TV quiz show prize moneydonated to Kenyan charity

Christine Bayliss with Tabby Wamuhu Special Education Needs teacher and children at Mnarani Primary School, Mnarani Village in Kilifi County, Kenya. SUS-160329-154959001

A Kenyan based charity is celebrating after Bexhill resident Christine Bayliss donated some of her Â£2,200 winnings, received on a TV quiz show.

Christine is donating some of the cash to Mnarani Aid, a charity that she and her husband Tony have been involved with for the past five years. Christine is one of the charity’s Trustees and runs the Mnarani Aid Lunch Club programme which pays for around 60 Kenyan children with special needs to have a hot lunch every day in term time. The children attend three schools in Kilifi County, a coastal region of Kenya.

When Christine won BBC1’s new daytime quiz show ‘Think Tank’ (where contestants answer hundreds of general knowledge questions) she says she did not hesitate to donate some of her prize money to Mnarani Aid. “I’ve been raising money for Mnarani Aid since my husband Tony and I first visited the area in 2011,” she said.

“It’s only been a few years since compulsory education for children with special needs was introduced but Kenyan schools are catching up fast. What the teachers achieve with these children on little or no resource is humbling.

“I feel privileged to be able to support them.”

Christine says the aim of the programme is to keep the children healthy, encourage regular school attendance and teach cooking skills.

“The programme is funded by a team of donors dubbed the ‘Lunch Clubbers’, many of whom are based in Bexhill.