March to the Top’s Achievements

2006-2007

• Climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro! March to the Top was born – thank you!!
• Co-funded construction for the Esiteti Primary School
• Provided scholarships to Starehe students
• Initiated support to St. Anne’s Maternity Hospital (original home for New Hope)
• Began annual support for the Amboseli Trust for Elephants and adopted a herd of elephants

2008

• Co-founded New Hope – AINA
• Provided financial support for construction of classrooms and dormitories at Mt. Olive Academy for Girls

2010

• Supported the Berklee College of Music African Scholars Program
• Funded construction for St. Barbara Chapel at Mt. Olive Academy for Girls
• Provided financial support for St. Francis Children’s Village; a home, family and school for more than 600 children

2011

• New Esiteti Primary School completed
• Provided financial support for Associzone “Amici Di Ndugu Zangu”

2012

• Funded construction of New Hope – AINA School and Clinic
• Funded the Dandora slum research project in conjunction with the University of Notre Dame’s Ford Program
• Funded Eye Mission at Esiteti School in collaboration with Kenya Wildlife Trust

2013

• Funded a MEAK Pediatric Heart Mission at Mombasa Hospital: 20 pediatric cardiac operations performed

2014

• Walked the Camino de Santiago to raise funds!
• Funded a MEAK Eye and Dental Mission at New Hope- AINA and Mt. Kenya: 113 sight-restoring operations and 463 dentistry reviews performed
• Began annual support for the Kenya Wildlife Trust
• Initiated annual support for “Save a Mind, Give a Choice”; children’s education program through Lewa Conservancy
• Supported Lewa Conservancy, the heart of wildlife conservation, sustainable development and responsible tourism

2015

• Established a 5-year strategic plan
• Established office of March the Top and hired our Director of Operations
• Provided funding for Creative Visions’ Rock Your World Program

2016

• CLIMBED MT. KENYA – 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
• Provided funding for the construction of a boy’s dormitory for New Hope – AINA
• Funded a MEAK Eye Mission at Isiolo County Hospital: 162 sight-restoring operations performed
• Sponsored New Hope – AINA girls through secondary school
• Contributed to completion of the Brother Andre Medical Center (BAMC) Dandora

2017

• Funded and participated in a MEAK Heart Mission at M.P. Shah Hospital in Nairobi: 16 pediatric cardiac operations performed
• Brother Andre Medical Center (BAMC) Dandora officially opened and fully operational
• Created an Indigent Women’s Fund for needy patients of BAMC
• Funded MEAK Eye and Dental Mission in Kinangoni, Kwale County: 35 sight-restoring operations performed
• New Hope – AINA awarded 400 books from the Kenya National Library Service
• Student Linda Gakii from New Hope – AINA is Sunshine Fund recipient

2018

• Featured in See Beyond Magazine
• Funded a MEAK Pediatric Heart Mission at M.P. Shah Hospital in Nairobi: 35 pediatric cardiac operations performed
• Funded a MEAK Eye and Dental Mission in Lokichar, Turkana: 107 sight-restoring operations performed
• Brother Andre Medical Center (BAMC) Dandora gets full National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) coverage!
• Awarded the 2018 Ludwick Family Foundation Grant
• The 4th graders at New Hope – AINA name 2 elephants at Amboseli Trust!