Project Harambee is the 56th Edinburgh, Boys' Brigade Company committment to sponsor a teacher at St Andrew's School, Olloolua, Ngong, Kenya. We have commited to this sponsorship for the next 5 years and announced this during our visit to Kenya in October 2008. A report of the visit can be found on the 56th website.

Why St Andrew's School, Kenya?

The sponsorship of the teacher follows on from Project Stedfast which the 56th was involved in. The aims of Project Stedfast was to raise funds to help the Boys' and Girls' Brigades of Kerarapon Parish Church in Olloolua, Ngong in Kenya, to establish a school and accommodation centre for disabled children.

Why Harambee?

Harambee was chosen for the project name as in Swahilli (one of the official languages in Kenya) it literally means "all pull together". We felt this was an appropiate name for the project in recognition of our working together with our kenyan friends at the School and Kerarapon Parish Church.