Tag: education
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Always a learning curve
Our work to bring water to Nkiito continues, helped in no small part to our volunteer Tina! I’m pulling in knowledge from all corners of the globe, from water engineers in Texas (EWB) to Tesla Powerwall in California to solar consultants in Nairobi & astrophysicists in Switzerland. The fantastic organisation Majik Water may well be…
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Extending a productive day
1 year ago, AVIF sent 8x Pro 300 solar lamps to Hamza. We knew Hamza from a previous volunteering project. Hamza was able to set up a small business buying and selling these solar lamps from SunKing, part of the Green Light Planet company. Hamza checked in yesterday to tell me how much he was…
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WASH in Kibera
My good friend, Liz, runs the non-profit Sadili Oval Sports Academy, a safe haven on the edge of Kibera, Africa’s largest and poorest slum. Sadili is a Kiswahili term, meaning “well-being”. Liz’s blogpost is here and I’ve highlighted a few points. Several AVIF volunteers have spent time here and even our Brazilian hosts have visited. This is volunteer,…
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Code Clubs in Kenya
Back in 2015 I wrote this post (below). Since then we’ve had a rollercoaster ending in the loss of our amazing Irene RIP, just over a year ago. I live & work with tech and this is so important: I had to work hard to get where I am but for those where education is still a…
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Organic Chocolate from the Amazon
Crave, Buy, Support: via the global Generosity site fundraiser or the Brazilian-only Kickstarter Combu Island is in the equatorial rainforest of the Amazon. Here they speak the beautiful language of Portugese, which should not stop you from watching the video on the article which shows everyone involved in my friend, Nena’s new business. I stayed with Nena…