AVIF Global Volunteering

Tag: sports

  • WASH in Kibera

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    Alison Lowndes
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    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,…

  • Marathons and mud hats

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    tyfairclough
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    Thanks to Stacey for the title and her wonderful updates on her own blog. Canadian volunteer, Stacey, is definitely making an impression in the villages of Khalaba and Shibanze : “Before I’d even left the project site [to go running], I was asked to jump up and down. I obliged, which the older ladies thought…