Welcome to The Walk Centre
So, thank you to African Adventures. Thank you to all the volunteers. Thank you to all the well-wishers. We say here, God bless you; you are in our prayers!
Project Summary
The Walk Centre is a pre-primary and primary school located in Nakuru, which was set up in 2005. The schools educate 230 children between the ages of 4-14.
Alex and Patricia Maina, who founded The Walk Centre, recognised the extreme cases of poverty in their local area, where many children live and work on the dumpsite looking for food and valuable materials which their families can sell in order to survive. Alex and Patricia wanted to provide a safe place for the children to play and learn, and were able to secure a temporary site to rent. They initially invited 60 children to attend the Centre, where they were provided with a basic education and daily meal.
When pupil numbers surpassed 100, there was need for more space, and a permanent site was located. In 2006, The Walk Centre was officially registered as a pre-primary school. By this time, the school was providing education and nourishment to 120 children.
In 2007, Dan Mew (African Adventures Director) volunteered at The Walk Centre and met Alex. He decided he wanted to spend his professional life providing support to projects like The Walk Centre, and a partnership was formed. Two years later, African Adventures was born.
In 2014, the centre opened its first primary class – standard one, for students aged six – so that children had the opportunity to continue their education at The Walk Centre past nursery level, albeit for just one year.
In 2015, Alex had a vision to build a primary school for The Walk Centre. A number of different stakeholders teamed up to fundraise and make this dream a reality. In two years, £82,000 was raised and The Walk Centre Primary School was constructed, complete with ten classrooms and the provisions to educate hundreds of young Kenyans for years to come.

Gladys Gitau – Head Teacher
Progress and Goals
In the nine years since African Adventures has been working with The Walk Centre, a profound impact has been made. There is a pre-primary school with five classrooms, a kitchen, and a toilet block. The outside area now has a paved playground, meaning there is a hygienic area where the children can play safely.
Up until 2017, The Walk Centre had five classrooms, providing a pre-primary education to 250 students, starting with Baby Class up to Standard One. Once children graduated at the age of seven, they were forced move on to a government school in the local area to continue their education, with the associated costs proving unattainable for many.
In 2015, African Adventures started working on the construction of a new primary school, which would allow The Walk Centre to continue providing an education to its students past the age of six. Two years later, the new primary school was finished, and has ten classrooms to support the education of children up until the age of 14.
I first attended The Walk Centre in 2005 and, thanks to Alex and Patricia, I received a full education. I now study Community Development at Laikipia University. They have given me a life.
Project Timeline
Impact Data
At African Adventures, we are proud of our contribution to the social development of our partner projects, and the personal development of our travelling volunteers. The impact of our contribution is measured both holistically, in consultation with the communities where we work, and statistically, by several key indicators, including:
Project Size
- Number of Classrooms
- Number of Classrooms
Feeding Programme
- Number of Children
- Number of Children
Volunteer Programme
- Number of Volunteers
- Number of Volunteers