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Our mission is a simple one. Help children in Africa to have the same choices in life as we do. Enable them to decide what is best for themselves and for their communities.

Access to education will open up opportunities and choices, which will permit them to make considered decisions and assessments in relation to the future of their children.

Helping to assist in their struggle and quest for knowledge is giving them the freedom to have a say in their destiny. Education is the key to help African children have enriched and productive lives.

Having places of learning, having the opportunity to learn, is essential for these children to choose and claim their lives as their own.

Our mission is to build places of learning for the children in Africa. These schools will have electricity, computers and other teaching tools and equipment.

We have already started - we have already taken the first step of this long journey. Four hundred children have already begun and are actively engaged in creating choices for themselves.

So Come Walk With Us and help change the lives of African children and it will change your life!

Patrick O'Sullivan, 62, lives in San Jose and first visited Kenya in December 2004. He followed African politics and history voraciously from the time he was in high school in Ireland. In the 1960s, he attended anti-apartheid protests for South Africa and followed the movement in Kenya to gain independence from Britain. After visiting South Africa, O'Sullivan -- who was approaching retirement -- took a safari that led him to Oloolaimutia village. There he saw the Masai people literally tying bricks together to build two more classrooms for their school. The spirit of the Masai and their will to survive stuck with him. He went to Kenya seeking adventure and a taste of culture. He left feeling compassion for their plight. O'Sullivan -- who had worked at Apple Computer and several start-ups -- changed his plans to travel more after retirement and instead had a mission: improving educational opportunities for children in Africa.