UK Registered Charity Number 1165906
Working in partnership with Green Olive Foundation Kenya to fund education for young people in poverty in rural Kenya
Dr Brian Shiluli
Dr Brian Shiluli
Dr Brian Shiluli
Brian graduated as a doctor in 2020, having been sponsored by Green Olive Trust through high school and university. As a child, he walked to school barefoot because his widowed mother could not afford to buy him a pair of shoes. His eyesight was very poor because he was studying by the light of a kerosene lamp. Brian is now working in Lit
Brian graduated as a doctor in 2020, having been sponsored by Green Olive Trust through high school and university. As a child, he walked to school barefoot because his widowed mother could not afford to buy him a pair of shoes. His eyesight was very poor because he was studying by the light of a kerosene lamp. Brian is now working in Litein Hospital and is hoping to return to Kakamega to serve his home community.
Malvine Mulabo
Dr Brian Shiluli
Dr Brian Shiluli
Malvine graduated in Agricultural Economics and Resource Management in 2017. She has done several volunteer jobs in different organisations. Her dream was to improve the diet and livelihood of her community by using greenhouses to make it possible to grow tomatoes at the high altitude of Kakamega.
Lavender Mukanzi
Dr Brian Shiluli
Lavender Mukanzi
Lavender received a bursary to study Communications and Public Relations and graduated in 2017. While still a student, she helped run an eye camp in Kakamega. Since finishing her studies, she has worked for Quaker Peace Initiatives in Nairobi and moved on to work in other NGOs. Lavender has joined the board of our partner organisation in Kenya.
Michael Tsimangi
Dr Brian Shiluli
Lavender Mukanzi
Michael was sponsored through his Law degree by Green Olive Trust. He graduated in 2016 and went on to take professional law exams with another Green Olive Trust bursary. He is currently working as a producer and reporter for a production company making TV documentaries. You can see a wonderful video that Michael has produced to show how the Green Olive Foundation changed his life!
POLYCARP
POLYCARP
POLYCARP
Polycarp graduated in December 2020 from the University of Nairobi Kenya with a with a second-class upper division honours bachelor degree in Hospitality Management.
"I have currently not found a permanent job, but I am working casually in restaurants in the city. Say high and thank you for all the Green Olive Foundation fraternity there
Polycarp graduated in December 2020 from the University of Nairobi Kenya with a with a second-class upper division honours bachelor degree in Hospitality Management.
"I have currently not found a permanent job, but I am working casually in restaurants in the city. Say high and thank you for all the Green Olive Foundation fraternity there in the UK.
I am grateful and thankful for the unwavering support you gave to me whilst studying on campus. The responsibility you took was more like a parent.
May God bless you abundantly so that you may never lack, and that you may continue lifting the poor in the society."
PRISCAH
POLYCARP
POLYCARP
Priscah studied Justice and Peace at the Catholic University of East Africa, Nairobi."
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your great contribution throughout my undergraduate education. I am glad I got to finish school without any arrears, thanks to your help. I know there are many students who lack the kind of
Priscah studied Justice and Peace at the Catholic University of East Africa, Nairobi."
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your great contribution throughout my undergraduate education. I am glad I got to finish school without any arrears, thanks to your help. I know there are many students who lack the kind of support you gave to me, and I do not take it for granted. I probably would not have had such a smooth journey without the funds considering the kind of tuition fee that was required. Today I am a graduate from an established institution in Kenya. I managed to complete my studies and graduated in 2021 with a second-class honours degree, upper division .I have been doing various businesses on my own since then. I'm doing great and all thanks to God and you guys. I now stay in Nairobi and work with a Solar Company as a customer service agent. It's not easy at all, but we are managing and really working hard. My wish is also to give back to the society and I usually do that in one way or the other. Thank you for sharing values you instilled in us. I am looking forward to furthering my studies in the near future. I also want to engage more in community advocacy. I am doing well, I cannot complain. God has been faithful."
PURITY
PURITY
PURITY
Purity attended Moi university and graduated in Business Management in 2018.
"I currently work in customer Service where we get calls from clients and solve their problems if any, also we collect debts. I don't want to work here forever and that is my everyday prayer. I'm regularly looking for other opportunities because of the pressure
Purity attended Moi university and graduated in Business Management in 2018.
"I currently work in customer Service where we get calls from clients and solve their problems if any, also we collect debts. I don't want to work here forever and that is my everyday prayer. I'm regularly looking for other opportunities because of the pressure of the work. We work for longer hours just to ensure that targets are met because if you do not meet your targets there is a possibility that you will be laid off and that is so draining, sometimes I forego going on leave just to stay at work. I fear being laid off without a perfect plan for what's next. But I thank God for the opportunity, so many people are jobless, and life is tough, so I'm always thankful for the opportunity. I hope that soon enough I will find something else to do and live my life in a more fulfilling way.
Covid era was so tough, by then I was just at home and making ends meet was hard. Being the sole provider at my place I had to do whatever job was there just to provide for my family. I came to Nairobi in the middle of all that and been here ever since.
Just trying to survive on the little I get though it's not enough, but it is sustaining us. Whenever I’m able to, I also help school going girls with pads because I realized that getting them is a challenge to most of them.
As for me I was only able to intern for a short period of time and thereafter we were told they can't accommodate us anymore, that was in 2019, I got a job as a waitress in a hotel and worked up to 2020 when Covid hit and we were laid off, that’s when I went back home.
My family is doing just fine, my mother and siblings are all OK and in good health, I try as much as I can to ensure that they don't lack. Pass my warmest greetings to everyone, we love you so much over here.
Thank you so much."