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Local Heroes is very grateful that the Rijnlands school has fundraised for our school projects again. All of the proceeds have gone towards improvements of school infrastructure in villages in a remote area of Kenya (extra classrooms, water sanitation, school...

The talented siblings Audrey, Jayden and Brayden Sung from Canada gave an exclusive concert on July 5 at Kasteel Duivenvoorde. Through this fantastic event, set up by Rijnlands Lyceum, EUR 15,000 was donated to Local Heroes, enabling the realization of yet another few...

In March, Driss Rahouani, sports teacher at Rijnlands Lyceum, and our board member Willem visited several projects sponsored by Local Heroes in Kenya. It is great to see the impact of the Rijnlands fundraising!

An impressive achievement; the 'sponsorloop' (charity run) of the Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar during their sports day in June, raised more than EUR 14,500! A truly phenomenal amount! The proceeds will go to the Sangat Secondary boarding school in Pokot, Kenya. An extra...

The skating team of Segbroek College yet again raised funds for Local Heroes. Thanks to their enthusiasm and big efforts, led by JP Tensen, our foundation will be able to donate EUR 2.000 to one of our partner schools in Africa, where it will be put to very good use....

During the sports week of the European (elementary) School The Hague (ESH), 6-9 Feb 2023, a charity run led to the amazing total amount of EUR 5.000 raised for Local Heroes. The young pupils ran many, many laps which were sponsored by their generous families and...

Local Heroes is very grateful that Jan Leuiken - Principal of the Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar until the end of 2022 - has chosen Local Heroes as the recipient of fundraising on the occasion of his farewell. Parents, staff, students and other donors have given...

Together with Local Hero Faith Kipyegon, Local Heroes supports 16 year old athletic talent Dorcas Cherop. Dorcas goes to school in Ainabko, near Eldoret, in Kenya, lives in Lewa Children's Home and trains as a runner at their Junior Camp (a project also supported by...

On March 18 the ice skating team of the Segbroek College and their coaches, led by Jan Pieter Tensen, did a fantastic job. After many laps on the ice rink of the Uithof in The Hague, the result of the fundraiser was a whopping EUR 4.000 for students in Africa through...

One of our ‘Local Heroes’, Faith Kipyegon, has once again delivered a phenomenal performance at the Olympic Games. Faith attended the school in Keringet, Kenya, that has been financially supported by our organisation for many years. Faith is an incredible woman,...