Our Charity Support

The Memusi Foundation believes passionately in education and the right that every person has to a quality education. It is through quality education that every child has the opportunity to escape poverty in their own lifetime, providing a path of hope. They work primarily in Magadi, in Kajiado County (although not limited to) having reach to over 8000 children across 42 Primary Schools and ECD centres.

As well as building their own schools as beacons, Memusi also invests heavily in Memusi Outreach; a programme working across the whole of the Magadi region to enhance education and standards for all children.

They work tirelessly to ensure that children in underprivileged areas of Kenya have the resources they need to obtain education that they may otherwise not be able to access.

The Memusi Foundation has always held a special place at the heart of CHN our director Lee Clayton has assisted Memusi's founder Matthew Norton, wherever he can, to achieve Matthew's vision right from the Foundation's inception. To this day Lee still holds an active role in the charity as a trustee, as well as handling the Foundation's accounts.

With the charity being registered in the UK, Matthew has managed to influence incredible change both within the UK and Eastern Africa through his work. He continues to realize new initiatives to provide underprivileged children access to quality, structured education.

For our second charity partner each year we choose to support a small, local charity as these can often be overlooked when compared to bigger more well known charitable organisations. We want to raise as much money as possible for smaller charities to really help them with their valuable cakes.

For the past 3 years we have chosen to partner with Candlelighters.

Candlelighters are an incredible charity offering support to families in Yorkshire facing the devastating reality of childhood cancer.

The money they raise allows them to fund a wide variety including cancer research, equipment for Oncology and Haematology clinics and "Play Leaders" who can simultaneously help children to understand their treatment better and offer fun distractions for them. Media workshops provided by the charity allow children to be learn and be creative even if they are unable to attend school.

The Candlelighters Pavilion at Leeds General Infirmary allows children and families a respite from clinical settings while still being in close reach of medical care.

Candlelighters fund many other jobs, activities and services to ensure that the care and support received by children battling cancer and their families is second to none. They aim to make an incredibly difficult time that bit easier for everyone involved