12 Oct 2009

Lakehouse has recently provided funds to help give the Alendu Primary School, in the Kisumi region of Western Kenya, a fresh start. Previously the school was unusable due to the poor standard of building materials that were used originally, resulting in the collapse of many of the structural walls. The company's donation enabled Francesca Deibel, whose partner works for Lakehouse, to go out to Kenya and take part in a three day building project where she and other student volunteers assisted in the construction of the new school building. Donations helped to pay for the building labour required, and also the materials needed. Francesca was involved in the curing of the walls, especially important in a country like Kenya due to the very hot and dry weather that predominates throughout the year.

Francesca also had the opportunity to visit a number of other projects including centres set up to help fund children through education, which is not free in Kenya, and a number of feeding projects which have been set up to make food more available to orphaned children.

Francesca said "The people of Kisumu are unbelievably grateful for all donations, and it was fantastic to see what a difference Lakehouse's donation will make to these vulnerable children's lives."

The scheme is part of the work co-ordinated by the Kenyan Orphan Project (KOP), an organisation that helps the people of Western Kenya in their fight against poverty and disease.