Cadbury Foundation provides sweet treat for local charity

 

A Kraft Foods employee from its Chirk site has received £5,000 for his charity after he successfully applied for a grant through the Cadbury Foundation Volunteer Fund.

Funded by company profits, the Foundation gives away £750,000 to a number of charities each year and one of the grant winners, Bill Morris, who established the Kenyan Schools Project in 2007 with his wife Lynn, has been awarded £5,000. 

The charity was set up to help the education of children in schools and orphanages, and the recent grant will be used to build a much needed classroom in Kenya.

Bill, who uses his annual leave to help distribute materials in Kenya, said: “Lynn and I started the charity after we travelled to Kenya for a holiday and visited a local school. After seeing how little they had, we felt compelled to do something and from there, it’s gone from strength to strength.

“We frequently organise events to raise money as well as offer people the chance to sponsor a desk for a pupil, made by a local carpenter in Kenya. The grant we’ve received from the Cadbury Foundation is the biggest single donation we’ve had and the money will make a huge difference. It will allow us to focus on the bigger problems of building safe, suitable learning spaces for the children.”

Louise Ayling, Secretariat to the Cadbury Foundation, said: “This year the Foundation sought to ensure that Kraft Foods employees who are passionate about their particular charity were able to apply for funding.  

"The Cadbury Foundation Volunteer Fund received a remarkable number of applications, each impressive in its own right and we felt that Bill’s work showed tremendous dedication and passion – we were more than happy to contribute to this worthy cause.”

To learn more about the Kenyan Schools Project, go to www.kenyanschoolsproject.co.uk and for more information on the Kraft Foods community programme, please visit www.kraftfoodseurope.com.