AVIF Global Volunteering

Tag: development

  • Bringing the lost generation back on track

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      Its been almost 4 years since 15 April 2008, when KO2 was incorporated as a Community Interest Company (CIC) to help support the work of AVIF. Mentored by a host of professionals from a wide variety of specialist fields, and schooled at the Yorkshire & Humber School of Social Entrepreneurs 2010/11, I still have my heart…

  • Water water everywhere

    Water water everywhere

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    I’ve had a wonderful catchup conversation with Helene Van Der Roest of www.takafrica.org, a Kenyan-based travel company that also runs a foundation. During a stay in the Netherlands, TAKAfrica have joined forces with the dutch organization FloFlo, brainchild of designer and engineer Floris de Vos, who devised an incredible hand-drilling rig for borehole wells allowing…

  • When you tuck yourself into bed tonight ….

    When you tuck yourself into bed tonight ….

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    .. take a moment – not for guilt – but just to consider whether you can make a difference to someone. I’ve often thought how unfair it is to support one family and not the other but we have a special link with Christine and her family, the cook at the Tumaini Academy, set up…