Kenya Airways
Our friends at Kenya Airways really have provided sky-high support in recent months! The airline flew founder Virginia McKenna to Kenya in April and staff were delighted meet her precious cargo – another of the Go Elephant! sculptures (see picture below). The same month, Kenya Airways were an essential part of our lion rescue team, flying our three lions and staff personnel to South Africa. Then in May the airline kindly flew CEO Will Travers to an important ‘Meeting in the Mara’ conference, encouraging tourists to come back to Kenya and businesses to reinvest.
Kenya Airways – the pride of Africa - was established as an African airline in 1977 and has fast become a leading international airline travelling from Nairobi to destinations all over the world.
As part of their commitment to corporate and social responsibility Kenya Airways work with various organisations throughout the world to raise funds for worthy causes. Born Free is one of the lucky charities to benefit from their generosity. Since March 2006 Kenya Airways have contributed airline flights for a number of events and rescues including:
- Sponsoring the flights of Nick Martin an elite runner running the London Marathon, who works on Born Free’s West Kilimanjaro project in Tanzania.
- Sponsoring the flights for the Kenyan speakers for Born Free’s ‘Elephants the Big Picture’ event at the Royal Geographical Society, London in March 2006
- Kenya Airways helped us to rescue the three lions and give them a new home in South Africa (c) R Leon
- Supplying complimentary and subsidized seats for the Born Free team travelling to South Africa with the three lions rescued from a French circus in November 2006. They also provided the transport for the lions from the UK to South Africa; this valuable contribution meant that the money raised from the Three Lions Appeals from the Sunday Mirror readers and GMTV viewers could be spent on other aspects of the rescue and the lions’ lifetime care.
The provision of flights for Born Free staff and animals have been invaluable over the last year and look forward to their continued support. To find out more about Kenya Airways’ services visit www.kenya-airways.com
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