Welcome to the Sumerian Foundation

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The Sumerian Foundation aims to eliminate long term poverty to some of the world’s most vulnerable children through the building of social enterprises.

A great example of this approach is the transformation of destitute teenage girls into independent fashion producers for our designer label Johari. Johari fashion is now sold in the best shopping malls in Kenya and worn by several famous celebrities and pop stars.

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Alison on Kibera and Ayany Primary School

Alison on Kibera and Ayany Primary School

Posted by Foundation on August 22, 2008 4:59 PM

Our first day volunteering with the Foundation and the sun is shining. James takes us to the Johari offices – 6 floors up with a broken lift! We meet all the crew and settle down to discuss the Children Support...

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A Treasurer Tale

A Treasurer Tale

Posted by Foundation on August 22, 2008 4:54 PM

With the Sumerian Foundation now taking on funding from external parties it became essential to ensure that the accounting systems and records in Kenya were of a standard that would allow us to report the activities there quickly and accurately....

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An African Adventure

An African Adventure

Posted by Foundation on July 14, 2008 10:09 PM

The ‘African Adventure’ event on Thursday 10th of July was an amazing success. Co-hosted with the Aeolus networking company, the Sumerian Foundation managed to not just raise awareness of the work being done, but also a whopping £20,000 in donations....

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