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Wishing all our supporters a very happy Christmas – click on this link to hear our special Christmas song – ‘I’m Thinking Of You This Christmas’. The children of Destiny Garden School, Mombasa, Kenya, and The King’s School, Macclesfield, UK, performed this song a few years ago. The song reaches out to those who are […]
Many of the families of the children at the school struggle to provide adequate food for their children, and they rely on the midday meal Destiny Garden School produces. This nutritious meal not only helps with the children’s’ welfare but also ensures that they are able to learn more effectively, and is a great encouragement […]
Destiny Garden School broke up on the 25th October and are now on holiday until 6th January 2020; this is their main holiday as the Kenyan school year is from January to December. The photo shows the Pre-Primary Class 2 graduation. The school website will shortly have more photos of the end of year celebrations […]
A few sponsors have sent funds via the charity for a treat for their sponsored child’s class or for the school as a whole. We try to make sure all the children in the class or school are involved as we don’t want any to feel left out. Funds have gone towards buying a cake […]
A few of our sponsors, or their children, write to their sponsored child at Destiny Garden School and we try to make sure all the children in the class are involved as we don’t want any to feel left out. The letters are therefore addressed to the whole class and the teachers often used them […]
The dining shelter which was completed last year has been a great addition to Destiny Garden School. This video link outlines some of the advantages – The Dining Shelter
Destiny Children’s AGM was held on 21 August, 2019; another busy but successful year. The charity has been able to cover the running costs of Destiny Garden School, Mombasa, and also enabled a number of improvements to be made at the School. A presentation detailing some of the events that have taken place both in the […]
We are very grateful to have the support of two UK schools. King’s School, Macclesfield, and Friends of Kings, have made several donations. Year 7 children from another school chose to represent Destiny Children in a fundraising project and the judges chose their campaign as the best cause. They also raised funds doing a presentation […]
Africa Watoto, a UK charity run by Stella, has raised enough funds for Destiny Garden School to cover the cost of the Pre-Primary School children’s lunches throughout this and last year. This has been a tremendous help.
The Race Night was a great success raising over £1,200 for Destiny Garden School. The event proved to be great fun and an enjoyable evening. Our thanks go to Malcolm who organised the races and materials, to the Broken Cross Social Club who provided the venue, and to all those who supported the event
For the second year running, 8 year old Valerio asked his friends to make donations to DGS instead of buying him birthday gifts. His 5 year old sister has done the same this year for her birthday. Between them they have raised enough funds to provided all 500 children with a school lunch for 14 […]
Kathy, a keen supporter who has visited DGS several times, met some hunters and fishermen whilst hiking on Stewart Island, New Zealand. They told her it was impossible to hike a three day hike in one day to another hut, up a peak and back again. Obviously being told it couldn’t be done made Kathy […]
Alana and Meredith, from Colorado, USA, organised a fundraising bingo event for Destiny Garden School and raised over £1,500. These funds are going towards the feeding programme – the pound goes a long way in Kenya and this amount will provide all 500 children with a midday meal for the next 38 days! Alana and […]
The Joe Hunt Memorial Football Match on Easter Sunday raised a fantastic £500 for Destiny Garden School. These funds are going towards the feeding programme and will provide all 500 children a school lunch for 14 days. Our thanks go to the Chase Pub and Brewery and all the friends of Joe Hunt.
Boaz, the DGS Sponsorship Manager, has taken class photos – from the Day Care class right through to class 8. See this link for the other class photos.
To be held at The Broken Cross Club, Macclesfield, SKII 8TU Join us for an entertaining, and hopefully profitable, evening Entrance is free Cash bar available and light bar snacks There will be films of 8 races, each with 8 runners You will be invited to purchase tote tickets on the night
Destiny Garden School relies on fundraising events to provide the children with a school lunch and our thanks go to many supporters who have raised funds to feed the children this term. . Many of the families of the children at the school struggle to provide adequate food for their children, and they rely on […]
Destiny Garden School resumed back on 2nd January after a their long 2 month holiday break – we wish then all the best for 2019.
A very successful event organised by keen supporter, Elizabeth Wright, which raised over £1,600 for Destiny Garden School. Hollin Hall, Kerridge, proved to be an ideal venue and the fabulous live 9 piece Band – ‘Bring on the Swing’ – certainly got everyone swinging. Many thanks to Elizabeth and her helpers, and to all those who […]
A few of our sponsors, or their children, write to their sponsored child at Destiny Garden School and we try to make sure all the children in the class are involved as we don’t want any to feel left out. The letters are therefore addressed to the whole class and the teachers often used them […]
Boaz, the DGS Sponsorship Manager, has taken class photos – from the Day Care class right through to class 8. See this link for the other class photos.
Trustee, Nick Burton, visited Destiny Garden School with his wife, who is a teacher, and his two teenage daughters – see this link for his full report and further photos. Nick was representing the charity whilst his family did a week’s voluntary work at the school. Nick said ‘the week I spent at DGS was […]
Those who kindly supported the Destiny Children chick flick certainly had a treat! Rebecca at the Park Tavern as usual pulled out all the stops and our ‘supper’ was fantastic! Plentiful and delicious. The film ‘Wonder’ was very uplifting and there was not a dry eye in the house! As an added bonus we raised […]
Architect Guillermo, who helped design the new Dining Shelter and Library, and his new bride, Marta, visited Destiny Garden School during their honeymoon. He said “we had a really good time at DGS, and it was lovely to see the children and meet the teachers and staff. The days that we were there we bought […]
The new Dining Shelter and Office/Library is now completed and in use. Destiny Garden School and the charity Destiny Children were very fortunate that volunteers from two top London firms – architects Allies and Morrison and engineers, Arup – gave up both their time and expertise free of charge to design the Dining Shelter. A […]
Sponsor Tracy Norton has raised over £1,100 for Destiny Garden School by living on £1 a day for 28 days. In 2016, she raised over £2,000 for DGS by living on £1 a day for 21 days and this time, she raised the stakes by extending the challenge to a gruelling 28 days. In her […]
The staff at Allies and Morrison Architects raised over £560 for Destiny Garden School over Christmas by designing snowflakes for their Christmas decorations and selling them at their annual party. These funds are going towards dining tables and benches for the new Dining Shelter that they designed.
During the recent school holidays all classrooms were refurbished thanks to a generous donation from a local Mombasa company. All classes have been repainted, six are now fully tiled and four have new desks. The transformation is amazing!
Work is progressing well; the office section has been built, the framework for the dining section nearly complete, and we hope the roof will go up shortly. For more photos and a full report on the progress of the Dining Shelter construction, please see this report.
Tino from Allies and Morrison, and Henry & Richard from Arup, made a site visit to DGS to monitor the progress of the new Dining Shelter construction. Their key objectives were to: Help the contractor deliver the design they have worked on for the last few months in London. Learn from the contractors experience, exchange […]
A very successful event organised by Trustee Martin Sutcliffe which raised over £3,000 for Destiny Garden School. The charity auction was supported by Adam Partridge, of “Cash in the Attic” and “Bargain Hunt” fame, who gave an interesting and very amusing talk about life as an auctioneer. Macclesfield United Reformed Church halls proved to be […]
Destiny Garden School broke up on the 24th October, a bit earlier than usual due to the Kenyan election, and are now on holiday until 2 January 2018; this is their main holiday as the Kenyan school year is from January to December. The school website will shortly have more photos of the end of year […]
Architect Mark Taylor, from Allies & Morrison London, travelled to Mombasa to undertake a site visit for the proposed new Dining Shelter. He measured the ground levels and dimensions and interviewed prospective contractors tendering to undertake the construction of the building, ensuring that they understood the requirements of the designs. Mark was accompanied by his […]
Nicky and Conrad Kelly, keen supporters of Destiny Garden School, Mombasa, came up with a novel way to raise funds for the school – they asked their wedding guests to pay a pound to select the music for their first dance. ‘All My Loving’ by the Beatles came out of the hat and proved to […]
A few sponsors have sent funds via the charity for a treat for their sponsored child’s class or for the school as a whole. We try to make sure all the children in the class or school are involved as we don’t want any to feel left out. Funds have gone towards buying a cake […]
A very successful and enjoyable coffee morning was held at Gawsworth Methodist Church Hall raising much needed funds for Destiny Garden School. The funds raised will go towards school lunches for the children at DGS – the pound goes a long way in Kenya and this will provide all 470 children with a nutritious school […]
A Dining Shelter is going to be built during Destiny Garden School’s holiday in November and December. We are very fortunate that volunteers from two top London firms; architects, Allies and Morrison and engineers, Arup, have given both their time and expertise free of charge to design the Dining Shelter, which will become a multi-functional […]
A few of our sponsors, or their children, write to their sponsored child at Destiny Garden School and we try to make sure all the children in the class are involved as we don’t want any to feel left out. The letters are therefore addressed to the whole class and the teachers often used them […]
There are tickets available for this event which is being held at the Macclesfield United Reformed Church halls. An auction hosted by Adam Partridge, of “Cash in the Attic” and “Bargain Hunt” fame. Adam is going to talk about life as an auctioneer, give an insight behind the scenes as a TV presenter, a quiz […]
Elizabeth, keen supporter of Destiny Garden School, held a designer sale and coffee morning at her house. Lots of laughter over coffee and cakes as well as browsing through the large variety of designer goods on sale including handbags, jewellery, scarves, boots. 10 % of her sales were donated to Destiny Children and this provided […]