Author: tyfairclough

Marie Geurts joined AVIF in Summer 2007, spending many months in Kenya, not just the Summer Programme duration. With her photographs, on her return, she joined AVIF’s FaceBook network and then went on to assist Mr Tony Odek,(on right of photo) to set up a Group for his RABUOR Self Help Group in Kenya. Marie…

We would like to introduce Vincent & Abigail who run this childrens home in Kisii, Kenya. We hope to include them in our Summer 2008 volunteer program. Vincent contacted me this morning to ask if I could report that refugeees were now all over Kisii fleeing from violence that has flared up again due to…

Many thanks to Justin Hartman aka Afrigator, a major social media aggregator and directory built especially for African digital citizens who publish and consume content on the Web. Afrigator will be bannering the Kenyan Crisis initiative of MamaMikes, allowing you to contribute towards helping displaced families and victimsof the crisis by purchasing shopping vouchers that…

MamaMikes have asked if we can help spread the word for their Crisis initiative : Ontheir front page people can now buy a voucher for Kenyans in Distress.These vouchers will be used to buy much needed supplies fordistribution by the Kenya Red cross. The vouchers come in variousdenominations from $10 to $75. No service fee…

Thanks to Erik of WhiteAfrican.com for passing on this service from SafariCom. Sambaza (meaning to share in swahili) allows SafariCom prepaid customers to share airtime with their family and friends; any amount between Kshs. 50 and Kshs. 10,000. How ? 1. Create a new SMS message and enter the airtime value you want to share,…