Cheetah-UK

Mathare Project Book

Funds raised from this book, written by Len Denton, will go into the schools project in Mathare Kenya. Mathare is one of the poorest areas in Nairobi, the families of the children that live there are often unable to afford the basic equipment for their children to attend school. Those that are able to afford the basics send their children off to overcrowded, poorly equipped and run down classes. Len has seen first hand how the schools themselves are often not much more than sheds with roofs covered in plastic sheets, and he has recently helped one school build a toilet block and a kitchen.

The few buildings that do serve education to the kids are often too far away for those that really need it, and with no public transport or parents on school runs in their 4x4s, new schools closer to the children are desperately needed.

Cheetah-UK is currently aquiring the land needed to build such a school, the project is called Zion and is named after a little girl who resides in Mathare and so dearly wants to learn. Part of the project is also to convert old shipping containers into residences for the teachers and some of the orphaned students, and there are many orphans in Mathare due to AIDs and one way to help fight this and other diseases is through good education.

This Journal was created by Len denton on his trip to Kenya in 2005 and now goes on sale to help raise funds for the CHEETAH project and the Children of Kenya.

A fascinating and at times very humourous look at Len's travels through Kenya, from meeting the tribes of the Kikuyu, Samburu and the Maasai, to his regular encounters with the local wildlife including Len's favourite cat the Cheetah.