Kuoni
Kuoni, one of UK’s leading longhaul specialist tour operators, has supported a range of Born Free projects since 2003. Born Free is Kuoni’s chosen charity and Kuoni staff regularly go the extra mile to fundraise for Born Free. Plus all staff fundraising is matched by Kuoni Head Office.
Kuoni and Born Free have joined together to offer you a unique holiday experience with the Born Free Experience Holiday in Kenya.
For more information follow the link for the Born Free Holiday Challenges.
Read more information about Kuoni’s responsible travel programme or to book other holidays with Kuoni, please visit Kuoni Travel.
£6000 handover
Joanna Edwards from Kuoni Travel hands Born Free's Founder and Trustee, Virginia Mckenna OBE, a check for £6000 to go towards our Global Friends initiative.
Manyatta Primary School Update
- Children planting seedlings
Funding from Kuoni has helped to support Manyatta Primary School near Mt Kenya.
With 341 pupils, Manyatta Primary School was in serious need of new classrooms to provide an advantageous learning space. In addition to the two built in 2007, a further classroom block has now been built enabling the school to accommodate even more children. In fact, class 8 KCPE candidates sat their vital examinations in the new rooms which provided a quiet, airy place for them to concentrate.
The project also included the revival of a tree nursery at the school. The seeds which were bought and sown by the students were transferred to propagation bags and continue to grow well. Once the trees planted get even stronger, they will help to reforest areas which have been decimated by firewood collection and deforestation.
Kuoni also support the leopard Kuma and the lioness Shada at the Jean Byrd Centre in Shamwari. Keep up to date with their progress in the Big Cat Diaries
- Kuoni Travel provides invaluable support for our Global Friends schools in Africa
- Kuoni has provided wonderful support to our Global Friends project, providing African communities with vital resources
Kuoni Travel celebrated 100 years in travel with a luxurious journey by cruise ship from Cairo to Cape in October 2006, raising funds for Born Free’s Global Friends project.
Virginia McKenna and Will Travers made a surprise appearance onboard the MS Kasr Ibrim for ‘An Audience with Virginia McKenna’. They gave an informative presentation on how the funds raised would benefit the African schools, communities and wildlife chosen to receive the funds.
Other projects supported:
- Ngonzini School and many other global friends schools
- Lion Rescues
- Boma build
Youth for Conservation
Kuoni sponsors the work of Youth for Conservation in Kenya which has included bushmeat investigations, public awareness activities and a number of snare removal operations in various parts of Kenya.
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