Get Involved
There is a place for everyone in this mission β whether you give, go, volunteer your skills, advocate, or shop. Every act of engagement extends GDP’s reach further into East Africa.
Flagship Engagement
Go to Kenya β join a GDP missions trip. 12 unforgettable days across some of Kenya’s most beautiful cities and landscapes. Six cities. Hundreds of lives.
Kenya Missions Trip β Extending Love and Hope Across the Borders
12 days Β· Nairobi, Mombasa, Nyahururu, Musoli & more across Kenya. The people who go always say the same thing: “I came to serve. I left transformed.”
- Serve at Compassionate Children’s Home, Good Samaritans Children’s Home, St. Rita Evergreen Girls School, and Project of Hope Children’s Home & Special Needs Center
- Participate in the Youth Summit, Leaders’ Conference, and Women’s Empowerment Summit
- Experience a game park safari, cultural shopping, and authentic Kenyan cuisine
- Build lasting cross-cultural friendships and once-in-a-lifetime memories
- Next trip: 2027 dates β register your interest now
Make the Decision
Commit to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Email or call GDP to register your interest β weβll send you the full trip brief with upcoming dates, costs, and what to expect.
Register your interest βPrepare with GDP
Attend orientation sessions, receive cultural briefings, arrange vaccinations, and fundraise your trip fee. GDP provides resources and guidance β you are never doing this alone.
Preparation guide βGo. Serve. Be Changed.
Travel with the GDP team to Kenya. Serve, witness, and return with a story β and a new family β that will stay with you for the rest of your life. Many return year after year.
Read volunteer stories βWhat Youβll Experience
Serve at childrenβs homes with food, clothing, and presence. Attend the Leadersβ Conference and Youth Summits in Mombasa. Visit St. Rita Girls School in Nyahururu. Commission new community centers. Enjoy safari and cultural immersion.
Duration & Logistics
12 days total including travel. GDP coordinates group flights, ground transportation, accommodations, and all meals. Daily briefings provided throughout. All skill levels and ages welcome β no prior missions experience needed.
Why Go?
Every participant in a GDP missions trip returns changed. You will see firsthand where your donations go, build relationships with the communities GDP serves, and carry back a story of transformation that will stay with you forever.
Fund the Mission
Give β six ways to make a difference. Every dollar goes directly to programs on the ground in Kenya. Candid Platinum 2026 verified. 100% to programs.
Give Once
A one-time gift at any amount β immediately put to work in Kenya. $25 = clean water for one child for 6 months. $50 = school supplies for 2 girls at St. Rita. $100 = feeds 5 children for a month. $250 = one scholarship term.
Give a one-time gift βGive Monthly
Recurring donors give 42% more per year and allow GDP to plan ahead with confidence. $50/month = one St. Rita girl supported for a full school year. Cancel anytime, instantly, no questions asked.
Start monthly giving βFund a Project
Choose a specific project β St. Rita campus completion ($310K), childrenβs homes refurbishment ($160K), or clean water wells ($46K). Major gifts over $10,000 qualify for named recognition and direct project reporting.
See all projects βGive in Honor
Make a memorial or tribute gift to honor a loved one β a birthday, anniversary, or remembrance. GDP will send a beautiful digital certificate to the honoree or family. A meaningful and lasting expression of love.
Give in honor βCorporate Matching
Many employers match charitable donations dollar-for-dollar β some even 2:1. Check with your HR department or search your companyβs matching program. Your gift to GDP may automatically double at zero extra cost to you.
Learn about matching βLegacy Giving
Include GDP in your estate planning to create a permanent legacy in Kenya. Contact us to discuss named endowments, planned gifts, bequests, or scholarship funds in your or a loved oneβs name. A gift that outlasts us all.
Discuss a legacy gift β590+ children served daily Β· 5,500+ women reached Β· 2,000+ with clean water Β· Candid Platinum 2026 Β· 100% to programs in Kenya
Offer Your Expertise
You don’t have to go to Kenya to make a difference. GDP welcomes skilled professionals who can contribute remotely or locally from Jacksonville, Florida.
Grant Writing
Help GDP apply for foundation and government grants. GDPβs Candid Platinum 2026 rating and Kenyan NGO recognition (Global Hearts Without Borders Network) strengthen every application. Experienced grant writers can significantly grow GDPβs funding base.
Enquire βMedical & Trauma Counseling
Healthcare professionals and certified trauma counselors can support GDPβs therapy center for children with special needs, St. Ritaβs medical clinic, and womenβs recovery programming β remotely or on a missions trip.
Enquire βMarketing & Storytelling
Photographers, videographers, writers, graphic designers, and social media professionals β help GDP tell its story more powerfully and reach the donors, volunteers, and partners it needs to expand its work.
Enquire βLegal & Compliance
Attorneys and compliance professionals can support GDPβs legal needs β including international nonprofit law, contracts with Kenyan NGO partners, intellectual property, and employment law as GDPβs team grows.
Enquire βTechnology & Web Development
Developers, UX designers, and IT professionals can support GDPβs website, donor management systems, and digital communications β extending GDPβs reach to the next generation of supporters.
Enquire βFundraising & Donor Relations
Major gift officers, event planners, and development professionals can help GDP grow its fundraising capacity β from individual donor stewardship to corporate partnerships to special events in Jacksonville.
Enquire βAmplify the Mission
You don’t need a platform or a big following. You just need to share one story with one person who cares. Every share reaches potential donors, volunteers, and partners.
Follow & Share on Social Media
Follow @gdp_kenya on Instagram. Share GDPβs stories, posts, and videos. Tag a friend who needs to see what hope looks like in action. Every share reaches networks GDP could never reach on its own.
Follow @gdp_kenya βForward the Monthly Newsletter
GDPβs monthly field newsletter is one of the most powerful pieces of content we produce β real stories, real faces, real transformation. Forward it to one person you know who cares about Kenya.
Subscribe to field updates βIntroduce GDP to Your Network
Know a church, school, business, or foundation that shares GDPβs values? Make an introduction. Some of GDPβs strongest partnerships began with a simple email. Contact us for a one-page GDP introduction to share.
Get introduction materials βWrite a Testimonial
If youβve donated to GDP, attended a missions trip, or seen the impact of our work β write a review on GreatNonprofits. Verified donor reviews are one of the most powerful trust signals GDP has with new donors.
Leave a review βHost an Awareness Event
Organize a dinner, church presentation, or community gathering to introduce GDP to your network. GDP can provide speakers, videos, and materials. Several of GDPβs most generous partnerships started with a small gathering.
Plan an event βRead the Stories
GDP’s monthly field newsletter brings real stories from the ground straight to your inbox β the children, the women, the breakthroughs. Read, share, and stay closely connected to the mission every single month.
Read field stories βπ Stand With Kenya
You don’t need to fly to Kenya to make an impact felt there. Solidarity takes many forms β and every expression of it matters to the communities GDP serves. Whether you meditate, reflect, write, light a candle, send encouragement, or simply hold these stories in mind β your connection to this mission is real and it matters.
Sign up for GDP’s monthly field update to stay connected with what’s happening on the ground β the children, the women, the communities, and the breakthroughs happening right now.
donors standing with Kenya this month
years of community showing up
Why It Matters
Behind every number is a name. Behind every name is a story that deserved a different ending β and got one, because people like you showed up.
Because Clean Water Changes Everything
In the villages GDP serves, clean water used to mean a 4-mile walk before sunrise β often by young girls who then missed school. One borehole well doesn’t just hydrate a community. It gives girls their mornings back. It keeps children out of hospitals. It lets mothers start small businesses instead of spending their days walking to a river. One well. Hundreds of ripples.
Because Every Girl Deserves a Lighthouse
There are over 2,000 girls on the waiting list for St. Rita Evergreen Girls School β girls who survived things no child should ever survive, waiting for a bed, a uniform, three meals, and an adult who looks them in the eye and says: you are safe now. The wait list is not a number. Each one is a child. Every dollar that moves toward St. Rita’s completion is one fewer child waiting in the dark.
Because Women Hold Communities Together
When GDP reaches a widow in Nairobi’s informal settlements with food and a listening ear, that is not charity β it is the beginning of a chain. That woman feeds her children tonight. Her children go to school tomorrow. One of them becomes a teacher. The ripple of one act of generosity travels further than any of us will ever see. That is why 5,500 women a year is not a statistic. It is a revolution in slow motion.
Because Showing Up In Person Changes You
You can read about Kenya. You can watch a video. But when you step off that van in Nyahururu or Musoli and a child looks up at you β not as a foreigner but as someone who came specifically for them β something changes in you that cannot be undone. Every GDP missions trip participant says the same thing: “I thought I was going to serve. I had no idea I was the one who would be changed.” That transformation belongs to you. It is waiting.
Because Education Is the Longest Investment
Mercy grew up in Mathare β one of Nairobi’s most challenging places to grow up in. The Evelyn S. Weatherspoon Scholarship did not just pay her school fees. It told her that someone who had never met her believed she was worth investing in. She is now in medical training. The patients she will see in her lifetime do not yet know her name. But they will be alive because someone gave $250 to the GDP Scholarship Fund.
Because Your Dollar Does Not Stay a Dollar
GDP has operated with Candid Platinum Transparency for two consecutive years. Every dollar is tracked, reported, and deployed carefully. But more than that β every dollar GDP receives in Jacksonville shows up as a meal in Mombasa, a bed at St. Rita, a counseling session in Nyahururu, a well in a drought-hit village. Your $10 does not stay $10. In East Africa, with GDP’s 35-year network, it becomes something much larger than its face value.
“None of this happens without all of us, together. Not for a single day do we take that for granted.”
β Michael Wright, Co-Founder, Global Development Project Be Part of This Story βBusinesses & Institutions
Partner with GDP as a Corporate or Institutional Donor
GDP’s Candid Platinum 2026 rating, Kenyan government recognition as Global Hearts Without Borders Network, and 35-year track record make it one of the most trusted nonprofit partners available for corporate CSR programs. From employee matching to named project sponsorships to team-based fundraising campaigns β there are many ways your organization can partner with GDP to create verified, measurable impact in East Africa.
Employee Matching
Set up a company matching program for employee gifts to GDP. We provide the documentation and reporting your HR team needs.
Team Fundraising
Organize a company fundraising campaign with GDP as the beneficiary. We provide materials, updates, and a final impact report.
Project Sponsorship
Sponsor a named project β clean water well, St. Rita classroom, or scholarship fund β with dedicated reporting and recognition.
Missions Trip Partnership
Send a team from your company to Kenya on a GDP missions trip β a transformative team-building and leadership development experience.
Shop with Purpose
GDP merchandise where every purchase directly supports programs in Kenya. Wear your partnership. Give the mission as a gift. Share the story wherever you go.
GDP Mission Tee
Wear the mission. 100% of net proceeds fund GDP programs on the ground in Kenya.
Shop now βGDP Tote Bag
Handcrafted by participants in GDPβs vocational training program. Every bag is a story of empowerment.
Shop now βGDP 2025 Impact Report
Download and share GDPβs annual impact report. Forward it to anyone who needs to see what 35 years of faithfulness looks like.
Download free βGift a Scholarship
Give a $250 Evelyn S. Weatherspoon scholarship as a gift in someoneβs honor. GDP sends a beautiful certificate to the recipient.
Gift a scholarship βMissions Trip Questions
Everything you need to know before registering for a GDP Kenya missions trip. Don’t see your question? Contact us directly β
Ready to Go? Hereβs Everything You Need to Know.
The most common questions from people who are on the edge of saying yes β and just need a little more information to take the leap. Donβt see yours? Weβd love to hear from you β
Do I need prior missions experience?
Not at all. GDP welcomes people of all backgrounds β first-time travelers, seasoned missionaries, healthcare workers, teachers, students, and retirees. The only requirement is a willing heart and a desire to serve. GDP provides all orientation and preparation support.
What is the trip fee and what does it include?
Trip fees cover international flights from designated departure cities, ground transportation throughout Kenya, accommodations, meals, and all program materials. GDP provides a full cost breakdown when you register your interest β and guidance on fundraising your trip fee through friends, family, and community. Many participants fund the full fee through individual fundraising.
Is it safe to travel to Kenya with GDP?
GDP has operated in Kenya for 35 years and has deep, established trust with local communities, officials, and partners across the country. Our teams know Kenya intimately. All trips include thorough safety briefings, vetted local partners, and 24/7 GDP leadership support throughout the journey. We have taken hundreds of volunteers to Kenya safely over three decades.
What vaccinations and health preparation are needed?
GDP recommends all travelers consult a travel medicine clinic at least 6β8 weeks before departure. Common recommendations include Yellow Fever (required for entry to some areas), Typhoid, Hepatitis A & B, and malaria prophylaxis. GDP provides a detailed health preparation guide to all registered travelers, including recommended clinics and current requirements.
What cities and program sites will we visit?
The 2026 trip visited Nairobi, Mombasa, Nyahururu, Musoli Village in Western Kenya, and additional sites. Program sites included Compassionate Childrenβs Home, Good Samaritans Childrenβs Home, St. Rita Evergreen Girls School, the GDP Multiplex Center (Mombasa), and the newly commissioned Musoli Empowerment Center. Exact itinerary varies by trip year β GDP provides full details when you register.
What is the GDP Multiplex Center in Mombasa?
The GDP Multiplex Center in Mombasa is a permanent facility serving as a hub for GDPβs programs on the Kenyan coast. It includes dormitories, classrooms, offices, an auditorium, a dining hall, and a kitchen β and hosted the 2026 Youth Summit and Womenβs Empowerment Conference, drawing participants from across Kenya and Western Uganda.
How do I register for the next trip?
Contact GDP directly at info@gdpkenya.org or call +1-904-370-3675 (MonβThu, 10amβ5pm EST) to express your interest. GDP will add you to the interest list and notify you as soon as 2027 trip dates are confirmed β spots fill quickly.
Support us today at +1-904-370-3675 or email info@gdpkenya.org Β·Β Hope Builders β
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