// OPEN DOORS
HELP US BUILDTHE LAB.
Boondocks Lab is an incubation and creative laboratory on a 30-acre estate in Machakos, Kenya — a film school, a telenovela, a farm school and an archive, kept alive by production revenue and by partners who believe open education should be free. Partners fund, build, teach, create and connect. Pick a lane below — or make a sixth.
// WHAT PARTNERING LOOKS LIKE
FIVE LANES. PICK ONE — OR MAKE A SIXTH.
No tier decks, no sponsorship packages with your logo on a banner. These are the five concrete ways in.
01
FUND
Grants · Philanthropy · Donations
Grant-makers, foundations, philanthropists and individuals. Fund the school, the farm, the studio — or one specific thing on this estate you want to exist. Anonymous is fine; earmarking is fine too.
02
BUILD
Materials · Infrastructure · Equipment
Cement, timber, tents, cameras, lights, editing muscle. Help us build student camping facilities and put real gear in student hands. New, used or loaned — in-kind is as good as cash here.
03
TEACH
Training · Mentorship · Expertise
Curriculum design, accreditation guidance, guest tutors and mentors. Remote counts — a guest slot over a video call is a real slot. Open-education organizations are explicitly welcomed: if you believe open education should be free, this is your lane.
04
CREATE
Film · Technology · Storytelling
Co-produce the telenovela, build tools with the lab, tell stories from this estate. Or commission the crew — every invoice paid to the studio is money that keeps the school free. The work funds the work.
05
CONNECT
Distribution · Partnerships · Networks
Distribution for what we make, introductions to rooms we are not in yet, networks that carry Kenyan stories further. County programs, NGOs and broadcasters — the estate is a ready venue with a ready crew.
commissioned work is not charity — it is the business model. every invoice the studio earns is money the school doesn't have to beg for.
// INTERNATIONAL DESK
US-Based Lead — Grants, Philanthropy & International Support
Evans Kyalo carries the lab's international fundraising — grants, philanthropy and support from outside Kenya. Meet the people →
// TRACK RECORD
PROOF BEFORE PROMISES.
We are new and we say so. But the ground under this is real, and the work so far has real names on it.
THE LAND — SAMLEN FOUNDATION
Thirty acres in Machakos, granted for use by the Samlen Foundation — not bought. The school and the experiments owe the land honesty.
STANBIC × ATC KENYA — DIGITIZATION COVERAGE
Field coverage of the digitization initiative by Stanbic and ATC Kenya across the coastal region — towers, teams and the communities connecting.
UN WOMEN — ENDING WORKPLACE GBV
Coverage of the UN Women initiative empowering young girls and fighting gender-based abuse in the workplace. Stories handled with the care they deserve.
KALASHA AWARD 2024 — BEST ANIMATION FILM
Best Animation Film at the 2024 Kalasha International Film & TV Awards, produced by Fiction Entertainment in collaboration with Rebel Studios. Directed by Kennedy Kyalo.
ONE FORM. ONE MESSAGE. ONE CONVERSATION.
no portal, no deck required — the form opens whatsapp with your message pre-typed
// WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
- > you hit send — that’s it. the message lands with a human, not a bot.
- > we reply within a day, usually faster.
- > if it fits, we set a call or a farm visit. if it doesn’t, we say so honestly and point you somewhere useful.
- > no retainers demanded, no proposals ghosted. doors work both ways.
// WANT TO SUPPORT THE WORK DIRECTLY?
SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT THE SCHOOL TO EXIST.
If that's you: no platform, no percentage, no middlemen. The details sit behind the door below — open it deliberately, or don't.
MAKE A DONATION — BANK & LOOP DETAILS
No middlemen. No fees on our side. Anonymous is fine — the money arrives, the work continues. If you want a receipt or want to earmark it (camping gear, guest stipends, equipment), WhatsApp us.
- BANK
- NCBA Bank Kenya PLC (Loop)
- ACCOUNT NAME
- Boondocks Incubation Center
- ACCOUNT NUMBER
- 880200390013
- SWIFT / BIC
- CBAFKENX
- BANK CODE
- 07
- BRANCH CODE
- 000
- LOOP TILL
- 490823
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BANK: NCBA Bank Kenya PLC (Loop) ACCOUNT NAME: Boondocks Incubation Center ACCOUNT NUMBER: 880200390013 SWIFT/BIC: CBAFKENX BANK CODE: 07 BRANCH CODE: 000 LOOP TILL: 490823
anonymous donations are explicitly welcomed. the money arrives, the work continues. if you want a receipt or want to earmark it — camping gear, guest stipends, equipment — whatsapp us.
// WHAT SUPPORT FUNDS
WHERE THE MONEY ACTUALLY GOES.
Four things. Not \u201coverhead\u201d, not \u201coperations\u201d — four things you can point at.
01
STUDENT CAMPING FACILITIES
In development right now. Tents, bedding, wash stations — so a student from Malaa or Mutalia can stay on the estate for a shoot week instead of travelling home each night.
02
GUEST-SLOT STIPENDS
Community cast members show up for the telenovela between casual jobs. A stipend means they can say yes to a shoot day without losing a day’s wage.
03
CAMERAS & LIGHTS FOR STUDENTS
Gear students can actually touch, break, fix and learn on — not gear they watch a tutor use from the back row.
04
FARM INPUTS
Seed, feed and soil amendments that keep the farm producing — and the farm feeds the school. Lunch on a shoot day is not a small thing.
// QUESTIONS
ASKED BEFORE. ANSWERED HERE.
THE DOOR IS OPEN.
+254 747 924 886 · a human answers, usually within a day