Feb
18
Our self sustainability programme is on its way !!! The chicks are put out in to the chicken house. In February 2018, a total of 52 chicks went out into our chicken house as a result of round 1 of our chicken project - this was a real success for us and another area of self-sustainability was on its way! There were also another 40 fertilized eggs f...
Jan
20
We have recently installed new drainage and pathways at Footprints. This has been made with Galarna tiles traditionally used in Kenya. It looks a bit like crazy paving. The reason we have added this important feature is to make areas for the children, staff and visitors to play and walk safely and to help with draining away any surplus water from t...
Jan
20
We have recently built a new Carport for some protection from the elements, mainly the heat from the sun. We had some damage caused by the weather here in Kenya so decided it was time to build a carport to shelter/protect the vehicles from the heat and rain. We used some of our own Casuarina trees we grow at Footprints to help make the struct...
Nov
19
Nov
09
Tonight we have some lovely news. Please welcome our new baby calf, Polly, our newest addition to the Footprints Family. She was born a couple of weeks early so a surprise for everyone at Footprints Mother and calf are doing well. We now have four cows at Footprints. This will add to the sustainability at Footprints as we can now produce more milk ...
Oct
01
Nov
30
Out of tragedy brings opportunity for our children at Footprints. Sadly Holly Brown, from Burton on Trent, tragically lost her life in July 2017. Her parents and twin sister made the decision to ask for donations to help Footprints to continue its work out in Kenya by enriching our children's lives. In excess of £5000 has been donated in memory of ...
Jun
30
Footprints truely is a special place. Teaching hygiene and water safety. As part of Footprint's community involvement - they hosted a training programme for 150 children in the local community to teach them the importance of safe, clean water and good hygiene. Best hand washing practices were taught in a fun and engaging manner which the chil...
Nov
30
Through the generous support of many of you we were able to purchase a school bus in late 2015. At weekends it was also used to enable the family to get out and about. Now the decision has been made to close the school, the bus is still an essential in the life of all of the children. It is the way they will get to and from their new schools ...
Aug
01
Our self sustainability programme is on its way !!! We welcome our chickens all 68 of them, the children are excited but going to be very busy looking after them - a wonderful project to have at Footprints 👣 thank you to everyone who contributed to make this happen.
Apr
01
We were given some huge sacks to try a different way of growiing vegetables - it will be interesting to see what productivity is like! Uncle Patrick and the other got stuck in to start the project off. As you know we are trying to become as self-sufficient as possible. Food is a huge expense for so many people each month - so the more we grow ...
Mar
11
Our new non-grazing cow arrived on 11th March 2018. We have named her Precious. We are looking forward to being able to milk her when she has her calf. Soon we will have our own supply of fresh milk - moving us ever further towards our aim of being self sufficient.
Mar
31
Dolly the Cow, is our none grazer. Dolly had a rough start to life, as her owners were really struggling to feed her because of the droughts. She looked frail when she arrived. Uncle Patrick, with some of the children walked her the 4 km to bring her home to Footprints. It took them 3 hours! Dolly is settled in and feeding on our very own napier gr...
Jun
30
Uncle Patrick has just bought a new cow, which is called Betty. She is in calf, so once it is born there will be fresh milk at Footprints. She has settled in well and looks much healthier than Dolly, who sadly died in March. The children were very excited when she arrived. Watch this space for the new arrival in a few weeks time.
Jan
31
Daisy is taken out every day in the morning to graze in the local area and returns at night. As she is due to give birth to her calf any day, she is now grazing on the fields at Footprints. A new calf for the new year. Fresh milk for the children very soon, excellent news. Sadly Daisy lost her calf just after it was born, so we will have to wait un...
Feb
28
Uncle Patrick and his team have been installing an irrigation system and water tower to enable them to water all of the produce in the shamba. With this new system it will be easier to make the shamba more productive. As you can see it was tremendously hard work in temperatures up to 40 degrees. All of this hard work will certainly be worth it. In ...
Dec
31
As the shamba (allotment) develops more information will be added. The first harvest of sukuma wiki from the Footprints shamba - a real achievement. Uncle Stephen and Dixon were thrilled! younger children visit the shamba, with Uncle Dixon, to pick the ripe tomatoes ready to eat. They taste delicious in a salad.
Nov
30
(Image) Our latest group volunteer house is up and running - come and try it. Our 4 bedroomed volunteers house is now complete and has been used several times by visiting groups and other volunteers in the later part of 2018. It is most comfortable with good sized rooms, showers and toilets. There are tea and coffee making facilities and a lov...
Jan
31
It looks productive! Each of the new accommodation blocks has two dormitories, toilets and showers and a study area. It means completing homework is much easier in a designated space. The children work so hard to do well at school. At the end of last term several of them won awards from their new schools. We are all very proud of them. Have a look ...
Dec
31
Clean water at home! Our images shows the magical moment we hit water.Relying on the rain water alone was a constant struggle throughout the summer months, when rain was a rare occurence, so our own borehole is a dream come true.Treating stored water to keep bugs and parasites such as Typhoid at bay was a constant added expense.I am delighted to co...
