Author: Emily.Andrews
Keyrings and CDS on sale for Kenya
The Friends of Londiani have returned home from their volunteer project in Kenya with gifts from the local culture for the people of Ireland. Following on from the summer’s successful community development projects, the volunteers are ready to share what they experienced with their own communities the width and breadth of the country. The 69 […]
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We Do Care stop aid cuts
The Irish Government has made a commitment to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people – to spend 0.7% of our national income on overseas aid by 2012. That’s just 70 cent in every €100 by 2012. Despite this promise, Ireland’s overseas aid budget has been cut by €222 million, a cut of 24%. We […]
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17 nationalities visit Londiani
Friends of Londiani through a unique partnership project with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) enabled 21 volunteers from 17 countries to travel to Londiani for 1 week and work on community development projects there. Volunteers met in Nairobi, travelled to Naivasha for a team briefing before arriving in Londiani on Monday 17th […]
Read More17 nationalities visit Londiani
The last teams of volunteers departed Nairobi today. The last few days were spent debriefing, evaluating and seeing some of the Kenyan sights before heading for home. Harambee 2009 has been a major success and we would like to thank all volunteers who worked in Kenya, as well as those who supported the project from […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Team two – Londiani
The second week of the project is nearly over and the group are settling into the Kenya lifestyle. Everyone is pleased to see a bit of rain finally coming so it’s all hands on deck to collect it when it falls from the roof! Freddie, Jenny, Jayne and Michelle are busy giving a five day […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Updates from Ndubusat
Day one – Monday 27th July 2009 Having arrived into Nairobi on Saturday night, the entire team travelled on to Nakuru on Sunday for some pre project training before heading for the hills on Monday morning at 8.30am. The drive through the Kipkelion Hills gave the team of 22 a sense of what lay ahead […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Group two arrive in Kenya
Group two arrived in Nairobi with over 60 bags and settled in well in Nairobi for one night. Sunday morning, the team headed to Nakuru via the beautiful Rift Valley. In Nakuru, the team prepared for their project tasks and helped organise the necessary equipment. On Monday morning the team headed to the villages of […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Group one departs
On Wednesday 22nd, July group one left their villages with fond farewells from the locals. It had been a fantastic project and all were sad to leave. Their work was very much appreciated and the memories created will live forever with both the volunteers and the community. The following day people had for themselves to […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Week two in Londiani
A full Peer ED course was started with a class of 13 from Kahurura which was over seen by Eva, Fiona, Rachel and local Wilson. The Water Tanks Project started out in Kahurura in the first week continued with 8 holes been dug and completed. The first layer of hardcore and concrete has been poured […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Week one in Benditai
The team arrived in Benditai on Monday 22nd July and quickly settled into life on the campsite. A lack of running water or electricity did not present a problem to the eager volunteers who rapidly got to work on the project tasks. They have been working hard all week on water tanks, HECA clubs and […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Week one in Londiani
A Peer Education course for 40 people began on Tuesday The Water Tanks Project started out in Kahurura with the surveys, to select the most suitable locations for the water tanks. And the digging started… Towards the end of the week, training and planning days were held for the Health surveys. At the same time […]
Read MoreFirst Harambee team arrives in Kenya
All team members for the first project in Kenya arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, 4th July. They stayed in Nairobi overnight and then traveled to Nakuru. In Nakuru a team update and final training was given, and the teams arrived in Londiani and Benditai on Monday 6th July. The welcome in Londiani was incredible where […]
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