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The Giraffe Project
Giving the gift of education for children living in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya
Jürgen, our energetic, generous, and dedicated friend and co-director passed away on 25 March 2023
Jürgen first visited the projects in Kenya at Easter 2012 as part of a Youth service trip. Once there he threw himself into the visits and, with his outgoing and generous personality, soon made friends with Kenyan school students and adults alike.
Jürgen typically kept these people and their needs in his heart. He and his wife, Gay, have sponsored school children through Giraffe ever since.
In March 2017 Jürgen became a Trustee of The Giraffe Project children's charity with an emphasis on strategy and communicating the work we do. He revisited Kenya the same month and has been a constant and passionate advocate for the children we support. His insightful comments kept us on our toes as a Board and gave us significant food for thought! An invaluable and much appreciated colleague from March 2017 all the way to March 2023.
In recent years he organised the team for the Brussels 20km run (see below), which he ran several times. Although he was already ill, he was there again in May 2022 to welcome the runners and represent the charity he loved.
A Memorial Fund has been set up in his honour to support the charity that Jürgen held so dear, and share comments and remembrances of him.
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/Juergen-Koenemann-Memorial
A valued partner and friend, we will miss him greatly!
Welcome
We are a UK-registered charity, providing education for children who live in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.
Our founders are international educators, our board of all-volunteer directors comes from across Europe.
From Primary School to College or University
We help desperately poor youngsters grow strong and stand tall.
For just £30/€35/US$35 per month, a child can be clothed, fed and go to primary school.
With £70/€80/US$80 per month, we can send them to secondary school or college/university.
We also happily accept one-off donations for the many other needs of the schools (classrooms, dormitories, computers, etc.)
Visit our schools, college and project pages for more information:
For any additional question, drop us a line via our contact form.
Giraffe by the numbers
1,000,000 children live in Nairobi's slums
1,000,000 children live in Nairobi's slums
1,000,000 children live in Nairobi's slums
It's thought that around a million children live in poverty in Nairobi's massive slums.
And we are making a difference!
400+ students sponsored by Giraffe
1,000,000 children live in Nairobi's slums
1,000,000 children live in Nairobi's slums
At any one time we're sponsoring around 400 young people in schools and colleges
Helping young people walk tall since 2005
1,000,000 children live in Nairobi's slums
Helping young people walk tall since 2005
Our first students now have jobs and families. And they're passing on the love they received, by sponsoring others.
How you can help
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Sponsorship drives everything. Without it our young people would be lost.
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There are many ways to do so, and it's one of the most rewarding things you can do!