Helping Kenya’s Children Grow

Kipawa Trust International is a Scottish-based charity that supports school feeding programmes and other health and counselling services for children and their families living in poverty in Kenya.

Our current focus is the children of Mukuyu and Mutundu schools in the Ruiru area of Kenya, North of Nairobi.

Programmes We Support

  • School Meals

    By funding the provision of both school breakfast and lunch, Kipawa ensures children received healthy, nutritious food that helps them grown strong and enables them to concentrate on their studies. At the same time, the meals incentivise even the poorest of families to send their children to school instead of out to work.

  • Emergency Support

    Kipawa helps to provide emergency cash and support for the most vulnerable families, ensuring parents can meet their children’s basic needs, even in the most dire of circumstances. This includes food, shelter, clothing and education, and focuses both on children under 1000 days old and adolescent girls.

Helping Families Thrive

Alongside our partner charity Macheo, Kipawa not only provides immediate support through school meals and financial aid, we aim to ensure families reach a point where they are economically empowered.

Take Kate who, as a young teenage mother, received emergency cash funding, mental health counselling and help to escape her difficult living conditions. With less than £100 of additional support, Kate was able to set up her own business to ensure her long-term economic security.

You can read Kate’s full story, with details of the funding she and her children received at this link:

Kipawa at 15

Since Kipawa was founded in 2010, we’ve raised an incredible £600,000+!

You can help us to raise even more for Kenya’s children. Visit our Fundraising pages to find out more.