# FRIENDS OF KENYA&#x27;S CHILDREN

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1116000
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 1, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1116000


## Contact

- **Address:** 118 ALLESTREE CLOSE, DERBY
- **Postcode:** DE24 8SX
- **Phone:** 01332 572598
- **Email:** alison41@onetel.com
- **Website:** www.fkc.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 2.1 To relieve the need of orphaned, abandoned or homeless children from Turkana County, Uasin Gishu County or elsewhere in Kenya who are formally placed in the care of Champions’ Preparatory School (CPS) (a Kenyan Government Registered Not for Profit Organisation) or for whom CPS may have assumed responsibility2.2 To assist, in any humanitarian crisis and its aftermath, the families and   communities in which such children live or may have sought or been granted refuge or temporary protection.2.3 If the objects specified in 1 and 2 should for any reason fail or cannot be fulfilled then to work towards the reduction of poverty, advancement of education, protection of health and/or provision of welfare services for children generally in the said counties or other parts of Kenya whether directly or through other local charitable institutions there.

**Activities:** FKC raises funds in the UK to support orphaned, abandoned and/or destitute children in the Lodwar and Eldoret regions of Kenya, working through a Kenyan registered school active in these areas. The charity seeks to provide maintenance and education for the children and where necessary to assist also the communities and families in which they live and receive family care.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LODWAR AND ELDORET DISTRICTS OF KENYA&#x27;S RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE
- Kenya
- Scotland
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Rev PAUL PRITCHARD** | Chair | Aug. 23, 2014 |
| BARBARA CLARK |  |  |
| BARRIE WITCOMB |  | Oct. 25, 2017 |
| CLAIRE SMITH |  | Feb. 29, 2012 |
| JEAN PROUDLOVE |  | Aug. 23, 2015 |
| JENNIFER MAY ATHERTON |  | Feb. 29, 2012 |
| MARGARET HOPKINS |  |  |
| SANDRA NOON |  |  |
| URSULA TOWNE |  | Oct. 19, 2022 |




