2025 Harambee Summer Festival
With Me-Kon Hayes
June 28 - July 5, 2025
The Harambee Cultural Society leads our Harambee community in celebrating the varied heritage and cultures of the African diaspora.
The society provides practical support and tools for overcoming challenges faced by trans-racial families and trans-racially adopted children.
The culmination of this support is an annual family camp, the Harambee Summer Festival. This multi-day camp is open to all families raising children who are part of the ACB (African, Caribbean, Black) community.
What to Expect
Expect a varied and flexible schedule of events where everything is ‘optional’. Typical camp activities include:
- Daily soccer matches for all ages (kids and parents)
- Water fights
- A day of inflatables and bouncy castles
- A community-wide evening pot-luck dinner
- 2 separate parent nights out
- Expert-led talks and ask-me-anything style chats from members of the ACB community and from parents with lived experience.
- A silent auction
- Plenty of beach and swim time
- Drumming
- Live concerts and dance parties
- Songwriting workshops
Choose Meal Package to start your registration. If you are not having meals prepared by Sorrento Centre choose No Meal plan. Meal packages include continental breakfast
Daily Lunch and Dinner
Daily Dinner only
Daily Lunch only
No meals
To view other enchanting and exciting programs go to Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
About the Leader

Me-Kon Hayes
Me-Kon Hayes, Vice President, with her husband Issa are parents of five children. I started my family as a single mother through adopting our oldest son who is of African Heritage. Our second son is aboriginal. As foster parents for thirteen years, we enjoyed the busyness of a full household. I have been involved in guest […]
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