When we launched Friends of Ngong Road in 2006, we said our mission is “to provide education and support to Nairobi children living in poverty whose families have been affected so they can transform their lives”.  The board has had long discussions about the ways lives have been transformed in the intervening nine years, but we all agree that ultimately our graduates must secure jobs in the formal Kenyan economy.  By climbing the economic ladder, they will lift themselves out of poverty and their families out of the slums.  The cycle will have been broken.

This is now beginning to happen. It is very exciting to witness.

Turner and his wife Emily first got involved with Friends of Ngong Road when they became sponsors in 2008. Almost immediately they became involved with August Camp under the encouragement of Turner’s father-in-law, Tom Gleason.

We have had many requests for Friends of Ngong Road Kenya coffee and will be offering it for sale in limited quantities during November and December.  Coffee is $10/bag or a case of 12 bags for $120.  For a limited time, you will get a free “Wild About Friends of Ngong Road” travel mug absolutely free with each case! Available in both zebra and leopard patterns.