’s key aims for our girls education projects in Ndhiwa. Our partner organisation Twende Pamoja have helped bridge the digital divide by providing girls and women with IT training in our purpose-built Learning Resource Centre (LRC). The UN recognises that not only does the digital divide negatively affect women and girls, but it also damages the entire world’s economy. As per the UN Women’s…
Read moreA Week In Ndhiwa
We continue to follow the adventure of our 2022 Mount Kenya climbers as they travel over to Ndhiwa! This blog provides an excellent example of how a week can be spent in Ndhiwa – staying at Karibuni Eco-Cottages, learning about Twende Pamoja’s projects and meeting the friendly staff, peer mentors and children in our partner schools. It also highlights all the fun that can be had exploring Homa Bay including tourist resorts, boat trips and bonfire parties! If reading our blog sparks your interest in visiting Karibuni (which it almost certainly will) then please get in touch with us and…
Read moreUK Fundraising A-Z
Do you need ideas on creative ways to fundraise for Team Kenya in the UK? Take a look at our A-Z list of exciting and engaging fundraisers below and pick which one sounds the most appealing to you. Our list includes both tried-and-tested fundraising favourites, as well as new ideas for success. Get a group together and start planning, fundraising, and most importantly – HAVE FUN! A Art competition – Run an arty competition for pupils to create artwork based around Team Kenya and the work that we do. You could even hold an exhibition! B Bake Sales – A…
Read moreMount Kenya Climb 2022
In September 2022, eight of our bravest volunteers took on the challenge of climbing 4630m to the Lenana Peak of Mount Kenya to raise money for Team Kenya. The group comprised of a mixture of Newcastle and Northumbria University alumni who had all volunteered with us throughout their time at University. The blog below was written by one of our climbers, Ellie, as a reflection on the group’s time on the mountain. This blog tells of the inevitable highs and lows faced when taking on such a climb, and how group spirit and team work was what ultimately carried them…
Read moreImpact report 2021
Your support means we are able to deliver vital programmes in Ndhiwa. You can find out more about these programmes in our 2021 Impact Report. We hope you enjoy reading about how your donations have helped achieve some amazing things for the women and girls of Ndhiwa. Impact report highlights A British and Foreign School Society funded project to create a library in Ndhiwa was completed in March 2021, benefitting children from 16 partner schools through access to reading materials, Reading for Empowerment activities and even tuition during the very long period of school closure. By the end of the…
Read moreChild Protection in Ndhiwa
Hi everyone, my name is Meg and I have been in Ndhiwa, working with the team on some exciting projects for the past couple of months. Twende Pamoja have recently delivered a highly successful Child Protection campaign, the aim of which is to address school related gender based violence. This project attracted funding from the Evan Cornish Foundation, due to the shocking discoveries made back in 2017 by Comic Relief. The 2017 research indicated that over 60% of girls had suffered gender based violence within their schools. Sadly, many of the instances of abuse were perpetrated by those in…
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