Author: tyfairclough

  • Thanksgiving

    The LLK children in the Rhonda slums of Nakuru celebrated the German Thanksgiving celebration yesterday with an abundance of food and a visit from some of their german sponsors. We all have good reason to be thankful! AVIF hope to send more volunteers in 2009 to assist with the fantastic work carried out by LLK.…

  • Things just get easier

    FaceBook ~ Skype ~ the internet in general but most importantly OpenSource all help to make life easier to do some good. eBay, the worlds online marketplace just helped too. We currently have our own little website, ADUPO, to sell small amounts of locally-sourced Kenyan goods but AVIF is also an eBay for Charity, listed…

  • I love a success story

    My good friend, Brique, just emailed me about her organisation’s fantastic achievements. Despite a traumatic fight against corruption, Leben und Lernen in Kenia e.V. (Live & Learn in Kenya) are now shining in the glow of smiling faces around the communities they’re helping. Here are the children at a party arranged by LLK after funding…

  • Christmas is just around the corner

    Extremely low-priced gifts from Kenya for all your friends and family. Get Christmas organised early and visit the ADUPO site now. An alternative gift idea is to buy the welfare of a needy child for someone.This is Esther. She is one of four children living in a vulnerable home (they spend most of their nights…

  • Love it when a plan comes together

    Ben & Katalin are settled into their new home on the shores of Lake Victoria now, I’m awaiting an update from them. In the meantime the remainder of the glyconutrients are being taken over to Nairobi by a wonderful young man, aided by British Airways who’ve kindly offered him free excess baggage, in fact they’ve…