The Rafiki volunteer trip to Kenya this year was a wonderful experience for the volunteers and the schools. After taking a break last year to watch the London Olympics and avoid the Kenyan elections we were ready to head back to Kenya with 23 plucky volunteers. The programme started with a flight from Heathrow on Friday 26th of July and followed the usual format of 4 days at 2 schools followed by a sports day on Friday 2nd of August hosted by Magunga Primary School with teams from all eight of the primary schools on our building programme.
The two schools for this year’s programme were Obingo Primary and Rae Primary. Obingo was a new school for us on Rafiki as previously it has been almost impossible to reach in a minibus because of the road but now there have been improvements which made it just about possible to get there. There were long journeys and bumpy roads but the sheer joy on the faces of the teachers and children at the school made us all feel very special and the journey well worth the effort. The programme included music, fabulous wall murals and painting, knitting, kids games and sports galore. In fact almost anything that could possibly be included in a programme of fun for the children and communities around the schools.
And on top of all that we raised almost £7000 this year which will go towards completing the classrooms at Obingo and we opened a new classroom in Rae paid for by the Girls of St. Mary’s, Ascot. Thanks to all our intrepid volunteers for making the programme a huge success. We always say you get out what you put in and this year you put in your all!
