Sustainable Tourism Changing Lives

One Horizon exists to change the lives of Kenya’s most vulnerable people and the way we do this is through sustainable tourism.  Everyone who travels with One Horizon is making a contribution to changing Kenyan lives.  Simply visiting and connecting has an everlasting impact on the amazing Kenyan people you’ll connect with, but on top of that, a portion of your travel fee also goes towards the One Horizon humanitarian programs that are helping Kenya’s women, children and communities build positive, happy and sustainable futures.

One Horizon’s youth programs are all aimed at ending the generational cycle of disadvantage that results in poverty and often tragedy for so many Kenyan families. They include nutrition, health, education, rescue and shelter programs.  We work closely with Kenyan communities to partner with existing schools, orphanages and rescue centres to take our life-changing programs into these places.

Our Vocational and Lifestyle Training Program helps single mothers end their lives on the streets and start their own businesses.  Our Farming Programs help grandmas start their own chicken or pig farms and end their long lives of poverty – in just eight months!  Our Masai Jewellery programs helps Masai women start their own jewellery businesses.  All the women in our programs are supported by our Microfinance Scheme which helps them establish and then grow their businesses until they are self-sustaining.  They also help us host our people safari experiences.

All One Horizon’s programs that change lives are a partnership with Kenyan communities and the individuals within these communities embrace our guests’ visits. To celebrate 2017, the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, and to say Asante – thank you – some grandmas and children helped us create the video below which also says Krismasi Ngema – Merry Christmas from Kenya!  We hope you enjoy it.

Our community programs include providing fresh water, electricity and ablution blocks.  We also build homes for families who live on the streets and partner with communities to start sporting programs for children and other community projects such as regular movie nights, which in particularly support single fathers.