Many of the gorgeous toddlers you’ll meet today will have spent the night on the streets, but their joy is tangible when we arrive at our Soup Kitchen for Toddlers – simply being there to show you care lifts their spirits and your personal present of games for them evokes sheer delight.

We’ll invite you to help us prepare a nutritious lunch for them, feed them and play a range of games with them.  During the day the decibel meter rises as fun and laughter take hold and these tiny toddlers transform to kids simply being kids again … our adorable two foot teddy bears!

Our day started with a scenic drive through magnificent country to Kiambu – paradoxically this is one of Kenya’s wealthiest counties, yet also home to some of our country’s poorest people.  In many ways this area is a microcosm of Kenya – 50% of our people live on or below the poverty line and $USD1,300 is the average annual income per person.  This has led to 25% of Kenyan children under five years of age being chronically malnourished and underweight and these statistics are the reason we established our soup kitchen.

Our Two Foot Teddy Bears sustainable tourism safari will give you an insight into some of the ways we are working to solve poverty in Kenya … and gives you a chance to play your own role in helping us forge change.

Interacting with the gorgeous toddlers you’ll meet, helping them laugh again, giving them a nourishing meal and engaging with their parents … these are just some of the highlights of our Two Foot Teddy Bears giving safari.

You’ll also gain a genuine insight into the lives of Kenya’s poorest people and an understanding of the family dynamics and generational cycles that impact their lives. Most of the toddlers will arrive alone, but a few will be accompanied by their mum, dad or grandma – hearing their stories will intrigue you and touch your heart.  These desperate families can’t afford to feed their children, let alone pay their rent and many are forced to live on the streets.

Simply by visiting and connecting you are helping to change their lives.  You’ll leave us knowing you’ve eased a little of their stress and given them hope.  Our hope is that one day we can involve all Kenya’s struggling families in our One Horizon children’s, women’s or community programs and each day we edge closer to realising this dream … thanks to people like you who embrace our unique approach to travel.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

Mother Teresa

Children aged six and under are free.

Inclusions

–  Your personal gift of games or food for the toddlers we’ll meet.

–  A contribution to our One Horizon education, nutrition, vocation and housing programs.

–  Air conditioned hotel transfers – we’ll collect you at 9am from your Nairobi hotel and drop you back at about 5pm. Along the way we’ll show you some intriguing sights as we travel through fascinating country to Kiambu.

–  A light lunch.

–  Unlimited fruit, tea, coffee and bottled water.