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Creating amazing memories
Fresh from school, I had hype for travel, to see different places and hopefully leave a mark that can never go unnoticed. It was never going to be a matter of travelling for me; I needed a plan and bang! A project idea came in mind; one that will be my purpose besides the craze that comes with travel in East Africa. I love working with children, so I tailored my project to inspiring and creating a memory in Ndhiwa’s youngsters. Many young people from rural Kenya have no crack to peek at the rest of the world. They mostly…
Read moreVolunteer Profile – Emilia Flockhart
Name: Emilia Flockhart From: Copenhagen, Denmark How long have you been volunteering for Team Kenya? Since 2011 What is your role? Email Marketing Consultant How did you hear about Team Kenya/how did you get involved? My girlfriend designed the first Team Kenya website and logo as part of the Free Web Project, so I became involved through her. What is the best thing about volunteering for Team Kenya? Hearing the great success stories about the girls in Kenya. Have you visited Ndhiwa? Yes, I stayed in Karibuni Cottages in November 2011 and visited lots of the girls and families that…
Read moreVolunteer Profile – Helen Essex
Name: Helen Essex From: I’m originally from North Yorkshire, but right now I’m living in London. How long have you been volunteering for Team Kenya? Since December 2014 – it’s great! What is your role? I help out with the social media marketing. I’m responsible for the upkeep of the Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn profiles for Team Kenya, which basically means I get to share loads of good news stories, and make sure that as many people as possible are hearing about the great work everyone at Team Kenya is doing. You can find us here: https://twitter.com/team_kenya www.facebook.com/teamkenyauk How did you hear about Team Kenya/how did…
Read moreFocusing on girls and women to reduce poverty
Many of the world’s poorest people are women who must, as the primary family caretakers and producers of food, shoulder the burden of tilling land, grinding grain, carrying water and cooking. This is no easy burden. In Kenya, women can burn up to 85 percent of their daily calorie intake just fetching water. We live in a world in which women living in poverty face gross inequalities and injustice from birth to death. From poor education to poor nutrition to vulnerable and low pay employment, the sequence of discrimination that a woman may suffer during her entire life is unacceptable but all too common. Women earn…
Read moreAward Winning Leadership
On September 11th our founder and Chair of Trustees, Val Wilson, was awarded the Prime Minister’s Points of Light Award for her work with Team Kenya. We are very proud! An excerpt from an article in the Chronicle: In 2008 the 56-year-old left her job as head of sixth form at Seaton Burn Community College to set up Team Kenya. “Valerie has dedicated her time to changing the lives of the local community in Ndhiwa,” the Prime Minister said. Through Team Kenya, she has given hundreds of girls an education and provided young people with loans to set up their own enterprises. “Valerie has changed the lives…
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