300K in a Day

The Kenya Education Project provides primary and secondary education bursaries for children living in Embulbul slum, 25km northwest of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. As well as providing school sponsorships, the project also supports a feeding programme which guarantees up to 80 people, who are living in the most dire conditions, with one solid meal a day.

The goal of the fundraiser is to clock up a distance of 300km on the track at An Ríocht Athletics Club in Castleisland on Dec 18th over the course of the day with the help of some volunteers while matching the distance with the amount of money raised (300,000 Kenyan shillings is approx. €1800).

This money will be used to help some of the country's poorest families with school sponsorships, food and medical supplies.

The charity, which was founded in 2003, has grown over the past two decades and now sponsors 85 children a year while providing thousands of euro in funding for the feeding programme.

Last March, heavy rains caused flooding in many of the houses, some of which are constructed of mud, tin and corrugated iron. The Kenya Education Project, which currently has volunteers operating on the ground, stepped in to provide emergency flood relief such as food, medical supplies, clothing, new beds and blankets and appropriate footwear to help protect children in particular, from disease-infested stagnant water.

Thank you so much for contributing to this cause. Asante sana!