Rafiki Thabo Foundation

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an urgent call for action by all countries, recognising that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests. Kenya has recently undertaken a voluntary review of its progress towards the SDGs which found that the country continues to make significant strides in healthcare, education, gender equality and climate action, even as the country—and the world—faces daunting challenges.   The 2024 voluntary national review (VNR) report highlights Kenya’s achievements but it is also a powerful reminder that the journey towards sustainable development is far from over. Here at Rafiki Thabo, we have a particular interest in progress towards Goal 4 – Quality Education – but are also following progress against Goal 1 – no poverty; Goal 5 – gender equality; and goal 10 – reduced inequalities. The review finds that Kenya’s education sector has improved tremendously over the years due to ambitious reforms, and public spending on education has increased in absolute terms and as a percentage of overall spending – although it is still below the ideal % benchmark. Impressive achievements had been made in primary education that approached universal levels by 2021, but were then negatively impacted by the COVID pandemic, slipping back to just over three-quarters by 2022. Kenya also still suffers from considerable regional disparities across all education outcomes.    Read more about Kenya’s progress towards the SDGs: https://lnkd.in/eKgYsxa6 #SDGs #sustainability #GlobalGoals #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #ClimateChange #goal #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalJustice #SocialInnovation #Sustainability #Sustainable #Global · #Nonprofit #Volunteer #HumanRights #GenderEquality #HealthCare #health #NoPoverty #SocialJustice #education #EducationForAll #EducationMatters #EducationIsPower #SupportingChildren #empowerment #Kenya #BetterFuture #ChangeTheWorld #OurFuture #charity #ReachingGoals #RafikiThaboFoundation

Our wonderful film, “We hug them” has been nominated for the Smiley Charity Film Awards 2025!! The Smiley Charity Film Awards is the world’s largest cause-based film campaign, and should our film be shortlisted, this has the potential to launch us onto a huge global platform – which in turn can help us achieve so much more for the children and young people you help us support!   How do we get our film shortlisted? This is where we need your help… 👉 The first round is public voting, the films with most votes get shortlisted for judges’ scoring. We may be small but with your support we are proven mighty time and time again, so please help us once more! 👉 VOTING NOW OPEN and closes 29th January – so… 👉 PLEASE vote for our film ‘We hug them’ and ask everyone you know to do so too! We would love your help in liking, commenting and sharing our post! VOTE NOW! - https://lnkd.in/e6p-Z8id Thank you so much in advance for your help! Our sincerest thanks to all the amazing people who made this film so special, our patrons Amar Latif and Harry Baker, our disability programme manager Daina Kibera and Rafiki Thabo Foundation graduate and Dadashi Special Children Centre volunteer Ayiesa Ohese, the fabulous Munjiri Videos  and of course the teachers and parents at our disability partner organisations Autism Society of Kenya and Dadashi Special Children Centre ❤️ #smileycfa25 #charityfilmawards #thesmileys #CFA25 #smiley #charityfilmawards #smileycfa #smileycharityfilmawards #RafikiThaboFoundation #charity #disability #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityRights #Kenya #EducationForAll #autismawareness #cerebralpalsyawareness #films #EducationIsPower

Struggling for the perfect Christmas gift for the person who has everything? Why not give one of our wonderful Christmas donation cards?   These are the gift that continues giving this Christmas - a gift which can turn hope for a better future into reality for one of our 500+ scholars. Beautifully designed, with values ranging from £5 to £100, and available in either hard copy or as e-cards! Last posting date for hard copy cards is this Wednesday 18th December – e-cards are available until 24th December. All cards come with messages inside of how the recipient, through the donation you gift them, is supporting a child through enabling access to education, by paying their school or college fees or making sure they receive nutritious school meals giving them the energy to learn. There is also space for your own message – which we are happy to add and post directly to the recipient if needed. Get yours today, https://lnkd.in/dQKQqDj7 👉 Rafiki Thabo Foundation 💚 HELP US MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS CHRISTMAS – GIVE THE GIFT OF EDUCATION 🎄 #GiftsWithMeaning #GiftsWithLove #GiftsWithPurpose #GiftsWithHeart #GiftsWithAPurpose #ChristmasGifts #Kindness #compassion #ChristmasCard #ChristmasDonation #ChristmasVouchers #ChristmasGiving #RafikiThaboFoundation #education #charity #GoodCause #ChippingNorton #Oxfordshire

Countless children in sub-Saharan Africa face a long walk to and from school – and often on an empty stomach. By building and renovating dormitories at our partner secondary schools, we are enabling children to stay safe in school, making them less likely to drop out, and giving them time back to study or just relax with their peers. We also work with our partner schools to ensure all children receive a hot school meal which helps their health and wellbeing, enhances their educational outcomes and again makes them less likely to drop out of school.   Learn more about our programmes: https://lnkd.in/dFmE7KQA #education #EducationForAll #EducationMatters #EducationIsPower #SupportingChildren  #empowerment #uganda #uganda #lesotho #BetterFuture #ChangeTheWorld #OurFuture #charity #ReachingGoals #RafikiThaboFoundation

We are delighted to share that with your generous support, we met our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge 2024 target of £15,000! And the even better news is that once we add gift aid, the total raised was a whopping £17,709!!!! Our original target of £15,000 meant we would be able to pay for the entire secondary education of 15 vulnerable girls with disabilities, or for 8 women with disabilities to complete a vocational training qualification. Now, thanks to the added gift aid, we can pay for 17 vulnerable girls or 9 women with disabilities to further their education. This is truly life-changing for them! THANK YOU to our wonderful match funders – our pledge donors (who wish to remain anonymous) and the Reed Foundation - and to all those who donated to the campaign itself. A huge thank you also to Hampton Court House and our ACACIA UK shop teams who held fundraising events for us during the week. We are also so grateful to all those who championed our campaign in whatever way they could, for example by sharing our #ChristmasChallenge socials or newsletters so their friends, family and work colleagues heard the call for support – your every action created a reaction which has enabled us to DOUBLE THE DIFFERENCE! For this we are so very grateful. 💚🎄 Amar Latif Mary-Ann Dyer #ChristmasChallenge #GivingBack #CommunitySupport #gratitude #ThankYou #compassion #charities #DisabilityAwareness #RafikiThaboFoundation #EducationForAll #DisabilityIsNotInability #DeterminedToSucceed #HelpingOthersToSucceed #EmpoweringThroughEducation

These are the LAST FEW HOURS to donate towards our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge campaign before it ends at 12pm today! We are only £1,395, which WILL BE DOUBLED, enabling us to reach our target of £15,000! This is life-changing to the futures of 15 young girls or 8 women living with disabilities, who will be empowered through education or vocational training, thanks to your generosity. Girls and women like Praise, Rachel, Lucy, Nancy and so many more! Please donate what you can before 12pm today 🙏 https://lnkd.in/eZtiWwSC We can DOUBLE our impact together! ✌️ Make this #HumanRightsDay one to remember when you MAKE YOUR DONATION to DOUBLE THE DIFFERENCE! #ChristmasChallenge #GivingBack #CommunitySupport #compassion #charities #DisabilityAwareness #December #RafikiThaboFoundation #EducationForAll #DisabilityIsNotInability #DeterminedToSucceed #HelpingOthersToSucceed #EmpoweringThroughEducation #kenya #Uganda #HumanRightsDay #CourageousWomen #EducatingWomen #EmpoweringWomen #ThePowerOfEducation #ThePowerOfWomen

Can you help us reach our target in these final hours of our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge? We need to raise £1,665 which will then be DOUBLED resulting in our target of £15,000 being smashed – but we can only get there with your help! Reaching our target would ensure disability does not define the futures of 15 young girls or 8 women who thanks to you will be empowered through education or vocational training and have the promise of better futures! There’s no time to waste – CAMPAIGN CLOSES AT NOON TOMORROW - please show your support and make your donation here – https://lnkd.in/eZtiWwSC Let’s DOUBLE our impact together! #ChristmasChallenge #GivingBack #CommunitySupport #compassion #charities #DisabilityAwareness #December #RafikiThaboFoundation #EducationForAll #DisabilityIsNotInability  #DeterminedToSucceed #HelpingOthersToSucceed #EmpoweringThroughEducation #kenya #Uganda #CourageousWomen #EducatingWomen #EmpoweringWomen #ThePowerOfEducation #ThePowerOfWomen

What a Monday - #ChristmasChallenge update - we are now 77% of the way to reaching our target! Another hugely generous donation has been received and DOUBLED this afternoon - £1,000 has been DOUBLED = £2,000! To recap - our target £15,000 vs our raise to date - £11,500! We are so thrilled and grateful for the amazing generosity of this SECOND single generous donation which has DOUBLE the impact on the lives of our scholars! This single donation alone ensures that not one but TWO girls living with disabilities will be supported through their ENTIRE secondary school education! The fantastically festive feels continue! 🎉🎄 To our Anonymous donor, we thank you wholeheartedly for your unwavering support! 💚🎄=💚💚🎄🎄 Big Give #ChristmasChallenge #GivingBack #CommunitySupport #compassion #charities #DisabilityAwareness #December #RafikiThaboFoundation #EducationForAll #DisabilityIsNotInability #DeterminedToSucceed #HelpingOthersToSucceed #EmpoweringThroughEducation #kenya #Uganda #Grateful #Appreciation #ThankYou #CourageousWomen #EducatingWomen #EmpoweringWomen #ThePowerOfEducation #ThePowerOfWomen

Come on people we can do this but only with your help! Please consider donating an embarrassingly large amount towards this #ChristmasChallenge - we would be DOUBLY grateful for your support! 💚 This campaign ends TOMORROW at 12pm Tuesday 10th Dec - the clock is ticking........

This is the last FULL day of our #ChristmasChallenge, less than 24 hours remain, to get your donations in to help us reach our target of £15,000! We are currently sitting at a total raise so far of £8,260. This Monday we’d like you to meet Nancy*. As a young girl, Nancy would beg on the streets to support herself and her grandmother, her vulnerability made worse as she was born with a hearing impairment. With Rafiki Thabo’s support, Nancy was able to attend Kambui School for the Deaf, followed by vocational training in hairdressing and beauty. After graduating we helped her buy the required equipment and renting a space, so that she could set up her own business. Nancy is doing so well and is able to pay for her house and restock her salon. Nancy’s family is very proud of her. She has proved to her community that people living with disabilities can also excel in life. In the words of her grandmother “Nancy has wiped out the shame from their household” meaning she has overcome the challenges and done her family proud. Together we can support so many more young women and girls like Nancy. Who can help us reach our target of £15,000 by 12pm tomorrow, Tuesday 10th December? Don’t delay, get your donations in today, while they will still be DOUBLED! Donate today on the below link - https://lnkd.in/em9tCTQ2... One donation = DOUBLE the difference! *Not her real name. Big Give #ChristmasChallenge #GivingBack #CommunitySupport #compassion #charities #DisabilityAwareness #December #RafikiThaboFoundation #EducationForAll #DisabilityIsNotInability #DeterminedToSucceed #HelpingOthersToSucceed #EmpoweringThroughEducation #kenya #Uganda #DeafAwareness #SignLanguage #CourageousWomen #EducatingWomen #EmpoweringWomen #ThePowerOfEducation #ThePowerOfWomen