Tag: volunteer
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Shootback in Mathare Valley
The Mwelu Foundation is a self-help group operating in the Mathare Valley slum of Nairobi, founded by born-and-raised Mathare resident Julius Mwelu. Julius became involved with Lana Wong’s Shootback Project at the age of 12, a well-funded project teaching photographic skills to children in the slum. Julius’ success led to him becoming a professional UN…
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More Christmas gifts for Kenya
More Christmas gifts have been received! An incredible £400 has been raised largely through a raffle event that Katherine and Lydia (friends of Zoe) ran at the Putney Rotary Christmas Dinner earlier this month. Some great prizes were donated from companies like Penguin books and Coty perfume and makeup. The rotarians were very generous with…
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More results in Nairobi
Yesterday, Ingrids Angels received a 2nd gift. In 2010 the Ingrid Education Centre are moving another class up to Grade 4 and Zoe, visiting at the moment, offered to help with the construction of the new classroom. Within 5 hours they’d all finished. Zoe leaves for Maseno Thursday morning to visit The Mercy Home. Thank…
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The spirit of Christmas is alive and here
We all just wanted to express our huge appreciation and .. well .. Douglas and wife Grace who run the Ingrids Education Centre in the Matopeni area of Nairobi are just speechless. The generosity of “A Friend” is staggering, donating 64% of the target funds needed via our JustGiving site with a simple message Merry…
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Make this Christmas extra special for Ingrids Angels
The Ingrid Education Centre was visited this Summer by a handful of AVIF’s volunteers; Beckee, Sam, Mariam, Stan, Deb, Alec and Charlotte spent time with the Director, Douglas aka Wesley Snipes 😉 and his wife Grace and family, assisting the wonderful work of the centre in the Matopeni slum area of Nairobi. Children here are…