Small gestures – big love
Send a letter to the children at Rafiki Mwema
#lettersformyrafiki
The kids love snail mail
In 2014 long term friend and Rafiki Ambassador Chantelle (Aka Fat Mum Slim) started an incredibly sweet and wholesome campaign to send the girls of Rafiki Mwema handwritten letters in the mail to make them see how valued they are.
This incentive was so loved and appreciated by the children back in 2014 that in our current times of mostly online virtual communication – we would love to bring this feeling of care and true connection to the children currently going through their healing journey at Doyle Farm.
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Whether you are a family, a school class or home-schooling community, or perhaps a community group – we would love you to reach out to our children via hand written letters – SNAIL MAIL! There is nothing sweeter than a real loving message in actual handwriting, sent from across the world.
Materials
What you need
Paper and a pen. It’s probably advisable to provide lined paper to write the letter on, and a pencil if you want to be able to erase. Perfection is not a dealbreaker! We encourage scribbles and sketches.
Topics
What to write
No matter the age – we suggest writing the letters in basic, plain English. The children at Rafiki Mwema have Swahili as their main language and while they study English we want to make sure they understand.
Gifts
What to include
You can add anything flat to the envelope as long as it doesn’t make it seem like more than a letter. Some suggestions are: stickers, football cards, flat craft items, art cards, photos, etc.
No-No’s
What not to write
Please don’t mention that you “would love to visit one day” as the children will be excitedly awaiting your arrival from that day forward!
Customs
Mark as “no value”
Please make sure the item is marked as having “no value” on the customs form to ensure it makes it to Rafiki and puts a smile on the children’s faces.
Restrictions
Letter size
Please don’t send a letter bigger than A5. (Double the size of a normal postcard or letter.) Larger letters tend to be stolen on the way to Doyle Farm!
Address for Rafiki Mwema
Where to mail letters
Rafiki Mwema
Rafiki Girls/Rafiki Boys
PO Box 4298
Nakuru,
Kenya East Africa
Past mail love
Letters for the children at Rafiki Mwema
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Will we receive replies from the children?
Unfortunately we don’t have the funds or resources to facilitate sending replies from Kenya at the moment. We do however try to share the joy of receiving snail mail on our social channels!
The staff at Rafiki Mwema will help the children read the letters and any stickers, craft items etc. will be shared around. While they speak the local language, Swahili, they are also learning English at the house and this program will be an educational tool.
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