Airkenya News Update

The Samburu Project makes a Big Splash for Clean Water

On October 16th, The Samburu Project, a Kenyan NGO and partner of Airkenya, held their annual gala in the virtual space for a second year in a row. The two hour live show celebrated the organization’s 15 years of providing clean water to the Samburu community while raising funds for the drilling of 5 more wells and additional programming. The event was streamed live on YouTube and a fundraising platform where viewers could bid on silent for live auction items and make donations.

The event began with a review of the organization’s growth over the past 15 years including messages of congratulations by friends, stakeholders, and celebrities like Eliud Kipchoge. Throughout the gala, videos made in Samburu

From top: TSP Executive Director Linda Hooper in Samburu; Eliud Kipchoge, Madhvi Dalal of PadMad and Airkenya pilots Cynthia Njoroge and Sokhi Akash

Clockwise: TSP well; Womens Workshop at Naupa Nkuriki and Well Signage with AK logo

were shown to a global audience to illustrate the life-changing work The Samburu Project is doing in Samburu county. Supporters met the health workers at Lengusaka Health Clinic, the beneficiary of solar panels and a rain catchment system. Girls from the Wamba Girls Secondary School shared their story of how water has impacted their lives and offered them the opportunity to go to school instead of collecting water all day. Women from Napau Nguriki told stories about the well that was installed in their community in 2019 and the workshop that The Samburu Project conducted on the importance of education and the harmful effects of FGM. The story of Mary Lenkupae was a crowd-pleaser. Only because she has access to water is she able to support her family from the fruits and vegetables she grows on her compound. The highlight of the evening was meeting Julia Lejade to see how clean water has impacted every aspect of her and her family’s lives. You can watch her story on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=VAv4wAFHEqs&t=3s) Or stream the entire event: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=spikYpWi--0&t=4678s

The night was an amazing success with people tuning in from around the world to raise funds to drill five more wells in drought plagued Samburu. AirKenya is a proud sponsor of The Samburu Project and congratulates them on 15 years and 133 water wells in Samburu.

Airkenya Welcomes an Additional Aircraft to Its Fleet

Airkenya has a new fleet member, a 37-seater Bombardier Dash 8-202. The aircraft, which is part of our fleet expansion program, touched down at Wilson Airport shortly before dusk on 07th January 2021. The addition of the Dash 8 will increase Airkenya's capacity to offer a seamless connection service across East Africa. Airkenya currently operates eight aircraft - two Dash-7s, three Twin Otters and three Cessna Grand Caravans.

Meet the Fully-Vaccinated Staff of Airkenya

Airkenya Express, a leading regional safari airline that operates out of Nairobi, is proud to announce that its entire workforce is now fully vaccinated. The airline has taken big strides in the fight against the prevailing pandemic.

Airkenya Express MD Captain Dino Bisleti said, “Safeguarding the health of passengers and staff alike is a paramount and continuous process. Our operation commencement was preceded by the installation of hygiene stations, an infrared thermal screen, a contactless check-in service, measures for aircraft fumigation and implementation of face masks as part of our uniform. We recently partnered with AMREF to provide testing services for our passengers requiring a valid Covid-19 certificate for their onward travel. Staff vaccination was a natural succession.”

Airkenya Express provides scheduled flight services within East Africa, in conjunction with its subsidiaries – Regional Air Services in Tanzania and Aerolink in Uganda. The airline is also authorised to fly throughout Africa as a Comesaapproved operator.

Partnership with Amref Health Africa on Covid-19 Testing Service

We are happy to announce our partnership with Amref Health Africa to provide Covid-19 (PCR) testing service. This was on the background of overwhelming requests to provide the tests at our premise to allow clients to proceed with their safari without losing valuable time.

Application Procedure:

• Submit your PCR test request via resvns@airkenya. com or operations@airkenya.com referencing the

PNR of your booking. • The request should be submitted 48 hours prior to the intended test date. • The applicable charge is US$67 per person payable upfront through the following modes of payment: cash, Mpesa, credit card or EFT. No credit facilities are allowed.

For agents:

• You will receive a test submission form from our

Reservations team to be filled out by your client.

Once your client submits the form, a PDF copy will be sent to him/her via email. Your client is expected to present a printed copy of the same during the test. • Your client will receive his/her test results via his/her personal email address within 24 hours of testing.

For Individuals:

• You will receive a test submission form from our

Reservations team to fill out. Upon submission, a

PDF copy will be sent to you via email. Print a copy to

present to the health official during the test. • You will receive your test results at your personal email address within 24 hours of testing.

Note: • The service is open on Monday through Friday from 0730 hours to 1630 hours. The service is unavailable outside of these working hours. • For the service to be provided over the weekend or during public holidays, we require a minimum of 25 passengers with a minimum of 72 hours notice.

Grounded Company

Started by sisters Alison and Megan Root, the company makes environmentally safe cleaning products in returnable, re-useable containers.

Their logo is ‘Welcome to the new clean. Toss the toxins.’

They make their own pure vegetable castile soap, that can be used anywhere. Starting out as a social entrepreneur, making energy efficient braziers and spreading solar lights, Megan is now selling her products online. www.grounded.co.ke

In another room, shelves are stacked with jars of scoby (Symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast) fermenting tea. And their label ‘Booch’ is the pro-biotic Kombucha, sold in berry, mango & chili as well as passion fruit flavours.