Kenya


Free the Children first started operating in Kenya in 1999 within the Narok South District. Through the Adopt a Village program they have engaged many communities across the Mara, built schools, libraries, kitchens and helped with various
water projects. In 2002, Kenya’s new government made primary education free, this was announced in the national newspaper on a Friday. On the coming Monday more than one million children went to school for their first time. All the schools in Kenya were caught off guard. Free the Children has helped them build more schools and schoolrooms, while the government is in charge maintaining them, hiring school teachers and providing supplies and resources for the children.
As of 2003 only 56% of people in Kenya live on less than $17 per month in rural areas. About 30% live in extreme poverty on less than a $1 a day. The areas where Free the Children work in Kenya is Narok South District and there is still one in every 10 Kenyan children that die before their fifth birthday. Free
the Children’s organization is governed by its core values. The core values help shape their culture and define who they really are. From Canada to Kenya to Ecuador each team member knows each core value by heart. The coolest things is that at the Kenya’s Bogani cottages the staff members they won’t only share the core values , but they will share which core value that they focused on putting into practice for that day.

Members


 
The Free Children organization is made up of staff, volunteers, celebrity ambassadors, many different sponsors and board of directors.  The co-founders are Craig Keilburger who has been with the organization since he was 12 years old and his brother Mark Keilburger.  They are both full time volunteers. Some of the celebrity ambassadors that have worked with Free The Children are, Natalie Portman and Nelly Furtado, who  both have chosen to commit to help with girl’s education in Kenya. Other people that are part of Free The Children is Eva Haller who is the Chair Board of director in the USA, Michelle Douglas who is the Chair board of director in Canada and Scoot Bake, the Executive Director.  There are people all over the world that are apart of Free The Children, some of them are willing do anything to makes this world a better place.
Disney has even joined together with Free The Children to create changes for people at home and overseas. They named this program Disney Friends for Change. This program is a worldwide initiative that inspires children and their families to make a lasting change by helping people in need around the globe. Today , Disney Friends for Change has changed the lives of children in 55 different countries around the world and they have taken almost five million actions.

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