Support 4 Slum Boys Compete at World Championships

From the 6th and 14th July 2018, over 3500 athletes from over 45 nationalities gathered in the
Danish island of Fyn for the World Multisport Championships. Amongst them were 4 unlikely
athletes from Kibera slums in Nairobi. The first time in history an African team has made it to
this prestigious event. Nine years ago, Kennedy, Victor and Eddy were hopeless and destitute
children wasting away in the slums. Today, they are the embodiment of hope; competing at the
world championships against the very best in one of the most elitist sports and knowing the
kind of results that we can produce has changed us forever. We have continued to receive
compliments from far and wide around the globe about our performance in Fyn. We don’t
share the enthusiasm in the result, but value the experience gained and lessons learnt and are
already back to training again for the next race.
In 2007 when I started the program I used a few thousand shillings out of my government
school fees loan for my university education but today, I am very grateful to you for believing in
my vision and venturing in this journey with us. We couldn’t have done this without our donors
and corporate sponsors who continue to support us even though we can only give them very
little publicity. They do it out of love and the desire to be a part of something great. This has
been a decade-long labor of love, amazing progress and heartbreaks. But we have persevered.
We couldn’t have done it without you.
But I believe we are well on schedule to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and this is the
ultimate goal. The next 2 years will be intense with over 12 local races and 3 international
competitions to attend to help give us that much needed push to Tokyo Olympics.
I will separately share the race report and photos in the coming days.

• sponsorreport.pdf (PDF)