Author: tyfairclough
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Texting water to Enkito
“Farmers are struggling after one of the hottest and driest months recorded have left entire crops parched and failed”. This is NORTH YORKSHIRE, near Wetherby. Thousands of miles away in Enkito, Amboseli, SW Kenya, the ground is always parched. When the rains finally do arrive the ground soaks up as much as it can and…
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Lifes essentials: tech, chocolate and water
What an amazing weekend for everyone! Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, bike racing at Brands and more chocolate. We also received photos from the american sponsors of the girls at Mercy Home, from their recent trip, including a tearful moment when Leo was given a new laptop to help her in her studies. She’s recently not only…
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Collaboration fun and results
Our latest volunteer, Wayne, has arrived safe and is settling in with Michael in Naivasha after a brief stay in Nairobi last Friday night to watch the team Michael coaches win at the city stadium, beating the top of the Premier League 2-0 !! After an incredible trip through the stunning southern Rift valley near…
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Recycling plastics – empowering youth
I just got news via Facebook from Justin Sekiguchi of Up with Hope of the successful negotiations they’ve made with the Staken Recycling Company in Nairobi. Staken, a kenyan company, are actually collecting Justin’s teams’ hard-laboured collections of discarded plastics and turning them into coat hangers. This is particularly brilliant for us because we’re trying…