On Friday 4th June, the Queen’s Official Birthday was celebrated throughout the world. To mark the occasion in Nairobi, an event was held at the British High Commissioner’s Residence and Vision Africa was proud to be part of the day. The chosen theme was the sporting links between UK and Kenya and how sport can play a role in development. Thanks to our matches between the British High Commission Cheetahs and Kibera Mpira Mtaani we were invited along to promote the work of Kibera Mpira Mtaani.
Promoting Kibera Mpira Mtaani
The other groups that were promoted on the day included the Kenya Rugby Sevens team, The British Army Training Unit Kenya, MYSA and our friends from Alive and Kicking so we were in good company! Vincent Kegode, Chairman of Kibera Mpira Mtaani, was on hand to answer questions by the guests who spent time learning about the great work that is being done in the field of sports in Kenya. During the speech by the British High Commissioner, Rob Macaire, Kibera Mpira Mtaani was mentioned and Mr. Macaire passed by our stand later in the day and kindly posed for a photograph with Vincent who had been part of the group which gave Mr. Macaire his introduction to Kibera when he took on his role in Kenya. A number of the British High Commission Cheetahs came to check out our display and were pleased to see their picture featured in the Kibera Journal sports round-up. We hope to see the Cheetahs at an event at Kibera Mpira Mtaani’s offices to launch the World Cup 2010 later this week! There was a very positive reception from those who took time to learn more about Kibera Mpira Mtaani. We look forward to building on this interest in the coming months as the organisation goes from strength to strength.
Vision Africa stall at Braeside School
After a busy day at the High Commission event, there was no rest as we had been invited to promote Vision Africa at Braeside Primary School’s “Culture and Environment Day” held on Saturday 5th June. As this was World Environment Day, it was the perfect opportunity to promote our recycling project re:future which is an enterprise supporting our Seed of Hope centre in Nairobi. Working with the school, it was decided that we would offer parents and students the chance to sponsor a seedling which would allow us to plant fruit trees at some of our projects helping the environment and assisting our feeding programs at the same time. On the day, we managed to sell 102 gift cards sponsoring trees. A fantastic result! Look out for pictures of the trees being planted in the near future.
The events don’t stop there as our team is now preparing for the World Cup event at Kibera Mpira Mtaani’s office on Friday. This will be followed by our participation in Nairobi Chapel’s event promoting their Social Justice Ministries over the weekend. Our Seed of Hope Centre at Dagoretti Corner, Nairobi, enjoys an ongoing relationship with Nairobi Chapel and we look forward to working with them at this event.
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