One of the things we promote as a charity is small business enterprise, so it follows that here in the U.K. we do the same.  The coffee shop will have volunteers as well as paid staff to keep our costs down.  We are pleased that the Asante Coffee Shop launched successfully on the 16th March and has been reaching above its target in the opening week -meaning profits will already have begun to accrue.

 Together we can really release some of our disposable cash directly into the education of the children and young people living in the slums of Kisumu.  Please click on the link to see the film Dare 2 dream which depicts exactly where profits will be sent.  Dare 2 Dream YT

Asante means ‘Thank you!’ in Swahili.  Please help us by visiting us for coffee and cake!

ASANTE!

At the compound rented by c4c the street children, who are not yet enroled in the local Schools, recieve an education.  The school operates out of a rented building which is extremely hot and is desperately short of space, books, pens/pencils, teachers, uniforms, funiture…in fact you name it, they need it!  Despite this, due to the care and volunteer services of some, here they are having a graduation day!   What a proud achievement!

When we visted in 2009 we recognised instantly the work being achieved here and decided that the next project should be to build a new bigger and better facility for these children.  The number of children has increased and the need is desperate.

What is needed is a School and Feeding programme that could provide children from the streets or living in adverse poverty with single-parents/grandparents with a basic education and one meal a day.  Many struggling families could survive if their children are catered for.

With this in mind we are launching a campaign to raise money for the land and building costs and uniforms for all children as separate projects.  We would like all of the children to be included so will be advocating sponsorship will provide an income to support the school project with the option of having communication with any of the children (through us).

children sharing equipment

We are delighted that we have already secured some fund-raising endevours to assist with this ambitious project.

The initial building, and the uniforms are to be fund-raising initiatives in themselves.  However, in order to maintain the school and feeding programme we are launching a campaign for sponsorship where everyone can get involved for as little as £2.50 a month!

Thank you for your interest and concern!