European Bus Forum delivers school bus for Kenya

Intelligent Transport’s European Bus Forum has purchased a school bus for Harambee Schools Kenya following an £8,000 fundraising event.

Fundraising efforts took place during last year’s European Bus Forum gala dinner for Harambee Schools Kenya (HSK); a charity raising money for much-needed school buses in poor and remote areas of Kenya.

Since 1999 HSK has raised over £700,000 to build three brand new schools and renovate and maintain eight more. The charity has several key projects this year, including improving sanitation in schools and providing textbooks.

One of the charity’s aims is to provide transport to allow Kenyan school children to attend the schools it works with in the country.

Some of the children have to walk miles to get to school. It is often dark and can be very dangerous for some of the younger children and girls to cross treacherous terrain with the threat of assault.

Alongside Intelligent Transport’s European Bus Forum, HSK are raising funds to buy two school buses to safely transport the most vulnerable and distant children to school.

HSK Trustee Amie Willenberg explains why these buses are so important: “By offering this transport it makes parents feel much more comfortable with sending their children off to school and makes the children themselves feel much safer. It also guarantees their attendance and in turn their education for a better future.”

In 2014 the European Bus Forum event raised more than £8,000 for the cause and can announce that the charity has just purchased their first school bus! This year, European Bus Forum hopes to do even better.

Anyone interested in finding out more about HSK’s work in Kenya can do so at www.hsk.org.uk or contact Amie Willenberg at [email protected].

Find out more about the European Bus Forum and how you can get involved here.