Amkeni is a group of young Kenyans currently living and working in London. We recognise the problem at hand and feel the need to ease the situation in whatever little ways that we can. We realise that it is not possible to solve the entire problem and to help everyone, and even the funds raised by us will have a trickle down effect, but let this not deter us. Help us try…..

We make this appeal to all those of you who think of Kenya as home or have a connection to it somehow, or just want to support this cause, to join us in raising money to help the Kenya Crisis Appeal, British Red Cross. Through this official charity channel we can make a positive difference.

 If you would like to get in touch with us, please email us at amkeni@googlemail.com. If you would like to donate directly, you can do so online by visiting  www.justgiving.com/amkenikenya

Asante Sana!!

Please see below a poem that we feel portrays our emotions:

Kenya our motherland

Kenya, the abundant.

I shall cherish the country till the day I die.

With mountains so high they reach the sky,

With prairies where green grass grows.

Wild game parks with creatures flourishing below.

Kenya our motherland,

Once Bustling busy boisterous towns

Turned into blundering bloody frowns.

A country once revered amongst its peers,

Now their children are clinging to its bosom, please allay their tears.

Tears of innocent lives lost in vain

Thousands more lie in excruciating pain.

Another family destroyed, another family displaced.

This is far too much punishment for the great human race

Torn apart like a ravaging bulldog feasting upon its prey

Treated like animals with deep malicious affray.

For those who lay down their weapons, the hillsides blushed

For those fighting for democracy, morals were flushed.

Killed in a game called Politics’

Alleviating from the land, fun fuelled frolics.

Arise Africa and the world as one,

Every father, Daughter, Mother and Son.

Break the hand that betrays your trust

In a peaceful rebellion like an eagle in full thrust.

BELIEVE, we are like tea bags,

Not realising our strength until we are in hot water

Crisis upon crisis have taken us to the precipice

But together we can make this tragedy much shorter.

Nothing will stop this small anecdote.

For tomorrow we dream, brings peace, prosperity and eternal hope.

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