Category: Health
Vaccines save lives
Immunization saves millions of lives and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. Today, there are still 19.4 million unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children in the world. 2017 marks the halfway point in the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) – endorsed by 194 Member States of the World Health Assembly […]
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Teacher exchange reciprocal visit to Kenya
Following Kenyan teachers visiting Irish schools last year, five Irish teachers travelled to Londiani, Kenya to spend time with the students and teachers of their partner schools. The visit was funded by Irish Aid’s WorldWise Global Schools programme. The teachers from Mountrath Community School, Colaiste Pobail Acla and Cobh Community College are partnered with Siret Secondary […]
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Hear from our Harambee volunteers!
We asked the Harambee volunteer team currently in Kenya for a few words on how they are finding the experience. The team of six are involved in facilitating business training courses as well as following up with those participants who did the course 12 months ago. They have facilitated courses in Rescue & Emergency Care […]
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Stand up for girls
Every year on October 11th organisations, individuals, governments and groups all reflect on how far we’ve come in addressing issues of gender inequality. To celebrate the difference we’ve made to girls lives and to consider how we can further strengthen communities by doing even more. Because we know that by investing in girls we can […]
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New Year message from our CEO, Martin Ballantyne
The big news for 2017 is the announcement of our new name – Brighter Communities Worldwide. We’re looking forward to an exciting year ahead as working together to build strong communities, creating brighter futures within a better world. As we look forward to the year ahead, let’s look back at some of our achievements in […]
Read MoreHappy Christmas and Best wishes for 2010
We would like to thank all our supporters for your support, help and assistance during 2009. Your generosity is hugely appreciated, and helps us to make a difference in Kenya. This year 110 volunteers traveled to Kenya during our Harambee and Health volunteer projects. They worked alongside our local partners and communities in Kenya on […]
Read MoreHealth ’09 draws to a close
Volunteers on the Health ’09 project left Nairobi today after 3 weeks working on various health related projects in the Kipkelion District. The team consisted of 32 volunteers from all over Ireland, Scotland and Australia. The team was lead by Project Leaders Laura Ahern, Pat Broderick and Mary Dunford. The tasks completed included the following: […]
Read MoreOperating Theatre begins in Londiani District Hospital
Today was a historic day in Londiani as the “groundbreaking” ceremony for Londiani District Hospital took place. This theatre will serve the Kipkelion District of 206,000 people. Up to now, patients have to transfer to surrounding hospitals which are up to an hour away. This operating theatre will make a big difference to the community […]
Read MoreFOL facilitates link between Londiani District Hospital and Mayo General Hospital
The link project between Londiani District Hospital (LDH) and Mayo General Hospital (MGH) was officially agreed in February of this year. This week starts the first meeting of the MGH team and the LDH team. Both teams met in Nairobi last night, and will begin the week with an exploratory tour of various hospitals in […]
Read MoreHealth ’09 Updates
This week saw the completion of a medical education course in Molo for health professionals from all over the Kipkelion District. The course was taught by a joint Irish and Kenyan teaching faculty and covered Essential Obstetric Care, Trauma and Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. The feedback from participants was excellent. The Health Surveys continued […]
Read MoreHealth ’09 Team 2 volunteers arrive in Nairobi
12 volunteers arrived in Nairobi this evening to join the health team for the next two weeks. This team will be based in Molo for the coming week and will instruct on the Medical Education Courses to be held there. These courses include Essential Obstetric Care, Pre Hospital Trauma and Integrated Management of Childhood Health. […]
Read MoreHealth ’09 Volunteers meet the Kamasian communities
The Health ’09 volunteer team has begun its work in the Kamasian Division of the Kipkelion District. This is the first time that FOL has based a volunteer team here. The team arrived on Monday to an overwhelming welcome from the local communities, school children and community leaders. It was amazing, and made us feel […]
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