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Fundraising for Hope and Kindness
£22,397
raised of £10,000 target
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Our Hope and Kindness visit , 26 November 2010
Participants: Emma Gibson,Helen Thomas, John Appleton, Meghan McCarthy, Philip Wright, Polly Burtinshaw, Rachel Baugh,Tania Wright, Tony Blake
Hope and Kindness

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RCN 1108996
We provide free education in rural Kenya to improve lives for disadvantaged children

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Our Volunteering projects for our visit

·         Sand Water Filter £100 – A simple device to clean used water so it can be used for irrigation

·         Provision of Laptops £400 each – Provide a basic IT leaning capability for the school

·         Build a new home £350 - See the picture to the left

·         Solar Power £2200 - to power the laptops in a free and sustainable way

·         EcoSan Toilets £1500 – New complete waste recycling (humanure) with excellent sanitation

Basic human needs – you could help save lives

·         Medical Emergency Fund (£10-100 supports essential medication such as Malaria, Typhoid, TB and Cholera) – even the most basic life saving healthcare is not free and £10 can literally save a life

·         Feed a Family for 2 months £48 – Some families can’t earn an income so rely on temporary food assistance

·         Sponsor a Child for 1 month £19 – buys meals, education, uniform, learning materials

·         Malaria Nets for a family £9 – buys 3 treated quality mosquito bed nets

We're an intrepid, self-funded group of 6 ladies and 3 men from Cisco who have joined forces determined to bring a glimmer of hope and some smiles to a poverty stricken community deep in western Kenya.

Will the orphanage ever be the same? We hope not, we're looking forward to providing new buildings, developing new skills for the community and learning ourselves along the way. Will we ever be the same, we doubt it very much, but we hope it it will enrich us and make us better people, colleagues friends and family members ;-)

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About the charity

Hope and Kindness

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RCN 1108996
Providing education for 260 children in rural Kenya, with breakfast and lunch, well-resourced classrooms and teachers who know how important it is for them to be seen, heard, known and loved. Building homes for the homeless and supporting our most vulnerable elderly and/or disabled neighbours.

Donation summary

Total raised
£22,396.17
+ £2,191.02 Gift Aid
Online donations
£14,288.17
Offline donations
£8,108.00

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