Stand number 13
Karibuni Children
Karibuni Children is a small UK charity which is making huge differences to the lives of about 800 children and young people. We support six projects directly in both urban and rural areas enabling 'the poorest of the poor' access to education from nursery through to tertiary levels, through the provision of love and care, food, school fees and school uniforms. Karibuni (which means 'welcome to all') is celebrating 30 years of working alongside Kenyans since our very small beginnings in 2005. There are now many who have finished their education and are now teachers, nurses, accountants, social workers, tailors, dressmakers, cooks, lecturers, doctors - no butchers or candlestick makers that I know of!
Most of these young people are now helping their families to go to school or have some training and some are volunteering in the projects they themselves were fed and taught in.
Miracles, all of them. Transformed from hungry pathetic children into achieving and giving adults.
The items on our stall at Conference are all made in Kenya, many by refugees from other African countries or Kenyans. We purchase each item at fair prices from the artisans - and sell them at a profit to raise money for the children in the projects.
Karibuni (Welcome) to our Kenyan Stall
