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Mama Mikes provides a solution to the problem of sending help to Kenyans. Through their website customers can order vouchersfor prominent Kenyan supermarkets such as Nakumatt, and Uchumi, buycellular airtime, pay electricity bills or school fees,give culturally relevant gifts for special occasions such as a goat, oreven buy cakes, flowers, and jewellery, among many other…

This is Mike Mwaniki Njogu & his wife, Ann, in their cyber cafe in Njoro, Kenya. I spoke with Mike, a friend, today (16:00 GMT) on Skype. He was desperately telling me his brother had just been shot with a bow & arrow in violent fighting caused by the corruption in the recent Kenyan elections.…

(Leo’s nephew from JNMCC, Maseno, picture taken by Marie Guerts, AVIF volunteer Summer 2007) To all our colleagues, contacts and friends we wish you a peaceful end to the political frustrations. Our thoughts too to the families of the 300 people killed and to the 100,000 displaced others. Posted a few minutes ago, Kibaki has…

Thank you to William Ang’awa for setting up the website to enable people to keep up to date. We’re all hoping the riots calm down and peace comes soon, rumours of rigging continue to marr Mwai Kibaki’s small lead from Raila Odinga. RAILA ODINGA-3,880,053 MWAI KIBAKI-3,842,051 Powered by ScribeFire.

We all hope you had a Merry Christmas & wanted to share these photos from the Rabuor group near Maseno, headed by Anthony Odek. They were presented with solar cookers this Summer, a gift from our volunteer, Marie Geurts, from Australia. Marie only just got back home from her travels and the photos are wonderful…