As I am joining Mission Relief as a volunteer on their upcoming trip to Kenya, I am swimming a mile (roughly 70 lengths) to raise funds for the much needed food packs. 

In Kenya 35.6% of people live on less than £ 1.50 a day and 29% of children in rural areas are stunted from a population of 48.5 million.Over one third of the population still lives under the international poverty line and social, economic and gender disparities remain.Access to adequate quantities of nutritious food remains a challenge for many, especially in rural regions which make up 80 percent of the countrys land area. Factors include rapid population growth at a rate of 2.9 percent a year climate change, stagnating agricultural production and inefficient food systems. Food insecure families typically live in rural areas, are poor and depend on daily agricultural labour for income. Families headed by women are more likely to be food insecure than those headed by men.Mission Relief are on the ground distributing vital food packs to the most affected families living in rural areas. Please donate generously to this urgent cause.