By Kirsty Erridge
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We are delighted to welcome Kirsty, our new Deputy UK Director, to Raising Futures Kenya. Kirsty has over 9 years’ experience in the charity sector, with a particular focus on international development in sub-Saharan Africa. “I’m really excited to join the Raising Futures Kenya team, especially at a time of exciting growth for the charity. […]
Back in March I received an unexpected message through our website from an entrepreneur who wanted to donate to Raising Futures Kenya through their business. This doesn’t happen to small charities like ours often, I was so excited! I replied right away and started to get to know the woman and the business behind […]
By Vic Hancock Fell
Raising Futures Kenya has been announced as the winner of National Small Charity Big Impact Awards 2019! On 21st June Raising Futures were announced as a winner of the national FSI Small Charity Big Impact Awards, fighting off competition from hundreds of other small charities. The award recognises the impact of our Seed […]
Update written by Sherry Waweru, Senior Programmes Officer The term begun well as learners reported back to school after spending the school holiday with their families. According to the head teacher of Kirunguru school, learners who board at the school always excited and eager to come back to as the school has become a safe […]
Update written by Sherry Waweru, Senior Programmes Officer Harrison joined Seed of Hope Kariti centre in January 2019 after being expelled from a college due to bad company that introduced him to drugs that made him miss classes regularly. When he came to Seed of Hope he was hopeless, dejected and feeling guilty since […]
Blog written by Sherry Waweru – Senior Programmes Officer, Raising Futures Kenya The month of May begun with lots of activities at Kirunguru and Percy Davies special schools as parents brought back their children for the second term after a one month recess. Apart from the daily lessons and physical therapies, both special schools […]
Blog written by Sherry Waweru – Senior Programmes Officer, Raising Futures Kenya Meet Abijah, a grade six student in one of the public schools in Embu County. She is the last born in a family of three. Abijah was placed in an orphanage at a tender age after both her parents died. Life took […]
Blog written by Sherry Waweru – Senior Programmes Officer, Raising Futures Kenya “Seed of Hope is the best place for me because I have the opportunity to get skills free of charge, learning materials and a good meal at lunch time!” Annet says as we sat down during our one on one conversation. It […]
Since joining the Raising Futures Kenya team in April 2018, our team has constantly been reflecting, learning and growing. I am honoured to be working together with our Kenyan partner NGO at this exciting time for our work in Kenya. Our new strategic plan sees the culmination of 12 months of review, reflection and planning […]
We are excited to be recruiting a part-time (3 or 4 days a week) Deputy UK Director to support our ambitious plans for the coming years. The right candidate will be a non-profit sector ‘all rounder’ with a breadth of experience from fundraising to financial management and programmes management. This is a flexible role […]
