MCW Rafiki Trust - Saving Baby Simba Project

<body class="main"> <h1> MCW Rafiki Trust<br> [Charity number : 1109473] </h1> <div> <p class="blue"> Saving Toto Simba </p> </div> <p> Toto is Swahili for "Baby" and Simba means "Lion". However, the project is not about saving baby lions in Kenya. The project title draws an analogy between the plight of the small lion cub in the film "The Lion King" and the children and young people of the Meru district of Kenya. The trust was set up to provide financial aid to the Wesley Empowerment Centre in the village of Baraimu to help relieve the poverty and raise the education levels. </p> <p class="blue"> Poverty Prevails </p> <p> Baraimu village in Mbeu are of Meru District is an extremely poor area on the slopes of Mt. Kenya. It is a semi-arid area inhabited by landless ethnic groups from all over Kenya. For all their food and cash, families rely on small land parcels. As a result, most children have little to eat and most barely make it through the primary school level. </p> <p class="blue"> Toto Simba Project </p> <p> This project was begun to help these children back to school. It started officially in January 2004 with a seed donation from Martin Way Methodist Church. Currently we have a nursery for very poor and/or orphaned children aged 5-7. </p> <p class="blue"> The Next Phase </p> <p> The next phase of the project addresses the needs of the older siblings and parents. 25 people from Wimbledon are going there on Aug 8-22, 2005 to help finance and build a Multi-purpose Community Empowerment Centre. The building will contain 2 classrooms, a storeroom and one guest room to be used for training the villagers in carpentry, African craft and tailoring. These trades will help them gain some meaningful employment, formal and informal and in effect assist the children. </p> <p class="blue"> Costs </p> <p> Apart from the £10,000 building and setting up costs, it is estimated that it will cost approx £5,000 to run the project each year. MCW Rafiki Trust is now a registered charity [Charity number : 1109473]. It has the following as a board of trustees set up to manage all the monies raised: Chair - Robert King, Secretary - Mike Mortley, Treasurer - John Butland, Tony Loft, John Vanek, John Nyota. </p> <p> If you are viewing this text, your browser lacks the ability to read frames. If your Browser is capable of reading frames, but has the facility turned then you might like to turn them back on again. If not, don't worry, you can still enjoy our site. All the pages can be viewed by following the links below. </p> <div id="navigation"> <ul> <li> <a href="home.htm">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="news.htm">News</a> </li> <li> <a href="contacts.htm">Contacts</a> </li> <li> <a href="enquiries.htm">Enquiry Form</a> </li> <li> <a href="finance2006.htm">Finance</a> </li> <li> <a href="history.htm">Kenyan Church</a> </li> <li> <a href="flag.htm">Kenyan Flag</a> </li> <li> <a href="kenya.htm">Kenyan Map</a> </li> <li> <a href="links.htm">Links</a> </li> <li> <a href="mission.htm">Mission</a> </li> <li> <a href="photos/photos.htm">Photos</a> </li> <li> <a href="wec.htm">WEC</a> </li> </ul> </div> </body>