Opening doors to a brighter future

Quality Education for Poor Children in Mombasa Slum

A small UK charity building a school and providing quality education, health care and a feeding programme to 275 poor children in a Mombasa slum.

This year Mustard Seed Project is 10 years old! With your help, we shall build six classrooms on the upper storey of our new building to accommodate all the children in the same place, saving us £5,000 per year in rent.
The total cost for this project is £60,000.
£14,000 raised so far this year.

Ways you could help

Nigel Swepson is running the London Marathon to help build a classroom

Support Nigel or set up your own fundraising event

Alternatively you could

Sponsor a child

£18 per month will pay for all school fees, morning porridge and a balanced mid-day meal

Get involved

There are many ways you can volunteer, both in Kenya and in the UK. Contact us to find out how.

Help feed our children

It costs £15,000 a year to feed our children. Around £7 per child per month during term time.

Latest news

Mustard Seed is 10 years old February 2019

Rita Fowler March 31, 2019

The ground floor of our school is completed. This year we need to build six classrooms on the upper storey to bring all classes into the new building. Currently half…

The mean score for their KCPE exam was B- December 2018

Rita Fowler March 31, 2019

Our oldest children, 14 year olds, have just taken their KCPE (Kenyan Certificate of Primary Education) exam and the mean score was B-. Our children are selected according to poverty…

Older girls have their own toilets October 2018

Rita Fowler March 27, 2019

Many older girls in Kenya miss school because they have no sanitary towels. Our girls have washable sanitary towels which are made locally. Better than that they have a private…

Opening doors to a brighter future

Quality Education for Poor Children in Mombasa Slum

This year Mustard Seed Project is 10 years old! With your help, we shall build six classrooms on the upper storey of our new building to accommodate all the children in the same place, saving us £5,000 per year in rent.
The total cost for this project is £60,000.
£14,000 raised so far this year.

Ways you could help

Nigel Swepson is running the London Marathon to help build a classroom