COCO's News

By Rebecca Brett & Lucy Liddle Mamma Caroline and her Family - Photo Credit to Nick Spollin Why Kitale? For the women in Kitale, life can...

#4amfor40p Imagine standing in a line at 4am to get the chance to work for 40p from 4am until 6pm. That’s 14 hours, that’s 2.8p per hour....

We have exciting updates on the success of the WAIGES (Women’s Agriculture and Income Generation Enterprise for Sustainability) Project...

Spring is in the air and we are surrounded by regrowth and renewal. Please support us by renewing hope for the community in Bwayi. In...

One of the faces of North East TV is helping an international children’s charity by tackling a 200-mile cycling challenge in Africa later...

Today, Kenya celebrates Jamhuri Day. The day has a double meaning, in 1963 it marked independence and freedom from the British Empire,...

By Valtteri Nurminen, COCO Volunteer Today we celebrate the World Toilet Day for the fifth year. The day aims to raise awareness that...

A massive thank you to everyone who donated to the Mercy Classroom Appeal earlier this year. We are delighted that the classroom is now...

Well, we did it. 280(ish)kms across the unpredictable Kenyan terrain, from the (almost) flat planes of the Maasai Mara to the well-paved...

A HUGE thank you to everyone who supported our appeal to build a new classroom at Mercy Primary School in Kenya. Previously, students...

Jess recently visited Kenya and wrote an opinion piece about her visit which was published in The Journal. In case you missed it, here's...

The International Day of Happiness is a United Nations observed day which aims to promote the pursuit of happiness as a fundamental human...

The fishpond at Mercy Primary School is now complete!  The fish are due to arrive any day now, and then the fishpond will be up and...

Maasai Academy in Kenya established a Food Forest to grow food for their students and to generate income for the school. The garden is...

COCO's belief is that every child should have access to good quality education, regardless of their race, gender, religious beliefs,...

In 2017 your support helped to achieve so much in East Africa, here is one highlight from each of the past 12 months. If you want a bit...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a procedure which involves the deliberate circumcision or altering of female genitalia. It is a...

At the beginning of September, Kenya’s supreme court ruled the recent election “invalid, null and void”. Of course, a lot of Kenyans and...

IN JANUARY 2017, LISA TOOK PART IN THE MAASAI CYCLE CHALLENGE IN KENYA, CYCLING 150KM WITH COMBINED INCLINES HIGHER THAN MOUNT...

The friendship between these two schools has been thriving for over 12 months now – and is set to grow even stronger ... One is based in...