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Training vehicle for Katito Youth Polytechnic

As our project in Nyakach develops and our sponsored children move through their education, it has become important for Footsteps to implement a plan that considers education from primary education to higher education and vocational training. Not all children have the chance to become doctors, lawyers or engineers, but all children can become productive adults if they are given the skills and training.

The next phase of our plan is to develop the Katito Youth Polytechnic into a facility that our less academic children will be able to attend.

Rafiki 2014 - The Book

Over the last few months Toby Fuller has worked very hard pulling together all the photographs from our Rafiki 2014 trip and compiling a book of memories.

It is now available to buy and the link will take you directly to the website. It contains over 80 pages of wonderful pictures and can be purchased for between £24 for a soft cover option to just over £30 for a hard cover. Footsteps makes no profit on the books - you are only paying the production costs.

Rafiki 2014

Rafiki 2014 took place as usual in the UK school summer holidays with 27 brilliant volunteers from ages 17 to 60.

Our 10 day programme of activities was different this year in that we completely avoided Nairobi because of hightened security concerns in the capital. Nevertheless we had a fantastic time and we had no security issues at all to deal with.

Footsteps Film Club - January 30th 2015

In anticipation of the February 2015 release of the sequel ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ come and join us on FRIDAY 30th JANUARY 2015 at HMV Curzon, Wimbledon, to watch the original "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" starring, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith.

Doors open at 9.00am with refreshments available from the bar

Auditorium opens at 9.40am - unreserved seating

November Dinner at the Light House, Wimbledon

Footsteps requests your company at a dinner on Sunday 16th November at the Light House Restaurant, The Ridgway, Wimbledon, SW19 4ST

7pm Drinks

8pm Dinner

Followed by Auction and Raffle

Footsteps tennis event raises £1500

Thanks to all our friends who supported our Footsteps tennis event on 23^rd May. We were able to raise a fabulous £1500 form the event which will go towards the Senior School we are rebuilding in Magunga. We were amazingly lucky with the weather as it started to rain just minutes after our last match.

Thanks to all the players and all those who came along for the lunch afterwards. Hope to see you next year again!

The Constant Gardener

The next installment of the Footsteps Cinema Club involves a showing of The Constant Gardner with Ralph Fiennes.

Here's what "Rotten Tomatoes" has to say about it:

Thanks also to:

…the West Glamorgan branch of BAECE (British Association of Early Childhood Education). The committee had raised some money and decided to make a donation to Footsteps.

…John and Beryl Barnsley for the a kind donation from their 60^th Weddings Anniversary

…the Ibstock Baptist Church for choosing Footsteps for their Annual gift

…the Charles Hayward Foundation and the E D Charitable Trust

…and many, many more!

Uniforms and 134 more desks to Katito schools

The Study School in Wimbledon donated their old School Uniform to Rae school last year and then went on to hold a Christmas fair at the end of November during which the parents and girls paid for 134 desk for the children in Katito. Thanks to all the parents and teachers who got involved and especially to Mrs Gay and Mrs Farr.

Rokeby supports the Rafiki Sports day

Last year 2 teachers from Rokeby School in Kingston, Linda Huxley and Pat Murphy, joined us on our Rafiki trip 2013. Rokeby had changed their sports uniforms and donated all the out-dated sports kit to us and we were able to kit out most of the teams who attended our Rafiki 2013 Sports day. Linda could also see how much hard work went in to organising the day and went back with an idea to help us raise some funds to pay for the fantastic day to be repeated this year. So by Christmas 2013 Rokeby had raised £1000 towards the 2014 Rafiki Sports Day.

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