Rafiki Thabo Foundation

We started supporting our first 2 students in Kenya in 2006 - since then we have supported a total of 87 students in Kenya at both secondary and further education levels. The students are training in all kinds of fields - medicine, business, civil engineering and teaching to name a few - and at some of the most recognised institutions including Jom... o Kenyatta and Egerton Universities. We support students with a clear link to Taita-Taveta county - read more here. The goal is that after achieving professional qualifications, students supported by the Rafiki Thabo will then be able to support themselves and their families. We can see that this is already happening with the 28 graduates we have supported in Kenya and the more we can support, the greater the long term impact will be. Most of them have found decent paid jobs, for example as Accountants, Teachers and roles in businesses in Sales, Marketing and HR, which they would not have got without their degree. Without support, all of our students would have had to drop out of education - a year's fees at university costs a little over £900, a huge financial burden to a family, if indeed the student has one.Read More