Key People
Emma Redfern
Before setting up DARE Emma ran a marketing company she established in the UK. She also volunteered her time for communities and conservation issues in Scotland for many years. DARE was conceived after she came to Kenya to research communities who under took eco-tourism enterprises as a means of community development for her MSc dissertation. She now lives permanently in northern Kenya.
Email: emma@darefoundation.com
Lipan Kitonga
Kitonga was born in a mud hut, in the bush of Northern Kenya and raised in a pretty traditional Maasai fashion. He managed Il‘Ngwesi Community lodge for a number of years and is now on the board of directors, as well as being a director of Leparua Community Trust. Kitonga established and is now chairman of Ramiti le Maa Youth Group, just one of several local enterprise initiatives he is involved with. He is currently a guide and manager of Walking Wild Safaris, a partnership between his community and local entrepreneurs.
As a Maasai and a pastoralist, with an intimate knowledge of the region and its people, Kitonga’s most valued role within DARE is letting us know when we’re not getting it right, helping DARE to gain a better understanding of the environment and communities we work with. More than any of us he really understands what it takes for local communities to shape their own future and how the benefits can change lives. He understands this because he has lived it himself.
Email: kitonga@darefoundation.com
Colin Graham
Colin manages DARE in the UK providing practical support and funding for our Kenyan Operation. Colin has wide ranging business experience as a director of various enterprises from small start-ups to the large construction firm with which he is presently involved. He has made trade visits to all corners of the world and has first hand experience of the hurdles of international business in developing countries.
His particular interest is in environmentally sustainable business development, and the opportunity to assist and implement strategies in Kenya is integral to this. As well as several postgraduate qualifications including an MSc in Corporate Leadership and an MBA, Colin holds a Masters degree in Environment and Development from the University of Edinburgh.
Email: colin@darefoundation.com
Working with Emma, Kitonga and Colin is a small team of volunteers based in Isiolo and the surrounding district, as well as in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Some of our team, like Emma and Kitonga, devote most or all of their time to running DARE. The rest of the team help us as much as they can in their spare time.
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Without your help DARE would be unable to keep helping communities build a brighter, sustainable future. The money you donate ensures that our people can remain in Isiolo; our current projects can continue and future projects can be started.
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Daring Football
Daring Football is all about encouraging young people from the streets and deprived backgrounds to play football rather than get involved with drugs or criminal activities.
The passion that the local kids in Isiolo have for football is incredible. They all fervently support either Arsenal or Manchester United. The difference being part of a team and regularly taking part in sporting activites can make to the very poor, homeless and otherwise disadvantaged kids is amazing
Daring Enterprise
Daring Enterprise is about helping pastoralists in northern Kenya establish alternative sources of income to supplement their livelihood from livestock.
With additional sources of income the local pastoralst communities are better able to withstand the droughts, floods and livestock diseases that are so debilitating to the people of this harsh region.