About Us
Kenya Aid Foundation was established during the outbreak of post-election violence in early 2008, with a mandate to relieve the hardship and distress of persons in need of humanitarian support in Kenya. The charity is now working with a number of ongoing educational and structural projects.
At the time the charity was founded, over 200,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were centred throughout Nairobi and the Rift Valley Province, the largest of Kenya’s 8 provinces. An obvious and immediate area of disruption was evident in the town of Eldoret (310km north of Nairobi), where the Eldoret Showground displacement camp became home to over 20,000 displaced Kenyans.
Teams from Kenya Aid Foundation visited Kenya twice in 2009, and again in early 2010, to establish key relationships and begin the charities’ work on the ground. In Nairobi, Eldoret and Kibugat the charity was able to verify the authenticity of a number of link projects and beneficiaries going forward.
Central to our efforts is a schools partnership scheme whereby we are able to collect, transport and deliver as much surplus equipment as possible from schools and offices in the UK to recipient schools in Kenya.