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Cool runnings
Our brilliant fundraiser, Kim, is dusting off her running shoes to take part in the Great North Run on 11 September – and every penny she raises will go towards educating girls in Ndhiwa. We are so grateful to Kim and all our other GNR runners for taking on this challenge, and so we caught up with her to have a chat about the blood, sweat and tears as she gets ready to join the starting line… Nice to meet you, Kim! Tell us a bit about yourself! I’m a nearing 30, chocoholic diabetic who spends her weekdays trying to…
Read moreAnnual Review 2015
Our Annual Review 2015 is out! You can read it here: Team Kenya – Annual Review. Below is a message from our Founder and Chair of Trustees, Valerie Wilson, on how 2015 was a year of exciting growth and change for Team Kenya. It has been an exciting and important year for Team Kenya. After an extensive period of refection, including consultations in both the UK and Kenya, Team Kenya and NCEDP both launched new ambitious five year strategic plans for 2015-2020. Our strategy draws on our learning and experience, we have set ourselves five main goals to enable us to…
Read more£10,000 donation from The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust to fund girl-friendly schools in rural Kenya
We are delighted to announce that our recent funding application to The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust was successful! We are absolutely thrilled to have received a generous donation of £10,000 towards our work with girls in rural Kenya. What will this grant pay for? We plan to develop and expand our Success for Girls in Schools programme through promoting Girl Friendly Schools and increasing parental and community support for, and awareness of, girls’ education, gender equality and children’s rights. Project aims: Increase recruitment, retention, and performance of girls in school Improve the quality of primary education Prevent and reduce School Related Gender Based…
Read moreZip Slide for Team Kenya!
Based in the North East and fancy doing something fun to raise money for Team Kenya? We are looking for people to join our Zip Slide challenge! The Tyne Bridge in Newcastle is an iconic structure and Zip Slides UK has been delivering successful zips from the bridge for the past 6 years. The zip slide starts from the Newcastle side 30 metres above the river and travels diagonally across the Tyne for 230m before finishing at HMS Calliope on the Gateshead side. Available dates: 15th October 2016 16th October 2016 Book your place now! Important Note: Minimum age is 16, and…
Read moreThe Monthly Gift
Periods are a drag. All of us know that. At best, they are inconvenient and maybe a bit messy. Sometimes, they are painful. And most of us can probably vouch for the fact that they have been known to make girls and women tearful, grumpy and argumentative for a few days a month. But how bad can it really get? In rural Kenya, adolescent girls are currently missing an average of 5 days of school a month due to their periods. That’s 20% of their secondary education. The reasons are numerous: they may be unable to afford sanitary products and so stay home…
Read moreWhat is it like to be a Trustee at Team Kenya?
In this blog we ask our Trustee, Alicia Jeans about her experience of being a Trustee of Team Kenya… My name is Alicia, I am a Team Kenya Trustee but in my day job I work as a Disability Support Teacher. I live in Australia and have been a trustee for Team Kenya since 2011. I started with the charity as a volunteer after meeting Val, the Founder, on a trip to Borneo. I greatly enjoyed the experience and the profound impact on my life after visiting Ndhiwa for myself. I have varied skills as a current teacher and I was previously…
Read moreMount Kenya April 2016
On 4th April, seven intrepid travellers left the UK for Kenya to embark upon the challenge of a lifetime – to summit Mount Kenya, Africa’s second highest mountain! Vic, Jonjo, Maddy, Alice, Jules, Jasmine and George had been preparing for the epic climb for more than six months, with training walks and research into mountain and altitude sickness. Sadly, two of the group had to drop out of the challenge due to illness – something no amount of training or research can prepare you for! So, whilst Jonjo and Alice entertained themselves in Kenya for a few days, the five…
Read moreWho runs the world?
At Team Kenya, our vision is for every girl in Kenya to have an equal chance to achieve her potential and be free from poverty. We believe that that starts with education, the education that 66 million girls right across the world are being denied today. But of course, this vision comes with its own challenges. One of the big questions we are asked most often is this: why girls? Why are you favouring them over boys? What right do girls have to your funds over boys? This is understandable, given that we all want equal opportunities for the boys and girls…
Read moreIzzy’s volunteer blog – February
February has been my most challenging yet rewarding month of volunteering with Team Kenya so far; I have been super busy organising a Children’s Book Swap fundraiser which took place on 27th March. It was hard work and I couldn’t have done it without the support of my family and friends, who kindly volunteered to help with setting up, baking cakes, running stalls and donating prizes. It was great to see everyone coming together to help raise money for such a great cause. I was also thrilled about the attendance of our star guests, Amy Sutton, a professional actor and…
Read moreIzzy’s volunteer blog – January
This month I have enjoyed meeting some other volunteers of Team Kenya and some representatives of different small charities. Charlotte, who has worked with the charity in the past, has just returned from South Africa and is interested in helping with some fundraising applications and events. Between us (me and Vic), we have been brainstorming events and there is talk of a themed pub quiz… watch this space! I was also lucky enough to attend Social Media training in London, through the Small Charities Coalition. This was a great learning opportunity, especially because I work part-time so it is not…
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