Skomara Foundation now a legal entity

After a year of challenging bureaucracy, we have finally managed to create the Skomara Foundation as a legal entity in Kenya. Essentially this means that it is now easier to govern, fund raise for and operate the organisation on the ground in Kenya.












It has been no mean feat to do this. In between applying for registration for Skomara, Kenya went through the awful almost lawless election period where they country was effectively in a state of emergency for about 4 months.

At the best of times bureaucracy takes time here with officials constantly hinting that processes could be 'speeded' up with a little 'help'. Thankfully, we never had to resort to this and now we have a legal foundation that can officially be funded (for the time being equally by Camara and local funding) and made much more visible within the country.












To celebrate the achievement we ate a goat and thankfully I was not asked to witness or participate in its 'preparation'. Apparently in Islam an animal must not suffer when it is killed. I was honestly more concerned about my feelings and not the poor goats;)

I was also allowed use a knife and fork ;)