“A dream for something better”
Wangari Cecilia
The Karuri School Project is an ambitious but successful attempt to bring education to the children of a remote area of Kenya.
THE KARURI PROJECT
Building the School
The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School delivers education for orphaned, poor and vulnerable children in the Kahuru district of Kenya.
How to help
We welcome all donations and all the money received by the Karuri School Project Trust is sent to the school in Naivasha.
Our children
Learn more about the fantastic work of the Karuri School Project and the children of Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School.
Recent Newsletters
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Newsletter – November 2025
After Wangari’s memorable visit to Northampton during the summer, she is now firmly back in harness at the school- now their springtime of course. The exam season is upon them and the children in Years 6 and 9 are busy preparing. For those in year 9, the scramble for senior school places begins in January…
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Newsletter – July 2025
In May we were delighted to welcome Wangari back to her ‘home’ diocese of Northampton for only the second time since she returned to Kenya to open the Sacred Heart School in 2010. Although it was partly to have a well earned rest, we managed to arrange a packed programme of visits. Wangari was keen…
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Newsletter – April 2025
Unbelievably, it is 15 years since Wangari returned to Kenya and opened the Sacred Heart Primary School, in buildings which were basic to say the least. So many people have supported her and Wangari is visiting Northampton in May this year to thank and meet as many of them as possible-and of course to talk…