JamboAfrica
A home in Thanet where African and ethnic-minority families belong — and everyone is welcome.
For two decades we have turned isolation into belonging — celebrating culture, championing rights, and standing with children, young people and families. The same compassion now reaches our work in Kenya.
Everyone deserves to feel at home.
Jambo Africa Community UK began in Thanet, working alongside African and ethnic-minority families who too often felt unseen. For more than twenty years, that local work has been the heart of everything we do.
We are not about special treatment — we are about belonging. We celebrate what makes us different and what we share, opening our circles to anyone who wants to be part of a kinder, more connected Thanet.
Read our storyCelebrate culture
Events, heritage, drumming, dance and storytelling that bring people together.
Champion rights
Advocacy, anti-discrimination support and a direct voice to local services.
Support belonging
Skills, friendship and practical help to feel settled and at home in the UK.
Connect communities
Building bridges across Thanet — and beyond, to our work in Kenya.
Our work, on your doorstep
Culture, youth work and a direct voice to local services — the founding work that makes Thanet a place where every resident can thrive.
Kajiado & Ngong, Kenya
Protecting girls. Restoring hope.
The same heart, reaching further
The compassion that drives our work in Thanet extends to Kenya, where we protect vulnerable girls and walk with young women on the road to recovery.
Our UK and Kenyan work share one belief: every person deserves protection, dignity and opportunity.
Help us build the Jambo Africa Safe Village
We have secured two acres in Kajiado County, Kenya. Now we need your help to build a 30-bed rescue and rehabilitation centre for girls fleeing FGM, forced marriage and violence — sheltering 120+ girls a year with counselling, education and a path to independence.
“We started Jambo Africa so that no one in our community would ever feel they had to face the world alone. Everyone is welcome at our table.”
Our Partners
We collaborate locally to deliver inclusive, lasting support for ethnic minority communities across Thanet.
Build a stronger, kinder Thanet with us
Whether you are looking for support, want to give, or simply want to belong — there is a place for you here.