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So many stories
After struggling on the streets for 6 years, and desperate for help, Paul brought himself to us when he was just 10 years old.
The Trust
SANCHAT is a registered charity and consists of two Trusts, one based in the United Kingdom, the other at Gilgil in Kenya. The UK Trust travels to Kenya for a formal meeting at least once a year but of course is in regular contact to progress plans and fundraising. The Trust Committee has four members all of whom share a passion for the work the Trust undertakes with children.
Ted Maidment
Ted Maidment, chair of the UK trust is a former headmaster of Shrewsbury Public School.
Ted, a very good friend of the Coulsons, is a frequent visitor to Kenya and a great supporter of the work they do with the children in their care. Ted uses his knowledge and experience of the education system to help guide the Coulson schools in terms of policies and practical day-to-day management.
David Cornwallis
David Cornwallis runs a Company specialising in the re-building and exporting of THWAITES dumper trucks. Through his business he travels extensively in Africa and has a good understanding of the problems experienced and feels that he would like to use his experiences to help where possible.
Jane Cook
Jane Cook was born in Zambia and educated in Zimbabwe so Africa is very much home for her. A trained health visitor working with excluded groups in the UK for 24 years both with asylum seekers, as well as homeless people, including unaccompanied minors. From her work she has seen young people who were given opportunities and who have achieved so much in their lives - and have the possibility of making such a difference in their worlds. Being involved in SANCHAT enables her to use all the skills and experience that she has acquired over many years that will make a difference in the lives of children and young people in Kenya and it enables Jane to be involved in a continent that she loves and is very much part of her soul.
Kate Sowerby
Kate Sowerby has a very personal connection with SANCHAT having discovered on one of her many visits to friends in Gilgil, that her grandmother used to live in the house that the Coulsons now live in. Kate has since become very involved with SANCHAT sponsoring children in the Restart Centre and she is very keen to help raise funds to both improve the lives of the children in SANCHAT's care now and also to allow SANCHAT to fulfil its dream of a whole new centre for the development of the children.
Trust report
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Here Come The Girls!
We have long been striving towards providing girls with similar opportunities to the boys in our Restart. We are really happy to report the beginnings of this new venture with the first little girls entering our doors!
THANK YOU FOR GIVING
We are so grateful to the growing numbers of people who are giving of their time to cycle, climb, swim, parachute (and other equally gruelling activities!) with SANCHAT as beneficiaries of their fundraising efforts. If you are planning to participate in a fundraising event or would simply like to make a donation please take a look at our Bmycharity page.