We are delighted to be able to announce that Bees Abroad has secured major funding from the UK Department for International Aid (DFID) for a three-year project to alleviate poverty through advancing beekeeping skills and supporting bio-conservation and bio-enterprise in the arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) in the Kenyan district of Laikipia.

Our chairman, John Home might be interviewed with Lyn Featherstone, Minister for Overseas Development on BBC radio 4 at lunchtime on 24th December 2013 (subject to the ever-changing news priorities).

Jimmy Doherty, one of Bees Abroad’s patrons, commented enthusiastically on the project, saying :

“It’s wonderful to think that 900 households will be given beekeeping skills that can be used straight away and then handed on to future generations.”