Last year, in photographs
All of this is the same week.
Hear from Fairgreen students who went in 2025, reflecting on the experience and the friendships they brought home.
“As a CAS coordinator, I could not be more proud of our group.”
Seeds2Education turns unused school land into a working farm, with the aim of supporting access to nutritious school meals over time. You work alongside Kenyan students and a local crew to prepare the ground, improve water infrastructure and plant. The 2027 partner school is still to be confirmed: the programme may build on the existing site or begin at a new school.
The Fairgreen 2025 trip helped establish a farm at Oloosirkon School. Nine months on, the school is growing kale, broccoli, tomatoes, watermelons, lettuce and onions, contributing to feeding more students.
This is the lasting difference that Fairgreen students and families helped make possible: a school farm that keeps producing long after the journey home.
Recent footage from Oloosirkon School. Tap a video to explore the farm. These clips are presented without audio.
The planned week combines practical project work, time with Kenyan students and space to explore. The partner school and exact project tasks will be confirmed as planning progresses.
Land at 14:30, at the lodge by five. The Maasai community arrives that evening for dinner and the fire afterwards.
Lion, rhino, buffalo and giraffe with the city skyline behind them. Wildlife and open grassland within reach of Nairobi.
Hands on the line at the Giga Kitchen in the morning. In the afternoon you ride the delivery run out to a school it feeds, serve the meal and stay to help.
A Kenyan artist runs the workshop on site with the school’s own students. You design the mural together, then start turning earth.
Level the base, mix and pour the cement, fit the pipework, raise the tank. The Kenyan build crew runs the job and sets the pace.
Plant out the beds, paint the mural onto the tank, then hand the work over to the school in front of the students who built it with you.
A ridge walk under the wind turbines with the Rift Valley below, then a Kenyan market day back at the lodge.
A daytime flight back to Dubai, in the same evening, with Sunday clear before school.
The Fairgreen cohort’s own week, start to finish.
Ubuntu, a Kenyan eco-lodge in Rongai, around an hour from the airport, held for the Fairgreen group alone. One base for all seven nights, and everything cooked and eaten on site.
Student safety comes first. If conflict-related travel restrictions, airspace closures or flight disruption prevent the trip from proceeding, or relevant government or school-authority advice means it should not proceed, we will cancel or postpone the departure.
In those circumstances, families will be offered a refund of the Kapes trip fee paid, including the deposit, or the option to transfer their booking to a rescheduled trip. Families will not be required to accept a credit instead of a refund.
If the trip remains able and approved to proceed and a family chooses to withdraw, our normal cancellation terms will apply, without affecting any applicable legal rights.
Estimated total: AED 13,650 per student, including flights. The final total will depend on the confirmed airfare.
The price includes return flights, accommodation, all meals, all transport in Kenya, every project material, park entry, the Kenyan trip leaders, travel insurance and Kenyan emergency response cover.
Families pay the total trip cost in three instalments direct to Kapes: 20% at booking, 40% on 1 November and 40% on 11 December.
Kenyan trip leaders contracted directly by Kapes accompany the group, with one leader for every ten students, alongside the Fairgreen staff travelling with them. There is a 24-hour duty contact throughout the week and a daily check-in to the school.
The group will stay at Ubuntu, an eco-lodge in Rongai, for all seven nights. The lodge is reserved exclusively for Fairgreen. Students share twin or triple rooms, with room allocations arranged by the school.
All meals are included and prepared at the lodge. Halal and vegetarian meals and allergy requirements are catered for. Please discuss your child’s specific dietary requirements with Kapes before booking.
Yes. The trip price includes travel insurance and Kenyan emergency response cover. Please contact Kapes before booking if you need to check the cover against your child’s individual circumstances.
The planned programme includes three days of practical work at the partner school and one day with Food for Education, visiting its kitchen and a school it serves. It also includes Nairobi National Park, an art workshop, time with Kenyan students and a Ngong Hills walk. The partner school and exact project tasks are still to be confirmed.
No previous building or farming experience is needed. The Kenyan crew teach students on site and lead the practical work. Please discuss any specific participation or support needs with Kapes before booking.
The programme offers material for five of the seven CAS learning outcomes and a possible subject for a CAS project after the trip. Students keep their own records and should discuss their plans with Fairgreen’s CAS coordinator.
The farm established with the support of the Fairgreen 2025 trip produced approximately 4,000 kg in its first onion harvest. Nine months on, Oloosirkon School is growing kale, broccoli, tomatoes, watermelons, lettuce and onions, contributing to feeding more students. Watch the latest farm footage above.
The 2027 partner school is still to be confirmed. The group may build on the existing site or help establish a farm at a new school. The programme will be confirmed as planning progresses.
Complete the expression-of-interest form by 31 October 2026. This is not a booking, no payment is required and submitting the form does not reserve a place. After registration closes on 31 October 2026, Kapes will email you the booking link and next steps.
Email matthew@kapesadventures.com with questions about the trip or your child’s requirements.
Lola, on the 2025 Fairgreen cohort