On 29th January, the staff from Real 'Hope' Community Foundation and the Organic Farmers Market together with visitors from the UK will be hiking the 7 peaks of the Ngong Hills, to raise funds for the purchase loan and running costs of the 'Bella Ciao' premises in the Kawangware slums of Nairobi, which provides support for over 100 former street children.

Bella Ciao is home to the RHYCO programme, a drop-in centre, respite safe house, homework club and holiday scheme offering educational, nutritional, medical and counselling support to over 100 former street children. The respite safe house offers 24 hour care for up to 20 children in most need of protection due to conditions at home, whilst the remaining children are supported through the centre which is open 7 days a week.

The main objective of the programme is breaking the cycle of poverty by focussing on education. The programme begins by identifying and rescuing children (between the ages of 6-9 years) from the streets who then enter a one year care plan which helps to identify the push factors causing them to be on the streets. During or at the end of the one year care plan, (re)integration into school takes place with the children entering local public schools near their homes. In conjunction with this the RHYCO team runs an after school homework support programme, supported by 2 qualified teachers. Children can take a warm shower, a hot meal and be assessed for any medical or counselling support. The 20 bed safe house provides respite care for upto 3 years whilst issues at home are addressed and if necessary alternative care arrangements are made.

In addition to the founders, Martha, Bubba and John, the programme employs 2 teachers, a social worker, a chef, a housemother, a counsellor and 2 security guards.

The Ngong Hills are peaks in a ridge along the Great Rift Valley, located southwest near Nairobi, in southern Kenya. The word "Ngong" is an Anglicization of a Maasai phrase "enkong'u emuny" meaning rhinoceros spring, and this name derives from a spring located near Ngong Town.The Ngong Hills, from the eastside slopes, overlook the Nairobi National Park and, off to the north, the city of Nairobi. The Ngong Hills, from the westside slopes, overlook the Great Rift Valley dropping over 1,000 m (3,281 ft) below, where Maasai villages have been developed. The peak of the Ngong Hills is at 2,460 m (8,071 ft) above sea level.