Fundraising Archives

Amazing surroundings and a bright and unusually balmy Spring evening helped set the scene for a successful fundraising event at Merchiston School in Edinburgh on 22nd March .

Ruaraidh Drummond a sixth form pupil organised and project managed the event to raise funds for Johari Foundation and raise awarness and sales of the Johari clothing brand. Supported by pupils from St Georges and Merchiston Schools who modelled the clothing and jewellery, Ruaraidh was able to stage a fantastic event.

Drinks and canapes were served on arrival and Willie Watt, Chief Executive of Martin Currie Investment Management and Trustee of Johari Foundation highlighted the role of Johari Foundation in helping to support child education and self sustainability to vulnerable children and young adults in Kenya.

The models looking elegant and stunning in the Johari range as they paraded down the catwalk to the delight of the audience. Afterwards there was the opportunity to purchase items from the Johari sales stand.

The event raised £400 in donations for Johari Foundation and about the same again in Johari sales. A BIG THANK YOU to Ruaraidh, his friends and the school for helping to support Johari Foundation.

Merchiston Upper Sixth student Ruaraidh Drummond is co-ordinating a Charity Fashion Show on 22nd March to help raise the profile and funds for Johari Foundation.

Johari jewellery and clothing is the focus of the fashion show and pupils from Merchiston and Saint George’s School in Edinburgh will take to the catwalk.

The show starts at 7pm prompt and entry is by donation!

Look out for coverage of the show and if you would like to come along email johari@johari.co.uk

In September 2011 nearly 100 children from Giffnock Soccer Centre took part in the Great Scottish Run. The aim was to run 3k and raise money for Save the Children and Johari Foundation. The children raised a fantastic amount and were able to make a donation of £1,000 to help the children on our Miale Social Development programmes in Kenya.

The children at Giffnock Soccer Centre also regulary donate their Football strips to the Foundation. These are put to good use during football training and tournaments run by Kids Joy Sports Development programme.

It's great that a common activity can unite children from very different backgrounds.

Thanks Giffnock Soccer Centre from all at Johari Foundation!

Pupils at Kinghorn Primary in Fife recently handed over a very genourous donation to Johari Foundation. The money was raised as a result of their sponsored walk in June. The cheque was given to the Foundation by the Pupil Council who helped to organise the walk and promote it to other pupils in the school.

Africa is a key theme for the pupils this year and they are participating in a number of projects, onw of which involves them learning to play the Djembe drums!

Whilst visiting the school we took in scrap books and craft work that children on the Foundation's Miale Programmes made during their time at the Miale CSP After School Club. The children were really inspired by this craft work which included neckalces made out of the Acacia tree seed and cards designed with Masai prints.

Staff and Pupils at Kinghorn Primary are now working on a whole school project which will be about life in Scotland. This will be shared with their friends on the Miale Programmes early next year.

A BIG THANK YOU to Kinghorn Primary for the support they have given Johari Foundation in 2011. We look forward to working with you next year.

In late June, after hearing about the Johari Foundation's Miale Programmes from a member of staff the boys from Merchiston School decided that they would do some fundraising to help. During their Sunday mass they organised a collection to raise money to support the children on the Miale Programmes. This was gratefully received and will help towards paying for school fees for the Miale children.
We are looking forward to an on-going relationship with the boys and staff at Merchiston School.

All the children at Kinghorn Primary in Fife will be taking part in a 3k walk tomorrow (June 3rd)as they Step up for Kenya and help to raise funds to support children on the Miale Programmes. The walk will be from Kinghorn to Burntisland along the coast. This is a great fundraising effort by the school who have really engaged with Johari Foundation during the past year. We have visited the school to talk about the Miale Programmes and the children have been learning all about Kenya during their lessons. In December the children supported Johari during their Christmas Fayre by hand-making products to sell to friends and family.

Look out for a further update on this event!

This is a new initiative from Johari Foundation where each month we will be requesting a different in-kind donation.

The request in March is for stationery sets suitable for boys and girls age 5-16. You can buy these for about £3 or £4 from the supermarket and they usually contain a pencil, eraser, ruler and pencil case. The children on the Miale Programmes would love to have these for going to school and doing homework. These can be handed in to one of the Sumerian offices or the Johari office in Nairobi. Alternatively please post to these offices marking the package for the attention of Johari Foundation. If you are sending a few items and need these to be collected, please contact Johari Foundation If you don't have time to purchase a pencil case you can always make a financial donation for the value of the pencil case using the form below. It's quick and it's easy!

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The Primary 3 class of St Joseph's RC Primary School in Inverness held a toy sale in November to raise funds for the Johari Foundation. They brought in toys that they had grown out of or no longer wanted, priced them and sold them to other pupils in the school. The children organised the event all by themselves after their teacher encouraged them to think of fundraising ideas that would help to raise funds for the Johari Foundation's Miale Programmes. The children raised £125 through the sale of the toys which will help towards paying for school fees, equipment, basic toiletries and food. We are looking forward to working with the children of St Joseph's RC Primary in the future.

As a fundraising idea we hope to partner with some of the wealthier schools in Kenya, in what will be dubbed as the Johari SOCIAL MONTH.
This will be a month of activity that is involving from both parties. One the children from the wealthier schools will come up with unique ways of raising funds towards the foundations MIALE programmes
All sorts of ideas will be incorporated right from arts, photography, music arts…..etc we hope we can walk with children from either end of the life`s see saw and come up with a couple of great items. Finally will have a gala day that will culminate the social month
All these ideas will be sold to their parents and other companies who will in turn donate finances and items for the programme.
For the next couple of years we want to build a giving culture among our young generation.
Coming up is what we call CHILDREN GIVING TO CHILDREN initiative.

Barry Neilson will be running in the BUPA Great North Run on Sunday 19th September and is raising money for Johari Foundation to help support children on the Miale programmes.

We wish Barry well in the race and look forward to hearing how he gets on.Click here to visit his sponsorship page.

If you would like to raise money for Johari Foundation by competing in a race or organising an event please contact info@joharifoundation.org.

Planned for the past three months, the D-day was here…..
27th June 2010….
Venue: UpperHill High school In Nairobi…
We are talking about a tournament like no other…..
The inaugural edition pitted 7 of the best high school soccer teams in Nairobi.
Langata
Ofafa Jericho(one of the schools where we support some kids)
Hospital Hill
Uhuru High
Olympic(one of the schools where we support some kids)
Jamuhuri
Upperhill A & B
All teams were ready for the day each vowing to lift the first ever trophy to these tournament. and be named as the Johari Seven-A-side soccer champions 2010.
Who will it be ? ? ?

Having been used to the normal 11 A-side football we had to put a twist to it to add flavor to the tournament……
Hence the 7 a-side version
The Day began very well on a very high note with the pool matches. All teams were playing to win.

After 5 hrs of playing the group matches, we had the 4 best teams to square it out at the semi final stage.
I.e.
Olympic High school taking on Upperhill High school
Hospital Hill high school taking on Uhuru secondary school
The stakes were high and nothing was left to chance.
Finally we had the finalists for the day, Olympic High versus Uhuru highway…they dismissed upperhill(who went on to claim 3 spot)
and hospital hill in the semi-finals.

The final game was definitely a cracker and at the end of the full time they drew 0-0. It had to be decided via penalties……
Olympic took their penalties ....
and well they had what it takes to be crowned....

So did Uhuru secondary school...

But one team had to win.....and OLYMPIC HIGH SCHOOL carried the day...

Presenting to you the first winners of Johari Seven Aside Soccer tournament………drums roll……..Mexican wave in the field………

We as JohariFoundation Endeavor to offer empowerment through creating opportunity, an these cause comes at a cost and it is for these reason we hope to be fund raising through the seven a-side tournaments every year.
All the funds go to helping vulnerable children in the area currently being covered by our MIALE program I.e. Kibera where we have a CSP (child support program) and in Kandara where we have an outreach program.

A detailed booklet will be available soon if you would like to partner with the foundation in the next edition of the tournament , or if you would want to donate to the foundation in any way.
send a mail to info@johari.co.uk
Stay tuned to our website for more details on the tournament...more pictures...and the fun that filled the day

Primary schools in Bo'ness, Scotland recently participated in a charity walk to help raise funds for the Miale Programmes. The children aged between 5 and 12 who were taking part in the 'Big Fit Walk'; which is a community health promotion event were also encouraged to 'Step up for Kenya'. Prior to the event they asked family and friends to sponsor them in climbing a virtual ascent of Mount Kenya in steps around their playground or local park whilst taking part in the 'Big Fit Walk'. A whole school approach was adopted in an effort to unite the schools in achieving a common goal of fundraising for charity.

Johari Foundation is delighted with the efforts of -

We will also be taking this event to other schools in Scotland in the near future. Look out for stories and photographs about the event in the Fundraising section of the website.

Biggart Baillie and Edinburgh Young Professionals have organised a Sports Day to raise funds for the Miale Programmes. Teams of between 6 and 15 people will compete in a round robin rounders tournament, with some classic school sports day races. It costs £100 to enter a team, for more information please click here

Deadline for registering: Friday 23rd April.