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In their own words
One of the lovely things about providing our scholarships to children in Kenya is to read the letters they send through to their sponsor. These can tend to be infrequent. As the children are spread all across Kenya in around 75 different schools, and mobile and...
Cheboi’s story
Cheboi is typical of the children that we support - his family simply couldn’t afford the school fees for him to attend Nakuru Boys High school, a prestigious boarding school where Cheboi had secured a place thanks to a score of 377 out of 500 in his KCPE primary...
John’s story
Like many young Kenyans, John was raised by a single parent in a rural village in western Kenya. John explains the effect this had on his schooling: “I remember sitting KCPE three times due to lack of school fees since my family was humble and could not raise my...
Review of the Year 2018
2018 saw calm return to Kenya as the President and Opposition leader agreed a truce and we could once again focus on our projects. The cycling club was able to recover from the theft of all bikes following violence after the elections at the end of 2017, with some...
Inspiring the next generation in Kenya
The Red Rubber Ball Foundation have been providing scholarships to allow children in Kenya to attend secondary school since 2011 and in that time, 193 children have been able to continue their schooling. That’s an amazing 630 school years altogether. We...
Looking for an adventure – attention all cyclists
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...
Be The Inspiration
That’s the rallying cry of Rotary this year and it sits well with our own approach. We look to give opportunities to young people, so they can make the most of their lives - for many escaping poverty. Rotary has been a big part in our progress. I first met Alan...
St Albans CycleFest – fun for all the family
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...
Half year review
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...