News articles for 2010

Happy New Year

Posted on December 31st, 2010 by Kirsty

As 2010 draws to a close, we would like to thank you for your support throughout this year.

It has been a good year for our projects with highlights including the first Kibera Informal Schools Music Festival in February, the growth of our social enterprise Crafted thanks to several partnerships and a growing customer base, the graduation of another group of girls from our Seed of Hope Centres and the development of a wonderful group of babies at the St. Andrews Baby Unit Read the full article »

 

Christmas Greetings from the St. Andrews Baby Unit

Posted on December 21st, 2010 by Kirsty

On behalf of the staff and babies at the St. Andrews Baby Unit in Kandara, we’d like to wish all our supporters a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.

Looking back on the year that has passed, there have been some remarkable achievements. The babies have all been in good health and have made terrific steps forward in their development. Read the full article »

 

A Christmas Story

Posted on December 15th, 2010 by Kirsty

Mary, Joseph and a safe place to shelter a newborn baby –

 a familiar story to most of us at this time of year.

At Vision Africa, we have our own version of the story…

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Crafted Fashion Show

Posted on December 9th, 2010 by Kirsty

On Thursday 4th November, something pretty amazing happened in Nairobi. It started with an email six weeks earlier and we had no idea it would grow into the fantastic event that it did. The occasion? The launch of a new collection of Crafted clothing at a fashion show to raise funds for Vision Africa’s feeding programs.

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Informal Schools Football Tournament 2010

Posted on November 10th, 2010 by Kirsty

There are some moments we experience as Vision Africa staff/volunteers that we wish we could bottle and send back to the donor who made them possible. This is exactly the position we found ourselves in at the final for the Kibera Mpira Mtaani Informal Schools Football Tournament on Friday 29th October.

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World Food Day…and beyond

Posted on October 16th, 2010 by Kirsty

As a charity, Vision Africa relies on donations to enable us to support community projects in Kenya. Some of these donations are in the form of monthly contributions through our child sponsorship program, others are from one off events or sponsored challenges. Historically, most of our fundraising has been done in the UK but that is changing.

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Dakar Rally Fundraiser

Posted on October 6th, 2010 by Kirsty

In recent years, Vision Africa has talked about plans to expand the Seed of Hope program to cater for boys as well as girls. This has never been possible due to lack of available funds. That situation is about to change thanks to an inspiring couple, John and Tina Harffey, who are fundraising to set up a Seed of Hope centre that will provide vocational training for teenage boys.

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