A USC student was able to donate brand new clothes from Roxy for our trip. The threads were just the right size for the younger girls at the school in Kibera.

One day, Jon and the ADP team set up a gift shop for the girls. For the first time in their lives, the girls were able to choose brand new clothes for themselves.

The time was filled with laughter and smiles as the girls wore their new clothes.

Jon recorded the joy-filled event. Thank you to all of you who helped make this day possible.

Michael with the youngsters at Spurgeons Academy. July 2007.

Team Kenya 2007 is comprised of six students from the University of Southern California: Zac, Michael, Jake, Nate, Jon, and Jason. The team is collaborating with ADP's Kenyan partners to draw up the plans for the new high school complex.

We see now more than even the immense need for a high school for the kids of Kibera. Without high school the the children have no hope of ever leaving poverty and reaching their dreams.

Please help us empower these children with their first world-class education.

You can learn more about the dream for building a high school and help here.

David Alapag with the some of the boys at Spurgeons Academy in Kibera Slum.

Our trip in 2004 served as a crucial stepping stone for the development of the mission and vision of Africa Dream Project.

Summer 2002. The first trip to Kenya for ADP co-founder Jason Gilde. At age 17 Jason journeyed to Kibera Slum with Kenyan friend Mr. Fred Outa.

Fred showed Jason his work in Kenya; the founding and management of schools for under-served children in Kenya. One school, called the AIDS Orphans' Centre Kenya (AOCK) at the time, was located in Kenya's worst slum, Kibera.

AOCK served nearly 75 Kibera kids at the time. It was only a small building with a dirt yard. Kenyan teachers volunteered to give the children a primary education (K-8).

Jason was floored.
How could a place like Kibera exist in our modern world? How could so many people be suffering? How can there be so many orphans?

Who is going to care for all of them?

Experts estimate there may be 50,000 orphans in Kibera Slum. Today, AOCK has changed its name to the Spurgeons Academy, but its purpose has not changed. The school currently cares for over 400 Kibera children, mostly orphans. The pupils receive one meal each day, a solid education, clothes, basic health services, a nurturing love.

The kids need this refuge. They need us to help.

You can catch the ADP vision and help today.

Learn more and make a difference today by clicking here.