Our Christmas Raffle is now open!  For a chance to win one of three great prizes, please visit our Fundraising page for more information and how to enter. 

The draw will take place on Monday 19th December and you could be enjoying a bottle of whisky or wine or dipping into a box of Thornton chocolates this Christmas. 

Good luck!!

We are running a 100 Club for 2011/12. Full details and how to apply for membership can be found on the Harambee 100 Club page.

The Deed of Declaration of Trust (open as a pdf) was signed into effect by the Project Trustees on 6th June.  This document sets out how the Project should be managed and the responsibilities of the Trustees and the Management Committee.

We have also published our Business Plan for 2011 to 2013 (open as a pdf).  Both documents are available in the Governance section of the website.

We would like to thank current and former Board Members of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland for their generous donation to mark Chris Orman's service as their Secretary to the Board.  Currently the total stands at £715 (to be increased further once gift aid is set up).

A short video of our trip is now available to watch here.

Fundraising Evening on Monday 31st January

You are warmly invited to attend the Company’s fundraising evening for Project Harambee on Monday 31^st January.  Please bring along your family and friends.  There will be a presentation by the group who visited Kenya last October – come and hear about their experience of the St Andrews School, the country and its people!  There will also be an announcement about the exciting next phase of the Project.

The evening will start at 7.30pm in Davidson’s Mains Parish Church’s North Hall.  The evening will finish with refreshments at 8.30 pm.  Normal BB meetings that evening will not take place and all Boys should attend in BB uniform.  There will be a small charge of £5 per adult and £2 per child, payable at the door, to cover the cost of refreshments and for the Project.  During refreshments there will be an opportunity to buy our 2011 Calendars, order Project branded clothing and pick up further information about the Project.

Hope that you are enjoying the festivities! Well, this year has been a busy year for Project Harambee with the main focus being our very successful visit to Kenya in October. It was a great opportunity to renew old friendship and make new friends with everyone we met there. A full report and photographs can be found here - well worth a view!

A number of fundraising events took place during the year and I would like to thank everyone who helped out - your effort is very much appreciated. I am pleased to announce that, once again, we have exceeded our target and the money will be transferred to the St Andrew School early in the New Year.

Also in the New Year, we will be holding our fist fundraising evening on Monday 31st January in the Church Hall. You are warmly invited to come along and hear from the Senior Boys who visited Kenya and learn about an exciting new phase for the Project.

With best wishes for 2011!

Project Harambee - Working Togather for the Children of Oloolua

An account of the trip in October 2010 from one of the Senior Boys is now available online and can be viewed here. Photos from the trip can be viewed in the Gallery.

We will be providing tweets during the trip which can be seen on our Live Update page, or by following us on Twitter.

A presentation about the trip in October was given to the Davidson's Mains Praise, Prayer and Partnership group. A PDF of the powerpoint presentation can be viewed here.

Seven Goes To Kenya

Next month, a group of 7 leaders and Senior Boys will be spending 15 days in Kenya. A busy and varied programme has been arranged in close co-operation with our Kenyan hosts. The programme will include painting work at the School, attending church services held in English and Swahili, spending a day with the local Boys' and Girls' Brigade Company, an afternoon with the Church's Youth Fellowship, visiting a rural Maasai church to learn how they worship, and going on safari.

Everyone, both in the group and in Kenya, is really looking forward to renewing old friendships and making new friendships during the trip.

Plans are well under way for the trip by a group of 4 Boys, and 3 leaders from the 56th, to visit St Andrew's School in Kenya in October. A report of the trip along with many photos will be available on the site on the groups return.

A big thank you to all who supported the project at the Davidson Mains Childrens Gala Day, and also with the sponsored walk the Junior sections Boys undertook. Over £750 was raised between the two events.