Guests enjoyed a three-course meal, dance and acrobatics, music, and the best young fashion talent in London - all with an authentic African twist – showing their support for KIOTA and Tukolene during a charity auction.

Tukolene Youth Development Centre is based in Dar es Salaam and provides professional development, informal education and tailoring classes. Its main focus is the education of young men and women with no facility to enter normal schools. With this in mind, Africa Alive! kick-started the next phase of its development, to help more people continue their education in a wider area in the city.

TYDC (www.tukolene.org) is very close to the hearts of Katie Martin and Phoebe Bryant, who taught there in 2002 and who put together the event. KIOTA also benefitted from the evening, with proceeds being divided between the two organisations. The event raised £15,882 of which over £2200 went to Kiota.