Who we are

The Mwamanga Village Development Trust (MVDT) exists to help improve the life chances of a poor rural community in Kenya.

Mwamanga is a small village situated not too far away from the beautiful beaches of the Mombasa coast in Kenya. When Luke and Jacqui Whyte first went to the village in 1999 they found a community living in desperate poverty. There was no adequate sanitation or safe drinking water, few of the 300 or so children attended school and no one had access to healthcare or had been vaccinated. Birth control was not used and the infant mortality rate was higher than the national average. Unemployment was 100%. Jacqui and Luke began sending out money for the villager’s healthcare after their second visit to the village in 2001. At this stage, Jacqui and Luke financed everything themselves, but throughout the next few years, more projects were taken on and it became obvious that in order to increase the chances of raising more funds, it would be necessary to become a registered charity.

The Trust was founded by Luke and Jacqui Whyte in 1999. Three further trustees were appointed in 2004 when it received registered status

Mwamanga Village Development Trust was entered in the Central Register of Charities on 7th December 2004: Registered Number 1107161

Founding Trustee/Chairman – Mr Luke Whyte

Founding Trustee/Secretary – Mrs Jacqueline Whyte

Trustee – Mrs Angela Wilkins

Trustee – Mr Michael Hammond

Trustee – Miss Faye Belton