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By Kirsty Erridge

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New Seed of Hope centre in Nairobi

Raising Futures Kenya is building a new Seed of Hope training centre in the heart of a vulnerable informal settlement (slum housing) in Nairobi. Our Seed of Hope programme provides vocational training and business & computer skills courses, alongside counselling, food and support for 14-25 year olds, many living in poverty. Enabling young people to […]

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Another project completed – thank you so much.

This is an incredible moment…   For over 10 years, and with your donations, we have supported two specialist schools in Kenya to provide education, nutritional support, therapies and counselling for children with physical disabilities or Special Educational Needs (SEN). We have worked closely with families and the wider community to break down stigma and find disabled […]

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By Vic Hancock Fell

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By Vic Hancock Fell

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Family Strengthening families are now 100% self-reliant – thank you!

This is a momentous update… Children living in orphanages are among the most marginalised groups society globally, they are highly vulnerable to neglect as well as physical and sexual abuse. Over the last 5 years, we have reunited over 60 children from two children’s homes in Kenya with their family through family tracing, community engagement […]

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Thank you! You raised £15,884 in a week!

Thanks to you, our amazing family of supporters, we have raised a record £15,884 in just 1 week through the Big Give Christmas Challenge!   This will enable us to provide training, counselling, food and support for 117 young peoplein Kenya next year, ensuring they’re equipped to build a secure, safe future, free from poverty.   […]

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By Kirsty Erridge

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By Kirsty Erridge

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Your donation DOUBLED NOW! 30th Nov – 7th Dec

  For ONE WEEK ONLY your donation through the Big Give Christmas Challenge website will be DOUBLED!  STARTING NOW!   One donation = twice the impact!   We are taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge – a fantastic matched funding opportunity where all donations to Raising Futures (made via the Big Give website only) […]

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Impact of Kenya drought

The Guardian reports “an estimated 2.1 million Kenyans face starvation due to a drought in half the country, which is affecting harvests.”   Whilst the impact of COVID-19 continues to impact unemployment and poverty levels in Kenya, many of our students in our two rural Seed of Hope training centres are now facing an even […]

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By Kirsty Erridge

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By Kirsty Erridge

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Meet the UK & Kenya team! 1st Dec 1-2pm

  As a valued member of our Raising Futures family we’d love to invite you to a special event to meet the team.   Join us online on Wednesday 1st December 1-2pm where you’ll hear from Andy, our Chair, sharing stories of our Seed of Hope graduates. Mary (Operations Director) and Florence (Seed of Hope […]

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Step Up September raises £2,380!

In September we launched our first virtual challenge, Step Up September – to walk, run or move 50 miles (80kms) in a month.   This is the distance between our Seed of Hope training centre in Nairobi and Kariti.   9 amazing people took up the challenge and covered 500 miles between them in a […]

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By Kirsty Erridge

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By Kirsty Erridge

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Step Up September

Walk, run, cycle or move 80km / 50 miles with our Step Up September challenge!   September means back to school in the UK, but 1.5 million young people under 25 in Kenya are out of the formal education system and unemployed, living in poverty.   Young people, particularly young girls, are at high risk […]

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New students join Seed of Hope 🌱 – July Update

It’s been an exciting few weeks here. We have welcomed our new cohort of students to Seed of Hope, the first time since January 2020! We also have some new Seed of Hope teachers who are very experienced and excited to be welcoming the new students. Our new Educational Business Hub construction is coming along […]

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By Kirsty Erridge

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