Author: tyfairclough

  • .. cos e-cards suck !

    Don’t send a lame Holiday eCard. Try JibJab Sendables!

  • Nyakach Orphans & NABUUR

    Congratulations to James Omollo and the NABUUR virtual village on their new website to promote the work of the Kindu Self Help Group who help the orphans in the area as well as developing a nursery, agricultural projects & fighting HIV. AVIF volunteers will be assisting their projects. Technorati Tags: orphans, nyakach, james omollo, kenya…

  • The Big Give .. its like Christmas came early !

    Many thanks to Jon Brooks & the BigGive team for providing such a brilliant resource; a free to use website that helps major donors find high-level charity projects in their field of interest. This week a multi-million pound grant-making organisation signed up & successfully identified half a million pounds of projects to fund. Hopefully AVIF…

  • Merry Christmas from AVIF & KO2

    MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR from AVIF & KO2. Best wishes for the festive season.Alison, Sharon & Nigel Ornaments available from ArtExchange A Christmas card should be for Christmas and not for life.Most of the 1 billion cards thrown away every year will still be in rubbish tips 30 years from now.

  • Malawian invents power source from fermentation

    The problem most Africans have is that IF they can afford a mobile phone, they cannot charge them easily due to lack & cost of electricity. Dr. Cedrick Ngalande has built a prototype generating power for up to 8 hours at a time, using sugar and yeast. Technorati Tags: gadget, alternate power, africa, malawi Powered…