About Us

 

Established in March 2006, AVIF is an independent non-profit UK registered charity. We are registered with the UK government's Her Majestys Revenue and Customs ref. XR99385 but not with the main Charity Commission due to our small size* and low income. We receive no funding from the UK or Kenyan governments and no significant sustained funding from other sources.

*Changes announced in the Charities Act 2006 to raise the registration threshold for small UK charities came into force on 23 April 2007. Any charitable organisation with an annual income of over £5,000 a year must register with the Charity Commission. AVIF falls below that threshold .

All our work is archived on the blog below and previously on Blogger here.

To meet any of our volunteers and discuss their experiences we have a large FaceBook Group, and Fan Page (click logo).

 

 

 

AVIF works in partnership with many other communities and organizations, including:

Enkito Manyatta

Maasai Askari manyatta in Amboseli. Male members of the village also work on a paid contract as night watchmen for the highly recommended Stilts Backpackers in Diani.
Jackson Lais

LLK International

Leben und Lernen en Kenia e.v.
(Live and Learn in Kenya)
www.llk-selb.de
Brique Zeiner (Director)

JNMCC Mercy Home Orphanage

Mr & Mrs Edward and Deborah Buyengo

Latest volunteer report on Mercy Home here, from Rhiannon.

Fantastic album from December 2009 from Vic and Della in the US (major supporters of the home)

The Mwelu Foundation

Providing a mirror to the world through film and photography by the children of the slums of Mathare, Nairobi
Directed by Julius Mwelu, once a child of The Shootback Project

Tumaini Community Development Centre

Amanda Flanagan www.tumainicentre.blogspot.com

Wonderful blog from volunteer, Mona, 2010

Arrowweb Community Hospital

Bramuel J Simiyu Kayole Soweto, Nairobi www..arrowwebhospital.org

Naivasha Youth Sports Academy

Michael Nam

YAWOSUP (Yala Widows & Orphans Support Project)

Yala Kenya
Edward Wata (Director)

EMPAASH Olorienito Nature Conservancy

Kajiado, Ngong Hills
Paul Sadera Kilelu

Oloolamutia Primary School & Nkoirero manyatta (maasai village)

Maasai Mara
Tony Ole Lentumo

Ingrid Education Centre

Matopeni, Nairobi ingridsangels.blogspot.com
Douglas Onkware (Director)