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Health ’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 […]
Read MoreHealth 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 […]
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FOL Board update
Friends of Londiani’s Board of Directors have expanded and they are delighted to welcome three new members to the Board. Each of them brings a wealth of experience and skills to the table. Sincere thanks to the new Directors for their commitment to FOL and the communities in Kenya. As we say in Swahili, Karibu […]
Read MoreFriends of Londiani focus groups
FOL is delighted to announce the formation of focus groups in the areas of health, water, education, finance and marketing. This follows as a result of the organisational development process that FOL has undergone through funding from Irish Aid. The Health Focus Group will assist FOL in facilitating the partnership link between Mayo General Hospital and Londiani […]
Read MoreKeyrings 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 […]
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