Author: tyfairclough

This morning I woke up to mail, nothing new there, we still receive the odd piece of paper through our mailbox but when I opened this particular letter I just wasn’t ready for its contents. .. are a locally run company who manufacture components for farming equipment. R S Hall Ltd, B Smith Ltd and…

This blog is mainly for the kids in Kenya, and all our friends and contacts there.This Easter morning North Yorkshire woke up to this .. The photos are necessary because, unlike our Canadian friends, this snowfall will only last until lunchtime. The sun is already shining and my son’s snowman might not be around by…

AVIF have just been contacted by the Carewell Society‘s founder member & Executive Director, Kennedy M. Okong’o. Ken is a lawyer and a former athlete who has been coordinating fundraising & awareness raising events such as marathons for the last 4 years in Kenya. Photos of the marathon are here but before I give you…

Google has launched its Non-Profits portal “a one-stop shop for tools to help advance your organization’s mission in a smart, cost-efficient way.” Thanks TechCrunch for the info.I’m still waiting for a response as to how a non-US org can qualify for a Google Grant of Ad Words advertising but we’ve already submitted an application.Their Google…

Rather than sending the usual chocolate egg to a loved one this Easter, why not give a Practical Present of Fluffy Ducks? For just £10, not only could they provide some of the poorest people in the world with nutritious eggs to eat, the ducks can be bred and sold to generate extra money for…