The Kanamai Development Trust

Providing support to community projects within the Kanamai ward of Kenya

“We can do no great things - only small things with great

love.”

It all started with a football……

Established in 2007, The Kanamai Development Trust aims to support community projects within the Kanamai Ward of Kenya.

It focuses on three main activities:

The Little Angels SchoolThe ClinicThe Farm

Where is Kanamai?About 40 kilometres North of Mombasa.

The Little Angels School

The story – in the village of Mabambani….we found a school.

Three classes divided by sheets in a tin shed and it was hot, sticky and very noisy

But the children were happy, listening to their teacher and singing to us.

A tin shed as a classroom by European standards would not be fit for animals. So the charity looked to change that:

We have now built new classrooms, a small kitchen and a staff room

We now pay salaries of 7 teachers, a caretaker and a janitor

We have supplied all the desks, books, and pencils needed

Improving the school is one thing but improving the environment for the children was another:

We now have sponsored children

The children enjoy two meals a day

We have resurfaced the playground and provided swings

We have purchased 120 pairs of sandals to stop children getting parasites in their feet

Now we are an Academy! 2013

The Clinic

Using Dr Walker the charity looks to help by providing a medical clinic:

We now stock medicines, including the usual children medicines

We aim to see as many patients as possible when visiting region

We aim to carry out minor operations with the help of local surgeons

We aim to eradicate parasites, known as ‘jiggers’ through basic medication

We have brought across nurses and doctors from the UK to help

Dr Paul, Omar and Steve in the Clinic

The Farm

It all started with a football:

We were asked if we would buy a football for a local village

We discovered a broken well

We paid for a pump and for the well to be fixed

As a result the villagers had access to clean, fresh water and cleared a plot of land next to the well, and started to sow crops for themselves

Since then…….

We have completed three other wells in other villages, and supplied tanks and pipe work for connection to the mains water supply in another

We have worked with a local association to purchase a plot of land, which with a well means they can grow crops and make a living

We have supplied bicycles to enable workers to travel easily to work

We have started a chicken coop

How can you help?

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There are many ways you can help the trust

Sponsor a child

Sponsoring specific projects

One-off sponsorship

This list is not exhaustive and we are always looking at ways we can raise money and support the work being done.

For more information contact:

Pearl Walker, Trustee