First Food Packages Go Out!
Wow! We have been blown away by the generosity of friends around the world this past week. This is a time of huge uncertainty for so many people and yet so many people from around the globe took the time to reach out and donate to our relief fund. Thank you!
A food package ready to go
Yesterday the first food packages were sent out! Charlotte, who many of you may have spoken to or met when planning your trips through the African Ascents office, took on the big task of organising and buying the food.
Food supplies were bought in bulk and then divided into family packages of one months supply. Each package included rice, red beans, lentils, milk, sugar, tea, cooking fat, maize(corn)meal, and soap.
Kamlesh, our always enthusiastic driver, headed out yesterday morning with 36 packages to three meeting points in Sirimon, Naro Moru and Nanyuki towns. Charlotte contacted all of the guides and porters receiving packages to let them know the meeting point and time but they didn’t all know exactly what was coming. They were so surprised and very thankful to receive their food packages for themselves and their families.
Charlotte and Kamlesh have had an overwhelming stream of messages back thanking the donors for their generosity and kindness. Below you can see a video message of thanks from one of our Lead Guides, Elijah. Your donations really make a huge difference in a time like this.
We will keep posting photo and video updates both here on the blog and on the African Ascents Instagram site over the coming weeks so please subscribe to the blog and follow us on social media so that you can see exactly where your money is being used and how much it is being appreciated.
African Ascents guide Elijah and his family receive their first food package.
A huge thank you to Charlotte, Kamlesh, Sammy and Kahiga for all their hard work on the ground to make this happen!
We also want to say a big thank you to Tara at Adventure for Rhinos who has been helping African Ascents to coordinate this fundraising effort! (If you haven’t already read it, you can find her recent blog post on mountain biking and hiking for rhino conservation in Kenya here.)
