Sandymount Construction Ltd have organised a team of volunteers to visit Nakuru, Kenya in November 2018. The purpose of the trip is to help local trades with the construction of a new school, an ongoing, charitable project by Younite Foundation (UK Registered: 1166518).

Unlike the UK education is not free for many children. Even free schools have such large costs for uniforms and basic resources which families can’t afford. Forty-two percent of Kenya’s population of 44 million live below the poverty line.

Today, 43% percent of children still do not have safe drinking water, 64% do not have adequate sanitation and although 57% are in education, 1 in every 3 children will not complete their education.

Volunteers in the Sandymount team will be guided by Younique Travel Adventures who are partnered with Younite Foundation. Younique Travel Adventures organise guided trips for businesses, schools and individuals to volunteer at a Younite Foundation project like this one in Nakuru. Here's a video showing the positive impact of the work they do:

This means as well as a local, physical impact, it also raises awareness for Younite Foundation as volunteers experience it first-hand and the money paid for the trip will also help with things like food, health care and general school maintenance.

Based in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, Sandymount Construction have increasingly been working on projects for schools across the South West and as Principal Contractor they place an emphasis on working with local businesses and trades wherever possible.

They have always taken an interest in supporting local and national charities too, so when the opportunity arose to work with a Swindon born charitable project to help build a school in Nakuru, Sandymount Owner Michael Haren was keen to be involved:

Here's a quick look at the 4th Classroom being finished earlier this year:

Please donate what you can to help Sandymount Construction raise money for the team’s trip to Nakuru, Kenya to help with the Melon Mission project, which will also contribute to other resources for the children involved such as food, water, learning resources, 4 new classrooms, fences, gates, toilets and floors!