Just like last year I'm going to be walking 80km over the couese of three days. This year I may be better equipt, knowing what is in store for me on the walk, but it doesn't make it any easier. Walking for over 8 hours everyday, had the money people sponsored me not been so much, I would have called it a day and got a cab the rest of the way. It was by far one of the most incredible experiences of my life and I cannot wait to do the walk again this December.

This year we've worked alongside the World Federation to come up with a £137,000 project that will aim to improve water supply, food production, health, education and socio-economic status of the poor and needy in the Garissa and Wajir Counties of Northeast Kenya.

We aim to do this through the following:

1. To construct a borehole in Boransis in Garissa County to improve water supply for the village.

 

2. To set up a greenhouse and irrigation and farming system in Boransis village of Garissa County. 

3. To set up a greenhouse and irrigation and farming system in AliKune village of Garissa County. 

4. To set up a greenhouse and irrigation and farming system in Giriftu village, Wajir County. 

5. To dig 20 shallow wells in Wajir County.

6. To rehabilitate 40 shallow wells in Wajir County.

7. To develop 200 kitchen gardens in Wajir County.

8. To construct two 4-door latrines in Wajir and Garissa Counties.

9. To plant 5,000 trees. 

10. To provide desks, chairs and shelves to 2 needy schools.

11. To sponsor 10 students from the target areas studying in various colleges and universities of Kenya.

12. To evaluate the effects of the above projects mid-term, at completion and one year after completion.

 

For a full pdf of how the £137,000 will be broken down to achieve the above 12 aims, please visit: http://www.world-federation.org/NR/rdonlyres/200ECA7B-2E23-4B23-BF90-404298C08E61/0/4a_N2k_2013Final_v2.pdf

 

"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life."

- Nelson Mandela