• Our Model
  • Our Partners
  • Our Impact
  • Info About Kenya
  • Service Learning
Our Model
  • The 1010 Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing income generating grants to indigenous development partners in Kenya and raising awareness on behalf of the global poor in the United States.

  • Our strategy is simple, we serve to advocate for and empower the work of social entrepreneurs. A social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change.

  • Development Overview 2006-2007: Check out the Development Section of the Annual Report

    • Our Partners

    Our Model

    Our friends with whom we partner with because they are innovative, creative, and so much more. For more information go to newdea.org , sign up, it's completely free, and search for us.

    Partnership Summaries

    Click on a link below to explore the work of our friends.

    Our Model

    Our Impact

    Income Generating Grants are awarded to local organizations as seed capital. Since inception in 2003 we have awarded 43 income generating grants to 29 local organizations. Our income generating grants affect the livelihoods of 3,154 students, 106 teachers, 1,735 orphans, and over 400 micro entrepreneurs!

    Examples of Income Generating Grants for Seed Capital include:

    • $3000 to a school in rural Kenya for an irrigation system used to teach farming practices
    • $1000 to a microfinance institution in Kibera slum for their loan pool to small
    • $500 to an orphanage for a bread making oven
    • $300 to a women's empowerment group for a sewing machine and materials for skills training
    • $300 to an HIV/AIDs support group for soap produced and sold in the community

    Info About Kenya

    Kenya
    Kenya

    Service Learning Experience

    Service Learning Experience
    • A typical service learning experience is organized around 10/10’s partners in Kenya.  Basically, trip participants will be trekking around Nairobi and Kenya, building relationships with the courageous individuals and groups working to break the cycle of poverty in their communities, which are some of the poorest areas in the world.

    • Participants will stay in guest houses and with host families arranged by the 10/10 Project, which is a fantastic avenue to learn about Kenyans and for Kenyans to learn about Americans. Transportation throughout the trip will include a fair amount of walking as well as the unique matatus (mini-bus).  The trip will also include a journey to Western Kenya near Lake Victoria to experience the work of our rural partners, given that rural and urban poverty present different challenges.  This section of the trip involves among other things classic Kenyan hospitality, bumpy roads, the Great Rift Valley, green tea fields that go on forever, hippos, and a Safari.

    • Safari experiences vary, but Kenya is one of the best places in the world to see the “Big Five” (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros) in their natural habitat.  For many, a once in a lifetime opportunity!

    • Opportunities to serve, learn, encourage, laugh, and love abound on these experiential journeys.  Plan on playing with a lot of kids, listening to powerful stories of determination and perseverance, and learning countless lessons about yourself and your world!

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