Renovation of the Shelter
The Shelter was built many years ago with the money donated by guests at Carolyn and Rob Gittins wedding. It has had plenty of use over the years ~ some classes are held there and it is a favourite place for children to go at break time to escape the direct sun. But in recent years the shelter has looked increasingly tatty and in urgent need of renovation. We were delighted to receive a donation from John and Cath Williams in memory of John's mother and this has enabled us to rebuild the shelter ...
Sarah-Louise raises over £1000 in Triathlon
Sarah-Louise Schofield, a parent with two of her three children at St John's School in Redhill, was so touched by the needs of the people of Shonda she decided to raise money for them through sponsorship of a triathlon, 400m swim, 25km bike ride and 4 km run, all completed in 1 hour 19 mins.
Sarah-Louise at the triathlon in Crawley on 25th September
And the good bit? Sarah-Louise raised £943.75 - with Gift Aid this should take the amount raised to over £1000, or over £12 a minute! A great effort and a BIG THANK YOU!
Angela climbs Mount Kenya
A gentle climb up Mount Kenya?
Angela, Becky and party
Is that snow?
Angela by the glacier at the top of Mount Kenya
It's official, Angela climbed Mount Kenya!
Where is Shonda?
Shonda is a small community off the Mombasa - Tanzania road in Kenya,
Shonda in relation to the rest of Africa
Shonda is south of Mombasa Island off the main road to Tanzania
Shonda community, once isolated is now surrounded by new buildings
Contacts
You can contact the Shonda Project by sending an email to us at [email protected] or by calling Simon or Sheila Mills on 01672 861632
The Woods family visit Shonda
In August 2011 the Woods family from Marlborough (David and Liz, Matt 16, Chris 14, Hannah and Jonny 11) visited St John’s school in Shonda
The Woods family meet teachers and staff at St John's
“Prior to our trip, an appeal was sent out through our school (Pinewood Prep School, Bourton ) to collect clothing, sports equipment, musical instruments, toys calculators and basic medicines, and after an overwhelming response, 90kg of donated goods were delivered by hand and distributed to the children, who had turned up at school even though it was their holidays to receive us as guests.
In the beginning
The Shonda Project provides education and hope for children in Shonda
In 1993 Mick and Angela Prentice went to Kenya on holiday. While they were there they saw many young children sleeping and living rough by the Likoni ferry terminal on the south coast of Mombasa. On making enquiries, they found that many of these children had been orphaned following the Likoni ferry disaster where reportedly 200 people had died.
The Likoni Ferry where Angela and Mick saw children begging
As dedicated foster parents for over 35 years, they wanted to help these needy and vulnerable children so they were put in touch with a local Baptist Minister who was trying to provide a school for the children. As a result of that first meeting they came back to the UK and started to raise funds. A year later they returned to Africa not really knowing whether the money they'd sent had been squandered in bribes and corruption but knowing that whatever the outcome they'd had to take that risk for the sake of those children.
Home page
The Shonda Project is a small independent charity which has helped provide Kenyan children with affordable primary education for over 16 years.
Situated a few miles south of Kenya's second city, Mombasa, Shonda village has developed out of a shanty settlement, after displaced peoples settled there in the 1990's. Shonda is located between the coast and the main road south which carries on to Tanzania, and is the nearest commercial focus for the village.
With no original infrastructure, situated on a layer of coral stone, the people who began to settle the area were very poor, and the dwellings were made out of readily available scavenged materials. In the beginning there was no local school and so the project developed to meet this need. As the years have gone by, the needs of the community have not changed that much, and despite the Kenyan government introducing universal primary education, the quality of the Shonda school and its reasonable class sizes mean that it is still valued by the parents today.
News
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