Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by Kirsty
Joe Timperan celebrated his 80th birthday by doing a sponsored cycle ride in his home area in aid of Vision Africa. As a result, he raised the wonderful and amazing total of £1,790!!!
Joe has been a staunch supporter of Vision Africa from its very beginning back in 2001 and we say thank you to him for his recent birthday event.
Posted on July 17th, 2009 by Kirsty
On the 9th July 2009, Vision Africa received an offer we just couldn’t refuse. We have been invited to be listed on Optimist World’s website and compete for their charity of the week/ year award. As well as the free publicity, winners of the initial stages of this competition are in with a chance of winning a cash prize which would be put towards our projects in Kenya.
Posted on July 16th, 2009 by Kirsty
In June 2009 Maureen Mwende became the administrator of Vision Africa’s new enterprise called “Crafted”. Here, in her own words, is the path that led her to this role.
“My name is Maureen Mwende Kyalo. I am twenty one years old; I come from Eastern province in Machakos district. I would like to share with u a short essay about myself. Read the full article »
Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Kirsty
For several years, Seed of Hope has been assisting its graduates to set up their own businesses in order to become self sufficient. This gives them the “dignity, opportunity and hope” we feel they deserve and prevents them relying on external assistance indefinitely. This concept has proved to be a great success and it is one that we are now looking to apply to a number of our projects.
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Kirsty
The St. Andrews Baby Unit, situated in Kandara Children’s Home, has now been open for 18 months. Set up to cater for babies and small children, the unit has proved to be a valuable asset to the local community and is now well established.
2009 has seen the unit welcome four new babies ranging from 4 hours old to about 1year. Some of these have been abandoned, some orphaned and some rescued from situations of neglect. Read the full article »
Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Kirsty
I have just spent six weeks volunteering with Vision Africa, and I have had a very eye opening and fantastic experience. I spent half of my time living and volunteering in Nairobi, and the other half at various Vision Africa projects in more rural areas of Kenya.
Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Kirsty
The 2009 John Packard Family Cup football tournament was hailed as a great success by the Kibera Mpira Mtaani (Kibera Village Football) committee, coaches, referees and players. The tournament was launched on 28th of March with a friendly match between the British High Commission Cheetahs and a combined Kibera Mpira Mtaani U17 team where the final score was 4-4.
