local support
Each year friends drive all the way from Nairobi to visit us donating sacks of food and spending the day interacting with our pupils.
community spirit
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Friends, neighbours, local community members and small business owners donate clothes, food stuffs and home grown vegetables and fruit.
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Advisors
Our Advisory Board of local professionals giving up their time providing essential guidance and support.
Overseas support
Big thanks to Springs of Hope Foundation Director, Jennifer Hughes-Bystrom who fund raised on our behalf through Global Giving. We received enough funds to build a library and 8 girls latrines.
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The legacy of Hamish Woodward lives on at Roko 20
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The Hamish Learning Centre was constructed in 2015 in honour of Hamish Woodward, late husband to Concheta Woodward. She carried out his wishes to help the poor and very kindly donated enough funds to construct two new classrooms, a dining hall and kitchen, 4 store-rooms and purchased a new school mini-bus. 
 Kitchen after …...
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The Hamish Learning Centre enabled us to grow as a school and add a much needed three new classes. As our school has grown so has the need to improve our buildings. Without the support of Mrs Woodward our cooks would have struggled in the tiny shack of a kitchen pictured here. Mrs Woodward has a particular passion for helping the elderly grandmothers to bring in an income and every year, before the rainy seasons, donates beans and maize seeds to each of the 41 members for planting. Not afraid to get stuck in you will find Mrs Woodward in the kitchen cooking lunch and serving tea for the elderly ladies at one of their regular school group meetings. Mrs Woodward's Christmas Parties at Roko 20 are famous. We don't know how she does it but each year she cooks a delicious Christmas lunch for everyone including our children, the elderly ladies group and staff. That's over 150 lunches. Everyone takes home a gift handed out by Father Christmas himself. A good friend with a big heart we would certainly not be where we are today without Mrs Woodward's support Obrigada muito Hamish and Mrs Woodward! |
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The community speak fondly of Mrs Woodward for all her help over the years
Harvey Road Primary School |
Linking with Harvey Road Primary School in the UK has enabled our pupils to exchange pen-pal letters and in so doing gain an insight into how other children live.
We are grateful to the Head Teacher, Nick Rowlands, for organising fund raising events to include a "mufti day" where children make a financial contribution for not wearing school uniform and for selling our elderly ladies' hand woven Kiondo baskets.
We look forward to developing this link further.
Dundee united
In November 2016 we were visited by David and Kirsteen McGrory, who were kind enough to supply the whole school with Dundee United t-shirts, run football competitions, and teach our students some traditional Dundee United chants. See the gallery below for more pictures of this exciting day the students will remember for a long time.
fundraising
The Neyland Ladies Choir group performed at a church in Milford Haven raising over £600 for Roko 20. Big thanks to Edward and Jan Neale for organising this event. www.milfordmercury.co.uk/news/12899393.Concert_to_help_remarkable_African_school_project/
London City Singers raised £340 from their Christmas busking at various tube stations in Central London.
Big thanks to Hazel Peck for organising.
Georgina Neale raised £1018 through her efforts organising a Bingo Night at The Ferry Inn House, Neyland. Thank you! It was a great turn out. A full house in fact!
Relaxed Recitals a community performance group for aspiring singers and musicians, presented a winter warmer and a spring concert and raised £407 and £109. Thanks to Daniela Amasanti-DeBono for organising such an enjoyable event.
Chris Hillion reached the grand age of 60 inviting friends and family to donate to Roko 20 instead of buying her a gift. Her birthday bash raised £453. In addition she raised £212 at the Caravan Club selling raffle tickets. Thank you!
The Pupil School Council of our link school, Harvey Road Primary Schoool, held a mufti day in honour of Roko 20. The Head Teacher told us that the children had great fun and some brought in their entire pocket money to support us. They raised a grand total of £224. In addition before Christmas pupils performed a carol service at their local church and a total of £296 was donated by the family and friends of Harvey Road Primary School. Thanks for all your support.
