TABS International to host fundraiser in Mayo

TABS International will host a fundraiser in Mayo this weekend.

The charity is raising funds for eight locals who will climb Mount Kenya this August, with an end goal of building a secondary school in a Kenyan slum.

The UK-based charity, founded by the mother of Mayo resident Ellen Sanders, will present a music session this Saturday, July 6, at The Clock Tavern in Westport.

Kicking off at 5pm with African drumming, the stage will be open to all between 6 and 8pm.

_{The music night takes place this weekend}

Supporting a school in a slum called Kiandutu on the outskirts of Thika, Ms Sanders described the families and children they work with to The Mayo News as the ‘poorest of the poor’.

Already providing primary education to 500 Kenyan students, as well as feeding them, without the charity, these children would not have access to education. 

“If we weren't in there delivering our project, those children just wouldn't be going to school. So that's 500 plus children that wouldn't be at school, wouldn't be eating a regular meal, so we're talking about real basic needs being met,” said Ms Sanders.

Donations on the night can be made with cash or via GoFundMe.

“If everybody just did a little something positive, I think for you personally, you feel better. You don't feel so overwhelmed about how difficult things are in the world, but every single cent helps,” explained Ms Sanders.

“It really does make a difference, the money goes very far in Kenya, as well as it does in other Third World countries, what we think is of a little bit can be a really massive support and help over there,” she concluded.

For more information, see TABS International’s Facebook page.