Where Are We

Funzi Island lies off the Southern Coast of Kenya. Whilst some parts of the island have been developed in order to develop tourism this apparant idyll masks other areas where basic standards in the form of utilities, health and education are not available to the indigenous community thus denying them a decent quality of life.

An initial plea for assistance in respect of the maintenence of a water pump led, in 2006, to the establishment of The Transglobe Charitable Foundation. Transglobe, along with The Funzi and Bodo Trust, has worked with the local community to re-develop and resource the local health clinic. Already the success of this is apparent with significant reductions in cases of life threatening diseases such as malaria.

We are now hoping to improve education standards and create opportunity through our involvement in a project to renovate and rebuild the primary school.