Meetings took place with the headmasters as to what else would aid them. Uniform for the children, particularly at the Junior School was urgently requested. Due to the kindness of schools in England we will be able to fulfil this requirement as we have received numerous donations of surplus school uniform. A few samples of the uniforms were taken to the Junior School on this visit. We hope to deliver the remainder of the uniform in our next container. Pencils, pens and paper were also supplied to the children for them to reply to letters sent to them from a school here in England. We hope for the correspondence between the children to continue.

On a previous visit the Secondary School received uniform and classroom furniture, but also requested a printer. The printer was brought for the School; the Headmaster Cylus was very pleased. This means that the children can now have exam papers printed off instead of having to read them from the blackboard. This makes life a lot easier for both teachers and pupils. Extra school skirts were also taken for some of the girls who were unable to have skirts from the previous donation due to fit.

A container with more classroom furniture has now arrived in Nairobi and awaits unloading

A team from Kenya Aid Programme visited projects in Nairobi and Eldoret during a visit in December 2009.

The Foundation visited schools in Nairobi, Eldoret, Iten, and Naivasha, and also Eldoret transition camp. A number of sites were also put forward for our water pump project in Eldoret.

Thank you for a warm welcome!

Kenya Aid Programme would like to thank St. Elizabeth School, Lorwa School and Kipkaren School for a warm welcome in Eldoret. In addition, our best wishes go to Arise and Shine Academy in Iten, to Naivasha Highway Primary School, and to Fort Smith Educational Centre and Barnardos orphanage in Nairobi.

We also extend our thanks to Cokethorpe School in Oxfordshire, and to Abbots Bromley Girls School in Staffordshire, on whose behalf we were able to deliver Christmas shoeboxes, books, stationery and school uniforms to children in Kenya.

“It has been a pleasure supporting your charity.” – Maureen Marchbank, Charity Coordinator, Cokethorpe School, UK.

The team visited Barnardos orphanage and several schools in Nairobi, including Fort Smith Educational Centre. A further trip was made to visit Kibugat Community Projects. Several projects submitted proposals for support from the Kenya Aid Programme, and we look forward to providing assistance where we can.

The team also received a ’sotet’ as a gift while in Kibugat. This traditional milk guord / calablash is central to the life of the Kipsigis and Kalenjin tribes as a milk storage facility and an extension to their love of cattle rearing for milk. We are told that the ’sotet’ is given to people to bless the productivity of their work.