Friends of Dagoretti Children

'Splashing out' at FDC

Our supporters splashed out in every sense of the word on Friday night – braving the raindrops and puddles, to party and dance with us into the wee hours of Saturday morning! The spirit of giving was not dampened by the weather and we are absolutely thrilled to report that we raised Ksh 1.95M (the equivalent of GBP 15,350 or USD 19,300). What an amazing achievement, as this is nearly half of what we need to raise to keep our cohort of secondary and tertiary students in education for a year!

As anyone in the fundraising business will be aware, it is not easy to raise money year in, year out – particularly within a small community. We are so grateful to our supporters and sponsors who give the vital auction and raffle prizes with such good cheer and it is always wonderful to see them round our tables on the evening itself, to witness first hand how their generosity reaps such reward for our students. Four such lucky individuals (Festus, Monica, Jane and Frederick - pictured below) came to help out on Friday and were a) so touched to see all the effort that goes into preparing for such a function and b) pleased to meet some of the supporters who bid and bought (for auction prizes, raffle tickets and wine) throughout the evening.

A big hand must also go to our merry band – Mojo, and to the Karen Country Club team for the poolside venue. Last but not least, "asante sana" to our MC and auctioneer, Alastair Addison – who with his easy wit, winkles out a ‘bid’ from nearly everybody!