Taking full advantage of having Salesforce.com experts in Nairobi volunteering at St.Martin's School for the week the Salesforce.com Foundation hosted its first nonprofit workshop in Nairobi, for organizations interested in learning more about the Foundation's product donation program.
Six Salesforce.com volunteers from London and Toronto, one Salesforce.com Foundation staff, together with two staff from the Tag Rugby Development Trust www.trdt.co.uk from Uganda and one female international rugby player from Uganda, spent a week at St.Martin's Girls'; School in the Kibagare slum just outside Nairobi, Kenya.
Andrew May, product marketing manager in the UK, cycled 105km from Naphill to Crays Pond to raise money for The Kingfisher Trust, helping alleviate poverty in The Gambia.
Working with 400 young people, the program focuses on empowerment and skills development as a way of encouraging students to think positively about their futures, their potential, and preventing HIV.
