Education Initiatives
We build classrooms, train teachers, and supply learning materials so that every child in our partner communities can attend school through secondary level.
42
Schools supported
18,400+
Children in class
Est. 2008 · Kenya & UK
Communities move mountains. We just walk with them.
For nearly two decades we have partnered with rural communities across Kenya — building schools, clinics, and futures that outlast us.
Our Mission
To stand alongside communities long enough for real change to take root.
Moving Mountains Trust was founded on a stubborn belief: that the most effective form of aid is the kind that shows up, listens, and stays. We work in a small number of places for a long time — because depth beats breadth, and trust is minted slowly.
- Listen first — every partnership begins with six months of conversation.
- Local ownership — every school, clinic, and cooperative is community-governed.
- Long horizons — our minimum commitment to any community is ten years.
- Full transparency — every pound is traceable, every child is known.
Communities we support
Rooted in central Kenya, reaching further every year.
Kenya
Laikipia County
Home to our first partnership in the Solio settlement — schools, clinics, and the Black Cats sports programme.
Kenya
Nyeri County
Highland villages where our teacher training and women's cooperative work is deepest.
Kenya
Meru County
Newer partnerships around reforestation, water harvesting, and secondary school access.
Featured programmes
Six programmes, one philosophy.
Healthcare Support
Our clinics and mobile outreach programs bring primary care, vaccinations, and maternal support to remote villages where a hospital is a day's journey away.
62,000
Patients treated
9
Rural clinics
Sports Development
The Black Cats and other community teams use sport as a vehicle for discipline, leadership, and school retention — keeping thousands of young people on the pitch and in the classroom.
3,200
Youth athletes
180
Coaches trained
Women Empowerment
We stand alongside women's cooperatives with microfinance, business training, and safe spaces — helping mothers turn a season's harvest into a family's future.
56
Cooperatives
8,700
Women reached
Youth Development
From secondary school scholarships to vocational apprenticeships, our youth programs equip the next generation of teachers, nurses, and entrepreneurs.
1,240
Scholarships
610
Graduates
Environmental Projects
Reforestation, rainwater harvesting, and regenerative farming projects protect the land that our communities depend on — for generations to come.
220,000
Trees planted
34
Water points
Why your support matters
A pound today is a classroom that opens tomorrow.
In our most recent audited accounts, 88% of income went directly to project delivery. Every donation is pooled, tracked, and released against real work in real villages — signed off by trustees in both countries.
88%
to project delivery
10+
year minimum commitment
£12.50
gift-aided value of £10
Stories from the field
The lives behind the numbers.
Education
Wanjiru, the girl who wants to be a nurse
Third in a class of forty-two, the first in her family to enter secondary school.
Sports
The Black Cats captain who came back to coach
From a barefoot under-13 in 2016 to leading a girls' team of forty this season.
Women
A cooperative that ended a season of hunger
Fifty-two women, one grain store, and a harvest that finally reached the market.
Volunteer opportunities
Come with skills. Leave with a story.
Teachers, nurses, midwives, carpenters, engineers, accountants — the volunteers who stay long enough to be useful are the ones who leave changed forever.
Qualified teachers
Medical professionals
Trades & construction
Finance mentors
How donations work
Traceable, from your bank to a village.
01
You give
Monthly or one-off, gift-aided where possible, straight into our audited UK account.
02
We pool
Funds are combined against multi-year budgets — schools, salaries, and maintenance reserves.
03
We transfer
Monthly bank transfer to our partner non-profit in Kenya, at mid-market currency rates.
04
It reaches a child
Every disbursement signed off by two trustees, reconciled monthly, and audited annually.
Where we work
A small map, drawn deep.
Fifteen villages, three counties, one country. We keep our map small on purpose — because the deeper we go, the further we reach.
- Solio SettlementFirst partnership. 42 schools now supported nearby.
- NanyukiRegional hub for the Black Cats sports programme.
- Nyeri HighlandsWomen's cooperatives and teacher training.
- Meru FoothillsReforestation and rainwater harvesting.
Meet our team
Small team, deep roots.
Alistair Hunt
Founder & Chair of Trustees
Alistair founded Moving Mountains Trust in 2008 after a decade working in East African community development.
Amina Njeri
Director of Community Programs
Amina leads our field teams across Kenya and has been with the Trust since 2011.
Dr. Peter Karanja
Head of Education Research
Peter oversees our education strategy and the annual learning outcomes review.
Emily Roberts
Chief Finance Officer
Emily leads finance, compliance, and donor reporting from our London office.
James Mwangi
Sports Programme Director
James built the Black Cats sports programme from a single team into a regional network.
Sarah Okoth
Volunteer Programme Lead
Sarah manages placements, safeguarding, and pre-departure training for all volunteers.
Voices
Words from donors, volunteers, and partners.
"I have supported Moving Mountains Trust for eleven years. Every year the reporting has been transparent, and every year the work in Kenya has been visibly deeper."
Margaret Ellsworth
Monthly Donor
"As a volunteer teacher I saw first-hand how carefully the field team works. The children came first, always."
David Chen
Volunteer Teacher, 2025
"The Trust helped our women's cooperative access markets we could not have reached alone. Our children are in school because of that."
Faith Wangari
Cooperative Leader, Laikipia
Partners & Supporters
Highland Foundation
Karanja & Co.
Nairobi Trust
Blue Sky Fund
Laikipia Council
Meridian Aid
Common questions
Frequently asked.
Answers to the questions we hear most often from new supporters. Can't find yours? Get in touch.
Yes — we are a UK-registered charity governed by an independent board of trustees, with a partner non-profit registered in Kenya.
From the field
Latest writing.
Newsletter
Field notes, four times a year.
A quiet, well-written update from the villages we work in. No fundraising blitzes. No corporate speak. Just what happened, and what's coming next.
Take the next step
Every mountain moves one stone at a time.
Whether you give, volunteer, or share our work — you become part of a decade-long story that is still being written.