Hi, my name is Mason Parlour, I am 15 years old and a year 11 student at Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge School in Sonning Common.

I am really excited to be travelling with African Adventures to Kenya in July 2026. I will be volunteering at a partner school which provides free education to disadvantaged children in communities with low incomes.

African Adventures is an award winning social enterprise who support a number of schools across Ghana, Kenya and Zanzibar, running a variety of initiatives to help to provide long-term sustainable development for the communities they work in. If you would like to read more about the great work they do, please check out their website at http://www.africanadventures.co.uk/

Far from a holiday, I will be supporting with teaching and coaching of sports and/or building work, which could include moulding bricks, building and painting new classrooms, toilet blocks, perimeter fences etc... all of which is much needed infrastructure for these schools. This is an exciting, life-changing opportunity for me to make a positive and lasting impact, with the added benefit of being completely immersed in a different culture that is so different to my own. As an important part of the experience students are encouraged to fundraise as much of the cost of the trip as possible. This cost (not including visas, vaccinations etc...) currently stands at £2700. Any amount you are willing and able to donate is gratefully received