By Kirsty Erridge
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We’re honoured to be shortlisted for the Charity Governance Award in Improving Impact. The Charity Governance Awards are organised by The Clothworkers’ Company – a City of London livery company that supports trusteeship initiatives – and is partnered with not-for-profit consultancy NPC (New Philanthropy Capital), sector recruitment specialists Prospectus, and trustee-matching charity Reach Volunteering. […]
We are recruiting a part-time Fundraising Support Officer to join our small UK team. The purpose of the role is to support fundraising administration, including updating the donor database, reconciling donation reports, updating the shared drive. Support with donor communication including thank you emails for donations, creating social media graphics and scheduling posts, in […]
By Vic Hancock Fell
In December 2021 and January 2022, 312 young people, 221 of them girls and young women graduated from the 2021 Seed of Hope cohort. Students from three centres across Kenya came together to celebrate our most successful year yet in terms of student numbers at Seed of Hope. Seed of Hope staff, family and friends […]
When it comes to making your Will, we understand that your first priority will be to provide for your loved ones. If you are interested in leaving something to a charity in your Will, we would love you to consider Raising Futures Kenya. The gift you leave could secure the futures of young people experiencing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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) […]
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 […]
