Paint Pots Nurseries owner David Wright is currently packing his bags for a two-week stay in Kenya, where the main focus of his visit will be to work with special needs children and staff in an orphanage and nursery based in the slum area of Kisumu.
Mr Wright, who runs the five-strong, Southampton-based chain with his wife Anna, says all of his children and staff are 
excited about the visit. Last year four of his nurseries raised £500 for the project, which is run by the charity To Kenya with Love.
'We were delighted when Chris Wheat, the charity's project manager, came back from Kenya with photographs of the climbing frame and playhouse which had been bought with the money we raised,' he says. 'It was fantastic to see so many children using it and getting so much enjoyment from it. They also sent us some of their artwork. It spurred us on to continue with our fundraising efforts and I am hoping to take a couple of extra suitcases of resources with me when I go.'
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