The Sam and Emily Kanu Foundation UK was developed out of a desire to help those less fortunate than ourselves. Since its inception, we have worked hard to provide support where it's most needed.

Our team relies exclusively on volunteer help. And remember, a little often goes a long way. 

Thanks for your continued support.

Sam and Emily Kanu

Sam and Emily Kanu

The founders of the charity. 

Seeing these children reminds us of our childhood days when poverty was all around us and so we want to give back to society because society has given much to us. The question is not what society has done for me but what can we do for society to change the lives of others.

We are childhood lovers from  tender ages of 14 and 13 and today we are married 26 years with four great kids ages ranging from 28, 24, 21 & 14. We both came from very poor backgrounds and have seen and lived poverty. Today we consider ourselves privileged and want to share that privilege with others who are less privileged than us. As a charity, we would like to set up vocational institutes where young and old would come and learn trade like sowing, computing, hairdressing, carpentry and more.

Apart from the our Foundation we are also involved with other charitable organisations such as the Albert Academy Alumi Association UK, where Sam Kanu was Vice Chairman for four years and then Chairman for an additional two years.

Currently Sam is the scholarships and projects co-ordinator for the UK, Washington and Freetown Albert Academy Alumi Associations. Sam also spearheads the benevolence matters of the association. Emily is also an honourary member of this association, because of her relentless support to the organisation.

We are also members of the Sierra Leone Congo Town Association UK, where  Sam currently serves as the constitutional adviser for the association. Emily previously served as the treasurer of the same organisation.

In addition Emily is also a member of the SL Young Women’s Cultural Association (YWCA UK).

We are also patrons of the Kings College Intensive care Unit Trust, where their eldest son was a patient 16 years ago. They are also patrons of the Cancer Research Trust UK, the Animal Trust UK, the Dogs Trust UK and donors to London International Churches of Christ UK Hope Worldwide charity 

Thank you

. Voluteers and Recycled Donations required.  

. Appreciation to the Harris Academey.

Welcome to the Sam & Emily Kanu foundation UK, working in partnership with Harris Academy Greenwich UK. We are a registered charity with the UK HMRC Registration Reference Number: EW90514. The foundation is a non-profit charity based in London, England  founded in 2007 which is dedicated towards helping schools and communities with emphasis on underprivileged children in the West African country of Sierra Leone, by assisting with educational and other social needs.

We provide aid to children and communities from various social circumstances with the primary focus being those that are poor widows and also those who were orphaned during the fifteen year civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone and left so many destitute in need of economic and social assistance.

We also seek to provide scholarships and bursaries for children whose parents cannot afford to pay their school fees or buy basics such as uniforms and other necessary educational provisions. 

We make every effort to buy and solicit support in educational materials such as text books and note books, pencils, geometry sets, computers as well as classroom furniture for the students.

In that light, we welcome new and second hand clothes, shoes and anything that might otherwise ease the difficult circumstances by which these young bright individuals have to live their lives. We firmly believe that education among the young African population is the key to easing and eventually eradicating poverty in Africa.

We also aim to solicit financial support in buying these educational materials as well as welcome aid in shipping them to Sierra Leone.

Below are pictures showing Mr & Mrs Kanu making a donation of 170 chairs, 26 Boxes of text books; 56 boxes of uniforms including Blazers, tracksuit tops and bottoms; T-Shirts, shorts and other sport kits to The Sengbe Pieh Memorial Secondary school and the Hamilton Community Primary School in Hamilton, Sierra Leone. Also showing is students of the Albert Academy showing appreciation for the work the couple are doing towards the school. Also showing is distribution of educational materials to the Thompsonia Primary School at Wilberforce.



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