These are the next fundraising events planned by TABS We will be listing fundraising activity on our website so ideas can be shared and progress seen. As well as increasing our target of £2,000 per month for Kiandutu we want to raise funds for the Playground, a new...

Please keep us in your prayers :  Positive responses to our fundraising (more people are choosing to be Friends of Tabs through their fundraising efforts). The TABS Kenya Trustees and all the staff working in the project (for contin- ued good working relationships and...

Next Steps We have developed 3 phases of development going forward : 1 Immediate goals: To purchase an adjoining piece of land to create a playground for the children and to build 2 training workshops and enterprise buildings to offer training to young people who want...

Kenyan schools details There are 8 Standard Years in Kenyan schools. So, part of our planning meeting was to look at how we can develop a secondary school in the slum so children with academic potential can progress onto the next level of attainment once their primary...

The Spring Life School in Kiandutu TABS trustees have recently returned from a monitoring trip to Kenya. The purpose of the trip was to check on the progress of the work being undertaken at the Spring of Life School in Kiandutu, Thika and to work with our TABS Kenya...

Before I went to Kenya I imagined everything in black and white. When I got there it was in colour. It was amazing, and it was humbling. Here we use something once and throw it away. There people use something, then use it again, then turn it into...

Working with vulnerable people in the UK, and then being able to share their experience of volunteering in Kenya is a huge privilege. To see someone blossom and grow into the person they have the potential to be in such a short space of time is...

Chapter 1 helping the homeless with TABS International Chapter 1 is a charity working with people who are homeless and in need. TABS International is very grateful for the links it has with the organisation and all the support offered by Chapter 1. Staff support...

Aims of TABS TABS is a unique charity in that it has two distinct but connected objectives. Through our partners TABS Kenya we support a slum project in Thika where over the last 4 years we have built a school and provide funds for teachers, school resources and...

The below funders have helped TABS International All Saints Church Bedworth Grange School and Sports College, Warmley Bristol  Chapter 1 staff Thika 300 group Individuals who continue to support us TABS Kenya...

11 volunteers travel to Kenya, some for the first time On May 8th 11 volunteers left the UK bound for Thika via Dubai. For some it was the first time they had flown, for others it was their first time in Africa while the remainder were familiar with where we were...

Candidates selection This years selection process came round so fast, before we knew it we had identified 10 successful candidates who are now well on their way to sorting out their jabs and raising their money. Phew! Learning from experience for selection We started...

Visiting the Spring of Hope project On November 23rd four of our Trustees plus a 'Friend' of TABS visited the Spring of Hope Project within the slums of Kiandutu, Thika Kenya, ( Kiandutu means 'place of the dirty people'). The purpose of this visit was to...

Future plans for Trips Trustees are currently planning for our next trip in 2013 and will be sending our application forms in January 2012 to Ch1 Service users and staff. They will short list in February and hold a selection day in March. This will be followed by a...

We are currently working really hard to put together a website for TABS. This will hopefully be launched soon, so you will be able to follow our de- velopment and catch up all the latest new online. Watch this...

Efforts focus on Kenya Some of you may remember that it is our intention to focus our efforts in one area of Kenya. Kiandatu is a slum on the outskirts if Thika, about 50km north on Nairobi. Spring of Hope project We have been making inquiries to purchase...

Gail steps down as TABS trustee We are sad to say that Gail Flower has made the decision to step down from TABS as a Trustee. We thank Gail for all her hard work and commitment to help get TABS where it is today, and wish her all the best in the future....

What's next for the volunteers? The volunteers have a lot of work to do before the trip. They need to fundraise enough money to sort their passports, inoculations, kit and to make a contribution toward the project we’ll be working with. They’ll be getting...

The next TABS Volunteer team had been selected! This year we received 25 excellent applications for the next volunteer trip in Feb 2011. It was very hard to shortlist these down, but after a few hours of healthy debate we were able to invite 18 potential...