During our stay in Kenya in 2018, we came into contact with a family in a small village called Mackinnon Road, southeast of Nairobi. One of Kenya’s poorest areas where many people live for less than a dollar a day.

Cosmus and Annastasia, run a private school on their farm. They started Ebenezer Academy in 2006 with the goal of offering better education and an opportunity for orphans to go to school. The business started with a handful of students. Ebenezer Academy consists of three schools with 160 students and a total of 14 teachers.

When we worked in school, we noticed that school meals were not served as we are used to back in Sweden. The students are supposed to eat at home during break, the problem is that many families don´t have enough food. As the children stays hungry in school it affects their wellbeing and their school results.

During our stay in Kenya and Ebenezer Academy we bought school materials, books and pencils for the students. All of our donations went to the project and made a big impact. This is why we want to help local communities to grow.

In January 2019 we decided to fundraising money for school meals. The goal was to support 150 students with food for an entire year. Through friends and family we got off to a good start and the project looked bright.

In total, we raised SEK 67,000 (6700 euros). We hired a cook and the food was served for an entire year at Ebenezer Academy. When we visited the project back in 2020 we saw the result of our contribution.

Our goal in the future is to support local communities in different countries, where we beliave.

A year after we started this fundraise, we went back to Ebenezer Academy to see what change the project has brought. With big smiles and warm hugs, we were welcomed back. There we also helped to serve the food that we contributed during the year and the emotions were overwhelming. The children were full of energy and we could see the difference that the project have made. There were no doubt at the time that this project is something we want to continue with.

We decided to maintain this project in the charity organization Helpfulness Foundation, hoping to contribute to a continuous food program with the help of monthly donations and gifts. Other additions to this organisation will go to school materials and other resources necessary for the children to continue to develop. We see such incredible potential in these children and we are so proud to be able to contribute to a brighter future.