Cricket without Boundaries is a charity organization in England which links cricket awareness, promotion and development with HIV/AIDS in schoolchildren and adults. Andy Hobbs and Chris Kengis set up the charity two years ago when they first visited Kenya and now, they are back again.

Development is a word we often use and have at the top of our infrastructure, health care and education agenda here in Kenya but it is also top of the agenda for Cricket Kenya as they strive to establish a program to ensure we have a future crop of players such as Steve Tikolo, Thomas Odoyo and Collins Obuya. Like any development there is a need to invest in resources, facilities and expertise.

Their three week program starts in Nakuru on Saturday and Sunday 3rd & 4th Nov with CWB running a Beginners coaching course for adults and teachers to introduce them to the game and how to coach.

From Monday to Wednesday 5th, 6th & 7th, a team of 5 coaches will visit Harambee Khalsa Primary , St Joseph’s Primary; St Xavier Primary; Menangai Primary; Melvin Jones and Lions Primary where in each school they will introduce and coach up to 60 children.

At the same time, three coaches from CWB will run a level 2 coaching course accredited through ICC and ACA again for teachers and adults who have some previous playing or coaching experience.

Similar programs will follow in the Coast Province 10th-16th Nov and then in Nairobi & Thika 18-20th November.

Martin Bentley. MBE. Chairman of Rift Valley Cricket Association says that developing cricket here in Kenya is major issue for all of us in the executive of CK. Development is such a daunting task it would be all too easy to say where do we start? Well, here is a start and CWB will leave behind in each Province a bank of newly qualified coaches at level 0 who could then begin to coach children in schools, and in addition the level 2 coaches could then start coaching programs for more adults, including parents and teachers to build up a bank and network of cricket coaches for future use.

Editor's note: Simon Hards is keeping a blog on the CWB tour. It can be accessed at http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/SimonHards/