We were in Kenya
before your first trip
We run year-round education, food security, and water programs across Kenya. Student trips are how schools join the work — not how the work begins.
2022: Our founder Matthew with students from Marasi Primary School during our first trip.
From Uniforms to Adventures
In 2020, Matthew Benjamin founded Kapes Uniforms with a dual purpose: transform the uniform industry through sustainable practices and break down barriers to education.
A year later, he stood in Kenya's Kasigau Corridor — home to the world's first carbon neutral factory — and saw something that changed everything: environmental conservation and community development working hand in hand. Not as theory. As daily reality.
That planted a seed. By 2022, Kapes Adventures was born. Not as a trip company that bolted on a service component. As a community development organisation that invites schools to join the work.
Our Mission
Run year-round programs that feed schools, build water access, and keep girls in education across Kenya — then invite students from around the world to join the work that's already happening.
Our Vision
A future where school trips don't extract from communities — they strengthen them. Where students return home not with hero stories, but with a deeper understanding of what it means to show up, listen, and contribute to work that outlasts their visit.
Our Core Values
Authenticity
No staged encounters. Students join real work alongside the people who do it every day.
Sustainability
Programs that run year-round — not projects that stop when the bus leaves.
Reciprocity
Kenyan teams lead every project. Your students arrive as learners, not saviours.
Transformation
Students return with questions, not hero stories. That shift lasts.
Equality
Revenue stays in communities. Local families benefit — not international operators.
"Experiential learning helps bring to life the things we can only do in theory. Seeing these enterprises firsthand, understanding how they contribute to a better world — the children can only do that firsthand, and it will change them as much as it's changed me."
Ready to join the work?
Our programs run year-round. Your students join when the time is right — and the community benefits long after they leave.