Bags of Hope project
We were approached in 2023 by a local A Level student Mia Wilson aged 18. She was studying A levels in her 2nd year at Reigate College in Surrey. She explained that she and 4 other students were interested in setting up an environmental project to recycle local children’s school bags which were no longer required and could be used to carry school books and homework for children in Schools in Nairobi. Fron the student's research they discovered that many school bags in good condition were being thrown away and the opportunity lost to recycling.
We arranged a meeting with the students and were very encouraged and inspired on the content of their presentation to us. As a result, we agreed to support them by contacting several schools in our area where we have strong connections The objective was to collect the unused bags and to attange transportation to The Amara Charitable Trust in Nairobi who would share out the bags to local rural primary schools.
200 bags have been collected and flown out to Nairobi. Our grateful thanks to the sponsors: The Integrity Communications Group https://integritycommunicationsgroup.com/
The Sponsors
Our Youth Services team sorting donated bags
Loading bags for delivery to the airline