By Kirsty Erridge
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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 […]
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 […]
As part of our Family Strengthening project (re-uniting children from children’s homes to their families) we have been empowering families to become financially independent so they can support their children to grow up at home, not in an orphanage. We have been working with families over the last year to provide business skills and […]
Hello, Welcome to our May update. In March Kenya went into another lockdown, thankfully this has now been lifted and the vaccine rollout is well underway. As I’m sure you understand, it will be a long time before things return to normal. Sadly unemployment has doubled in Kenya since COVID-19, with a […]
Our Annual Report and Accounts 2020 have just been published on the Charities Commission website. Our Chair, Andy King, shares his thoughts of 2020 in the report; “Throughout this incredibly difficult year, we found ourselves increasingly drawn to the power of young Kenyans and their stories to keep us going. I personally found […]
As we approach our 20th anniversary we’ve been asking our wonderful supporters to share their stories of how they first got involved. Huge thanks to David Chalmers from Dunfermline Rotary Club for sharing their story. Our first contact with Vision Africa (now Raising Futures Kenya) goes back to 2009 and came about through a […]
If you’re in Kenya you may have heard our Operations Director, Mary Mwangi, on the radio or seen her on television talking about Seed of Hope. If you want to find out more about enrolling on our Seed of Hope technical training and business skills courses please email hello@seedofhopekenya.org or call the Nairobi office on […]
Send a virtual gift to a loved one this Christmas. Make a donation in honour of your loved one and we’ll send you an e-Gift card which you can print or send to them to show you’ve made a donation in their honour. Virtual gifts include: £6 = Lunch for a student for a whole […]
Our long-term supporters for over 15 years, Millennium Consulting, held their annual Charity Golf Day in September 2020 and raised an incredible £3,000 for us! The socially-distanced golf day was held in Surrey, players faced cold weather, high winds but thankfully no rain. It was a Ryder Cup style Europe v USA team competition with […]
