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Hope for Kenya Takes a Trip!

Philip, Kristen, Derek and MaryJane leave for Kenya on February 18th. Thanks to your generous donations, we have raised all the money needed to finish the structural part of the water tower! Any money raised between now and Saturday will be used for building more student desks while the team is in Kenya.

Our Goals While in Kenya

Derek will be working closely with Peter Midodo in Kenya to plan for future progress and to learn how we can best assist the Kenyans in acheiving their goals for the region. Philip will be taking video and photographs that will be used to raise awareness of the situation in Kenya and gain support for Kenya on a wider level. MaryJane and Kristen will be using their extensive experience as educators to come along side the teachers in Kenya and work in the classrooms.

Derek and Mary Jane Bevan

Philip and Kristen Coltart

Our additional goal for the trip is to construct more desks and bring more tools to Kenya with us. We would like to leave the tools behind for local carpenters to use, just as we did last year. A desk that sits three students costs only $75 to build. These desks are even used by area teachers as they attend teacher training sessions hosted by Peter Midodo and his incredible staff.

Teachers making great use of the desks we funded while participating in training at Joy Schools International.

Why We Are Going to Kenya

Unclean water is responsible for a multitude of disease, poverty and death in Kenya.  Hope for Kenya is building a water tower in Ndhiwa, Kenya to provide fresh, clean water to the village and for the more than 300 children on site. 

By donating money to Hope for Kenya as a gift to a loved one, you bring clean water to the people of Ndhiwa, and give a gift that lasts far beyond the Christmas season.  The gift of life.