Author: tyfairclough

Using a donated laptop, 100 recycled cell phones, and a copy of FrontlineSMS, the Senior in Stanford University’s Program in Human Biology, Josh Nesbit, alongside Kiwanja’s Ken Banks, set up an SMS-based communications network for a rural hospital and its Community Health Workers … read more here on the project that will shortly be coming…

Another fantastic post from Afrigadget that will leave you laughing as well as hopefully passing on a fabulous self-sustaining energy source project to the folks that need it. Technorati Tags: afrigadget, kitengela, recycle, reuse, biogas, kenya

I’d like to introduce Lindy and Project Africa.Lindy Wafula grew up in hardship in Kenya and it made her strive to improve problems such as unemployment, illiteracy, HIV/Aids and gender inequality. Project Africa’s mission is to promote the dignity and integrity of an African person & especially to empower African women with skills and resources…

Zoe & James are setting up a donation page on Justgiving to aid fundraising while they prepare for the Edinburgh Marathon May 31, 2009. They’re fundraising for AVIF & The Mercy Home Foundation. At the same time Simon is setting off on his epic cycling trip from Cairo to Capetown, fundraising for us and the…

I’ve been speaking with Sharon today, our fantastic Managing Trustee in Nairobi, Kenya. I wanted to share her story because its a powerful one. Published by the wonderful Lupus.Org, of the DC-based Lupus Foundation of America the story explains plainly the problem in Kenya of a lack of education in even the most highly trained…