Author: tyfairclough

  • Trustees

    We need trustees !We currently only have 3 trustees, 2 of which are related. We are currently recruiting to rectify this situation.We need them to juggle the current Catch 22 situation – to enable us to grow and with this growth, introduce all bureaucratic (some I believe unnecessary) measures, i.e. Memorandum and Articles of Association…

  • 56

    I’ve had a weekend of seeing friends & family (under very heart-wrenching circumstances). It has been a soulful time and this was an equally poignant moment, while sifting through my emails, when I opened this forwarded chain apparently sent by Phil McCann (Madeleine McCann’s aunt) .. followed immediately by Brami’s email of a case she’d…

  • What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger

    A volunteer has asked about safety .. the website contains these details but I’ll post it too :AVIF cannot enforce but make recommendations that volunteers apply for membership to AMREF’s Flying Doctor Service which will ensure emergency evacuation to the nearest registered major hospital. While we also have a discounted medical package available from SafeMed we…

  • Thank you so much

    To all our prospective volunteers. Thank you so so much to Helen B, Helen H, Charlotte & Louise for the fantastic photos uploaded to Flickr. Please try to use this facility as every photo if given “tags” can increase the sites visibility and the Blog can be used by anyone, just send your entries to…

  • AfriGadget – solving everyday problems with African ingenuity

    Really not sure about how this works (live bookmarking etc) but this is a great idea for spreading the word .. About BlogAfricaThis leads me to AfriGadget which then … arrrghhhh .. why is the everyday world not as efficient as the internet .. I can do so much just with a laptop and my…