Over 1.5 billion people worldwide suffer from soil transmitted diseases, 600,000 in Kenya alone. Without shoes, children sometimes can't go to school as the walk is too difficult on their feet. These 'shoes that grow' can expand through 5 sizes, keep children healthy, and allow them to go to school. Each pair costs only $25. This project provided for 100 pairs of schools for the children at Lubuathirua Primary School in Kenya.

More than 600,000 children in Kenya do not have shoes or wear shoes that do not fit. Their feet are often injured, making them vulnerable to diseases and parasites. This project funded 130 pairs of 'shoes that grow', which are made from sturdy rubber and are adjustable to 5 sizes so the children can wear the same pair for years.

TGUP's very first sewing center, in Nyeri, has now produced and distributed over 50,000 Save a Girl kits. Each kit contains a bar of soap to ensure the kit is properly cared for. This year, TGUP provided funds for 20,000 bars of soap.

This project provided 200 energy efficient clay stoves to Kenyan families. The amount of wood that used to only last 8 hours will now last one full week. This cuts down the time needed to collecting wood to 1/20th of what it was, many fewer trees will be cut down, and the air in the homes will be much cleaner.

The Nyeri Sewing Center has made over 50,000 kits since opening in 2007. They recently moved to a larger facility and hired more seamstresses. This allowed them to produce more than 14,000 kits in 2023, of which 3,263 were donated in Nyeri county. They have also started making other items to sell in the local markets.

Muranga county in Kenya has more than 50% unemployment. Many families do not have the money to pay for sanitary supplies for their daughters so they end up staying home from school when they have their period. Through our partner, we donated 1,120 kits to girls in schools. They now have what they need to graduate.

In 2023, kits were distributed to 6,955 girls in the county of Laikipia at 44 different primary and secondary schools. These girls now have a better chance in life since the kits provide them with sanitary supplies they need to stay in school. Pregnancies are down by 93% at the schools where they receive kits.

TGUP's first sewing center in Kenya opened in 2017. This center has sewn over 50,000 kits and helped open two other sewing centers - one in Uganda and one in Tanzania. In 2023, they donated 3,185 kits at 20 different primary and secondary Schools. All girls received education on the use of the kits, menstrual health, etc.

This project provided two commercial Samsung washing machines for the Karatina Special School. Prior to having these machines, the staff had to hand wash all the linens and clothing on a daily basis for the 120 special students. This project was funded by the genersity of SNCCF (Special Needs Children Center Foundation).

This is the second project of 8 projects for the Karatina Special School. We installed new drying lines for clothes, which used to be laid over bushes to dry. We also renovated the kitchen counters and outside drying racks to allow space for hygenic and proper drying of all the kitchen wares (plates, cups, pots, and pans).

In 2022, TGUP's produced and distributed 3,238 Save a Girl kits in Laikipia County, in Central Kenya. The kits were donated to girls at 6 different Primary Schools, one Secondary School, and one community center. The girls were all given education on the use and care of the kits, menstrual health, and self-defense.

TGUP's sewing center in Nyeri, Kenya, produced and distributed 10,872 Save a Girl kits in Nyeri county. The kits were donated to girls and women in need, at 37 different Primary and Secondary Schools, Churches, Women's groups, a Women's prison, and local hospitals. Education was also provided at every distribution.

In 2022, TGUP's sewing center in Nyeri, Kenya, produced and distributed over 13,000 Save a Girl kits. In Kirinyaga county, 1,928 kits were donated to girls at 9 different Primary and Secondary Schools. These girls now have the supplies they need to stay in school and the education they needed to understand Mentrual Health.

On June 25, 2022, 291 girls at the Gaitheri Secondary School in the county of Muranga, received Save a Girl kits, free of charge. These kits give the girls the supplies they need so they don't drop out of school. The girls also received education on the use of the kits, self-defense, and menstrual health.

The people in Meru county have harvested little in the last 3 planting seasions, and in the last season there was a total crop failure. Most people in this area depend purely on rain fed agriculture so a drought = no food or money. This project funded drought tolerant seeds in advance of the rainy season starting in November.