Thames Walk 2026

Join Windle International as we embark on our annual Thames Walk, raising awareness and funds for our mission to offer educational and vocational opportunities to refugee and conflict-affected communities across Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, and Rwanda. 

Participants and supporters are invited to join us for any portion of the day. Meals will occur at Balliol College (Oxford), The Nags Head (Abingdon), and the waterfront at Benson. Please see our website for a full schedule of the walk, as well as a sign up form. 

We will use the funds raised to support refugee secondary schools with whom we have worked for many years to employ competent teachers, to provide a safe and supportive environment for all their pupils especially girls. Funds will be used for the following causes:

1. To support one teacher and one teaching assistant at Rhino Camp High School, Uganda for one year – 2027  
2. To support the children and staff of RCHS to continue to produce menstrual pads by funding the materials needed in 2027   
3. To contribute to the provision of safe lavatories both in RCHS and in Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya   
4. To support the expanding programme of bursaries for refugee girls and boys in Rwanda secondary education

5. Management and engagement with community and potential partners

6. A nursing training scholarship for a former RCHS student

The severe aid funding cuts by governments in the US, the UK and Europe continues to have a very negative impact on the access of refugees and conflict-affected youth in Eastern Africa to education. Working with the communities and other partners, Windle International is trying to fill these gaps and expand opportunities for children at all levels of education.