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Adventures in farming
Where it all began Our adventures in Kenya began in 2010 when Tim Fox told me about a group of orphan children near the town of Butere who struggled to eat on a regular basis. Villagers didn’t have enough to always feed their own children, so orphan children were...
School fees – what we pay (and what we don’t)
Our scholarships are designed to allow children from disadvantaged backgrounds to complete secondary school. We offer to pay their school fees in cases where a child would not be able to attend school without our support. This money is paid direct to the school...
Laptop loans
With 66% of our sponsored students going on to university or college, this invariably presents new challenges. A local student loan scheme exists where students can apply for a loan towards their course fees, accommodation and living costs. As RRBF students have...
Cycling – our second club
The lifting of COVID restrictions and re-opening of schools has meant that we’ve been able to open our second cycling club in Kenya. This latest project is for pupils at St Stephen’s Namasoli School near to Martha’s Guest House in Mundeku village. It’s the school...
Farmer Field Schools
We began our farming project in Kenya back in 2011 with the intention to feed local orphan children around the village of Mundeku. After initially supporting one particular family to take in these children, it became clear that a better approach was to provide maize...
2021 school fees
The Kenyan Ministry of Education has now announced the fees for the forthcoming 2021 school year beginning in July. And it is good news. These are 45,000 Ksh for National schools + those located in the major centres of Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Thika...
Exam joy
Despite the 2020 Kenyan school year being severely disrupted by the COVID pandemic, the 23 RRBF sponsored students in Form Four returned to school after six months at home to complete their final year exams in March. From October to December, they had school to...
In their own words – letters from our sponsored students
We receive the school reports each term for the children we sponsor, and the children often write, telling about their life and expressing their thanks to their sponsors better than I ever can:After being at home for the whole nine months due to the mysterious...
Grandma Sarah Obama
I am sad to announce that Grandma Sarah Obama passed away earlier today in western Kenya following a short illness, aged 99. Granny was a strong advocate for children’s education and supported the schooling for many young girls near to her family home in Kogelo. ...