‘Once a Peace Matunda child, always a Peace Matunda child’.
Rafiki means ‘friend’ in the Swahili language. The Rafiki fund was established to support the operating costs of Peace Matunda School, offering children from poverty a chance at an education. It has also been designed to help give these children a chance in secondary education after their primary years with us. Over half of the children who attend Peace Matunda live in significant poverty and do not have the financial means to attend school. Some come to us with nowhere else to live following the death of family members. Peace Matunda is a family environment, not just for the children who are fortunate to live with us but for those who attend as day-school pupils. All facilities from the playroom to the classroom are open for the enjoyment and fulfillment of the community children.
The Rafiki Fund is not just about financial support but emotional support too. We encourage letter exchange. We even have a dedicated email service so that you can write directly to our children! Please email the Education Coordinator for more information about this. We are at a delicate stage of the programme at present with not all of our children being sponsored, you will therefore have to be mindful that we keep some information about the sponsorship programme away from the children, especially information like ‘who’s sponsored and who’s not’. We therefore let them know that they have a ‘rafiki’ (friend) who would like to get to know them and help them through their life.
Target Sponsorship
In many countries, education is a free service, a basic human right. In others, a developing infrastructure can mean the lack of free and therefore, compulsory system of education. To achieve our mission of providing free and effective education to those children who cannot afford such a luxury we must start many years in advance. Our child sponsorship programme has been designed to look after the operation of Peace Matunda School, Amani House and the financial assistance for secondary education to as many children as possible.
The deadline to get our first group of pupils into secondary school is 2014
With this in mind we need to ensure that our eldest children are all sponsored by this time. For more information about sponsoring a child at Peace Matunda please contact us directly. For your interest in sponsorship, you will be sent an introductory pack explaining about the programme and information on how to apply.
What does sponsorship help with at Peace Matunda?
This is an example of what sponsorship provides for Peace Matunda. More information will be sent to you following your application.
- Teaching salaries
- Text books, exercise books, chalk, pencils…
- Electricity and gas
- Lunches
- School uniforms
- Boarding facilities
How much of my sponsorship will go to the project?
We guarantee that 100% of your contribution goes to Peace Matunda and is used against the likes of items listed above. All management of Peace Matunda (Director and Project Coordinator positions) are voluntary or externally funded.
Where can I find out more about how to sponsor a child?
Please email rafiki@peacematunda.org to be sent an introduction pack and for any questions.
Sponsorship Structure
The following monthly donations into our sponsorship fund have been carefully selected to allow for varying budgets and your own personal sponsorship wish. We would be delighted, as would the children, if you decided to help us support them. The following amounts have been calculated in US Dollars and British Pounds at a fixed rate. If your currency is not here, please ask and we will be happy to help. For more information about each option and the Post Peace Matunda Fund, please contact us.
We recognise that sending money internationally can incur significant transfer costs. Therefore, you may wish to send your sponsorship biannual or annually to avoid monthly charges.
Sending money through the UK for sponsorship can be done through The Cicely Foundation to which we are very grateful (registered charity number 1121872) only if you are a UK resident.
Option 1 – $25.00 / £17.00 per month
Option 2 – $50.00 / £34.00 per month
Option 3 – $100.00 / £67.00 per month (including a 20% contribution to the Post-Peace Matunda Fund)
Option 4 – $150.00 / £100.00 per month (including a 30% contribution to the Post-Peace Matunda Fund)
