It is 10 months since we last made our feet bleat in November 2009.  This year we want to make our bleat louder.  Our last bleat bought food for 400 children for an entire term following one of Kenya’s worst drought.

A new Group called Mama Rafiki has launched which is a group of mothers who want to make a difference at Il Masin in Kenya.    Look out for news, coming soon,  on our next bleat and how to become involved in Mama Rafiki.

A big thank you to the Nicky Arnold and her sister Sam, and her husband Dave for organising a batch of shoes to Kenya.  We will let you know when they get to Il Masin.

Sara has also just fitted 10 pairs of St Francis shoes in the Samburu district of Kenya.  We will shortly hear more news from there. In the meantime please look at the Samburu District link in the BLOGROLL list on the right hand side of this page if you would like to learn more about this area.

These lovely Lelli Kelly boots are on the feet of 7 year old Ectovia Siteto

Please look at the Flickr link on the right to see the photos uploaded from the latest measuring.  Over 60 new Rafiki connections.  This is 149 St Francis shoes on Il Masin feet.

The money raised from the Feet Bleat in November last year is enough to supply the whole school (400 children) at Il Masin with school lunches for two months.  Well done to all our Maldon Rafikis.

 

Photos from the latest measuring will be uploaded to the Flickr link on the right hand side in the next few days.  Search through the names until you find your shoes on your Rafiki’s feet.

The next shoe measuring is taking place on Friday 21st May.  We hope to film this to take back some video footage of Rafikis to the UK.

Yesterday, 12 April 2010, a further 58 pairs of shoes from St Francis school in Maldon arrived in Kenya in the bags of Damon, Phil and Abisha on their way to a workshop.  Thank you so much to them.  

Damon also carried the work on Traditional English Tales written by children at St Francis and we are hoping to receive some work back on Kenyan Traditional Tales from the Il Masin children.  

We are a bit behind on measuring as people at the Kenyan end are very busy.  As well as expecting her first baby very soon, Sara has been working on projects in Kenya and the Congo as well as keeping Shoe Rafiki going.  She has been fantastic.  We hope to find some more volunteers in Kenya to help with the measuring sessions.

The T-shirts for the children who took part in the Feet Bleat walk in November are at St Francis’s and will be given to children after half term.  Samples shown by our models here.  Well done to you all.

Thank you so much to the wonderfully talented Louie Eden Brown for designing these for us.