The children and teachers of Kennedy School, Kenya, have a problem: they cannot get to school when it rains.

Become a Kennedian by helping them raise the funds they need to pay for the materials they require to finish building their own road to school.

Kennedy is an independent school in Kitengela, near Nairobi, Kenya. It has 50 amazing pupils aged 3-16, half of which are Congolse refugees.

At present, they have only one road that leads to the school. And it's not good - it's effectively made of dry soil. This means that each time it rains, it turns into a mudbath and the buses get stuck or can't access the school.

While locals kindly funded for 80% of the road to be made gravelled, 20% still remains to be done and the school needs to do this itself. And it needs ~£800 ($1000) to pay for the materials to do so.

Here's what makes Kennedy different:

Of its 50 pupils, half of them are Congolese refugees, many of whom have had to deal with adversity beyond comprehension. Kennedy provides them all with a free education.

What Kennedy doesn't have in facilities, it makes up for in spirit. Nevertheless, the fact is it doesn't have facilities and equipment we in the UK take for granted. Once we've raised enough money for the road to be completed, any additional funds would go towards new books, new classrooms, new facilities.

As in the UK, most schools in Kenya focus on maths, English and science, and the opportunity to succeed outside of those subjects is extremely limited.

Kennedy's philosophy that every child has something to offer in life. And it believes the school’s role is to help the child find and follow their dream, whatever this may be. It does this by promoting the arts subjects and providing kids with life coaching.