A Christmas message from Kibera

A Christmas message from Kibera

Posted by Foundation on December 1, 2008 11:56 AM

The Foundation's Child Support Programme based in Kibera is currently providing 100 vulnerable children with food, a school uniform, tuition fees and an after school programme to support their basic needs and enable them to attend primary school. Kibera is...

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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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A week in the life of a sumerian volunteer - Sarah Ager

A week in the life of a sumerian volunteer - Sarah Ager

Posted by Foundation on June 25, 2008 10:24 AM

On saturday, Mel and James were there to meet me as I emerged from the airport bleary-eyed at 6am. Next stop the supermarket, and then back to the house for a shower and some breakfast. We spent the afternoon with...

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Susan's filming adventure in Kenya

Susan's filming adventure in Kenya

Posted by Foundation on June 23, 2008 3:30 PM

Early last year in 2007, a highly skilled, and creative friend of mine who works for Sumerian, asked if I would be willing to help plan a shoot in Kenya which would raise awareness of the Sumerian Foundation's self-sustaining social...

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Latest updates on all programmes

Latest updates on all programmes

Posted by Foundation on May 6, 2008 11:20 PM

Please find below an update on all recent fantastic progress! All in all the last couple of months have shown fantastic progress on putting the foundations in place for the expansion of our programmes over the next few years –...

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Jenny Deans volunteer trip (Edinburgh College of Art)

Jenny Deans volunteer trip (Edinburgh College of Art)

Posted by Foundation on May 1, 2008 2:48 PM

I had a fantastic time in Kenya. Nairobi was a lot more western than I had imagined with lots of big office blocks in the centre. Quite different to some of the other areas which I visited.. On the first...

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