An evening to celebrate 21st Century Africa!
30th November 2007
Hammersmith Hall, London

KIOTA joined forces with another Tanzanian project, Tukolene Youth Development Centre, for a celebration of African culture in the heart of multicultural London.

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

As part of the charity auction, there were various holidays including a Dream Holiday to the Isles of Scilly which raised £950 (particular thanks go to the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company www.ios-travel.co.uk who donated two return flights and to Chris and Ann Hall www.scillyholidays.com who gave five days free B&B) . 

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.

We would like to thank everybody who bought tickets, volunteered and donated prizes for the event- £15,882 was raised over the course of the evening with over £2,200 going to Kiota. Thank you!