Category: Uncategorized

Statement of Condolence

On Friday evening, June 30th, there was a tragic road accident at Londiani junction, a key hub within the communities served by Brighter Communities Worldwide in Kenya. This most terrible accident has claimed many lives, with many more injured. Local emergency services are completely overwhelmed and the community is in a state of shock.  Our […]

Read More

FOL secures 3 years funding from Irish Aid

FOL has secured 3 years funding from Irish Aid for its Community Health Programme. This poverty-reduction intervention is a multi-sector approach which addresses the interconnected issues of the role of women and food security at village level. The interventions will include strengthening the health, knowledge and skills of communities through capacity building projects aimed at […]

Read More

Health 2009 Project begins

Friends of Londiani’s Health project began today when 16 members of the health team arrived in Nairobi. This team will be joined by another 16 members next weekend. 32 volunteers from Ireland, Scotland and Australia will travel to the Kipkelion District to work together with local communities in completing health projects. The tasks that the […]

Read More

Harambee 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 More

Harambee 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 More