Friends of Timboni Feeder School was founded by a group of women who went on safari in Kenya with Iain Allan, owner of Tropical–Ice, a safari adventure company. The small Timboni school lies along a narrow dirt road stretching from Tsavo East to Malindi, by the Indian Ocean. The school is attended by forty to sixty children, ages five through twelve. Until recently, the school had no water within five kilometers.
Iain had a vision for the school -- to build a wind-driven well, so that simple access to water could give the children a first step toward a future. One safari group, who called themselves the Safari Sisters, believed they could help make this dream come true. In early 2007 they formed a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission to raise funds to drill a well and for other improvements at the school. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of former Tropical-Ice safari guests and friends of the Safari Sisters, the borehole was drilled in September 2007 and the pump and windmill installed in December. The opening ceremony for the well was held on December 12, 2007.
Since the installation, the community has been successfully managing the well. They planted vegetables in the Spring and have already begun harvesting.
Moving forward, Friends of Timboni Feeder School will work with Iain and the community to improve the school. Projects are likely to include environmentally friendly toilets, furniture, school teacher housing, gutters to catch rainwater, and mosquito nets.
Friends of Timboni Feeder School welcomes your donations to help improve the lives of these remarkable children. Together we can create the ripple in the pond that spreads positive change throughout a school and a village and offers the real possibility of change in the lives of generations of Kenyan children.
Thank you.
The windmill and well, provided by Friends of Timboni Feeder School, has enabled the community to plant acres of vegetables around the school grounds.
Iain Allan joins children in a school celebration as they walk near newly planted crops.
(left) Thank you to a Canadian family who generously volunteered its time to build furniture for the school in the spring of 2009 view photos... (right) Board member, Lori Stasukelis, visits Timboni school in August 2009 read story and more...
Please think of Timboni Feeder School for your year-end giving.
