A journey of a thousand miles begins with a simple step. Veronika Cejpkova & Antonio Genco began their epic journey in 2009 travelling extensively through eight countries in Africa integrating with local communities, meeting families, children, orphans, elderly people, witnessing how they lived. In order to truly understand what these people were going through, they immersed themselves into their world often travelling on the same shoddy transport to get from one destination to the next. They stayed in a remote village without access to water, electricity, kitchen and bathroom facilities.

They lodged in a small room next to the locals in sweltering heat and humidity without mosquito nets and soon learned how difficult it was to adapt to these living conditions. Although it was still a luxury compare to the people who lived in the houses made of mud often more than four children sharing one bed. They tried to see the world in their eyes, they still could not know how it felt falling asleep on the cold dirty ground full of parasites, hungry, thirsty and praying to God to receive love. Local people think that God does not want them in this world and they question what they have done to deserve to suffer in that way. Unfortunately, for many people in the poorest parts of Africa, these situations are all too common, but what was even more alarming and unbearable to witness were the innocent children whom for no reason of their own were dumped onto their extended families or simply on the street with barely any hope of making it their next birthday. Other children are accommodated in orphanages that are simply providing a place to sleep, however many orphanages cannot feed the children every day and if they do, they are likely to eat rice or beans.

Further investigation showed that they were lacking in simple needs such as extreme lack in education regarding proper hygiene, balanced diet, and medical attention. It was all too clear that local authorities and government did nothing to help these people or ease their burden and misery. All too often a visit to the hospital would serve as a reminder of how life is indeed 'cheap' in Africa with the news of another death of a child due to the lack of basic needs. Their travel inspired them go further and set up their own charity to show how little is needed to change the children's life.

Veronika & Antonio are extremely dedicated to helping vulnerable orphans - children whom given the opportunity are just as able to fulfil their dreams and ambitions. It did not take long to realise how fortuned they were to be born in the Western World. It is only proper to help those children in return.