Nov 10, 2020 | Cycling Club
Imagine being a young person living in the slums of Nairobi … “My house is a rental room of 5 metres by 5 metres. The walls are mud, the floor mud and four iron sheets on top for a roof. The house has one door and one window. The house has no running water, no...
Nov 11, 2019 | Cycling Club
The cry of “bump, bump, bump” and “knees up” are still vivid memories of our bike ride around the base of Mount Kenya. “Bump, bump, bump” was the call along our line of riders as we came across the triple bumps in the road designed to slow motorists, but a hazard to...
Nov 20, 2018 | Cycling Club
Life in the Kibera slums is tough by anyone’s standards. There is little income, few activities and many temptations – drugs, glue, gangs, crime, prostitution … The Kibera Cycling Club offers a chance to escape from this, to make new friends and learn skills that...
Aug 7, 2018 | Cycling Club, Fundraising
With the help of Oaklands College we are organising the first St Albans CycleFest on Sunday 16th September 2018, from 10am to 3pm, to raise funds to buy more bikes, tools and equipment for our cycling project in the Kibera slums of Nairobi. The event takes place at...
Jul 5, 2018 | Cycling Club, Educational farm, Fundraising, Mentoring, Scholarships
We’re half way through 2018 and our projects in Kenya continue to expand. So what’s been happening? Scholarships We have now supported 173 children in secondary school – which means there are 107 in school this year + 66 who have left school. The most recent...
Nov 16, 2017 | Adventures, Cycling Club
The Kibera Cycling Club allows young people in the Kibera slums to learn and enjoy cycling and take part in outings beyond the Nairobi city boundary. A group comprising Esther, Eric, Gabby, Hillarioz, Jonty, Parsley, Victor, and Jeff were joined by Kevin, Ingrid and...
