
Our vision is to live within a world where strong, healthy communities can thrive, building sustainable livelihoods and brighter futures. Our programmes are based on the needs of the communities we work with and focus on improving health, water, education and household income. We work with communities in Kenya to deliver programmes that enrich lives and create better futures.
Brighter Communities Worldwide is a registered charity in Ireland
(CHY16505), and a company limited by guarantee (398094) and registered
with the Charity Regulatory Authority (CRA 20059583). We began working with communities in rural Kenya in 2002. We are bringing people together to build a
thriving economy and provide a safe, sustainable future for everyone. Our aim is simple
– to empower people to create their own
opportunities for a brighter future.
Brighter Communities Worldwide considers the whole community,
enabling individuals and communities to be authors of their own
development, building brighter communities for all. Our model creates an
enabling environment for communities to realise change and uses a
partnership based approach to deliver relevant programs to meet the
needs of communities and individuals.
Creating brighter communities means ensuring:
Our values underpin everything we do, every decision we make and also help communicate the way we work and how we do things.
Brighter Communities Worldwide was founded in 2002. In the beginning it focused on a few key projects in Londiani, Kenya and was called Friends of Londiani. Since then Brighter Communities Worldwide has expanded and developed its programmes and now works across two counties in Kenya with 228,000 people and is currently expanding into other African Countries.
The charity was the happy result of an unhappy incident. In August 2000 an Irish tourist, Maria Kidney, was mugged on the streets of Nairobi. She sought refuge in the Kenyan Girl Guides’ Headquarters. There she heard about the Kenyan Girl Guides’ work with various communities. Inspired by this, she contacted the Council of Irish Girl Guiding Associations about developing a service project which took place in 2002 when 20 adult leaders travelled to Londiani. What began as a one off project grew as the needs of the community became more evident and many more volunteer projects followed involving volunteers from all walks of life – men and women – and from many countries around the world.
Brighter Communities Worldwide sees itself as a catalyst for change; it kick starts development and enables communities to prosper and grow through creating connections and empowering people. Our community development approach focuses on the key areas of health, education, water and economic empowerment.
Revenue (Charities Unit) (CHY): 16505
Charities Regulatory Authority (CRA) : 20059583
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