Heritage Hotels and the Great Rift Valley Lodge have developed a brick-making program for the local community which has helped to build two new classrooms for the Green Park Nursery School, and office and a library for the community. Green Park's shareholders donated five acres of land for this project. Currently the Nursery School has a population of 60 children between the ages of 2 and 7 years. Great Rift Valley Lodge also pays salaries for the two teachers, while providing lunch for all the children and teachers daily, including weekends and public holidays. Heritage Hotels is also involved with the neighboring Eburu Secondary School and have in the past provided them with exercise books and writing pens. At the moment, the school serves the families who are employed locally in the tourist industry. Heritage Hotels plans to purchase computers to provide lessons for the lodge staff as well as provide evening classes for the staff to improve overall literacy levels as well as empowerment in a changing world.

And now you can help too! There are three main beneficiaries in the area, the Green Park Nursery School, the Eburru Primary and Secondary schools which are all reachable during simple two hour day excursions from the Great Rift Valley Lodge. You can visit the nursery school online here. Ongoing or one-time donations can be made to the trust fund’s bank account as follows:(GREEN PARK SCHOOL TRUST, A.C NO 640009209 CFC bank Naivasha SWIFT code CFCNKENA). Each trust has a local bank account with a minimum of two signatories and decision-making resides with the local trustees who have the responsibility to set priorities for expenditure and account for the money. Annual accounts will be approved by the local Trustees and submitted to TAS and no expenses (except under exceptional circumstances) will be claimed and all administration and evaluation will be undertaken free. This means that 100% of your donation will be used for the direct benefit of present and future pupils in the schools. For more information on donating to support these schools, click here.