Karibuni Trust

Daphne’s story

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:42:00 +0000

Daphne was very sick when she was admitted to Tusaidie Watoto nursery school, Kibera, in 1995 when she was 3 years old. Her mother, Benta, told us that at that time she herself was very weak having been infected by HIV by her husband. She was unable to get off her mattress on the floor of her mud shack in the Kibera slum and expected to die with her daughter. Soon Daphne began to thrive with the porridge and good dinners she had every day at the project and was developing rapidly into a healthy little girl who learned quickly. She was tested for infection and was found to be negative – and Benta realised that although her husband had died, she had a reason to go on living. She was taken to a clinic where she was given counselling and then started on the very strenuous regime of ARV treatment for HIV and started eating nutritious food again.
Now she is a beautiful, strong woman who, while caring for her family, is also a peer group counsellor for families affected by HIV/AIDS and is a member of a group of women who have started a small business buying and selling Kenyan fabrics and artefacts and making and selling jewellery. As she told her story she asked us to tell people everywhere of her hope and faith andthat there is ‘life after AIDS’. She has since re-married and has more children, none of whom are HIV+ for which she thanks God daily.
We met Daphne again at the project during our annual visit to Kenya in February/March this year. She was waiting for her KCPE results at the end of her Secondary education and told us she was hoping to go to College to study further.
After we had returned home we had an e-mail from Benta to tell us that Daphne had achieved C+ grade which means she can get a place in College and that Karibuni Trust will support her to Kshs 60,000 a year – about £460. What an achievement – help us to raise £500 for Daphne’s future education by sponsoring Bill and Joy on the Red Kite Ramble on 24 June.

Priory raises £6,410 for Karibuni

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:39:06 +0000

A Total of more than six thousand pounds has been raised by Priory Methodist Church for the Karibuni Trust from
numerous fund-raising events held during the past year. The church, in Newnham Avenue, Bedford, recently presented a cheque to Michael Carr, the national fund-raising co-ordinator, the Rev. Maureen Jones, mission partner in Kenya for the Methodist Church, and eileen Davis, the co-ordinator at Priory.
Events at Priory for the whole family have contributed to the fund-raising. “we are delighted with the amount raised,” said Mrs Davis.

Since the presentation we’ve been advised that the sum raised has now reached £6550. It’s a truly amazing commitment from the congregation at Priory.
“It is sure to be put to good use in Kenya.”

Please sponsor Gareth and Sally who will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in June

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:33:36 +0000

At the end of June, Gareth Mander and Sally Martin will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and hope to raise a lot of money for Karibuni Trust. You can sponsor them via the following link: http://www.justgiving.com/Gareth-Mander

Small Charity Week 2012

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:31:45 +0000

Your chance to raise £££ for Karibuni via a special eBay Charity auction

Have you got something special which could be auctioned to raise funds for Karibuni?

Small Charity Week 2012 takes place in June and one of the events will be an online eBay for Charity auction.

The most effective eBay for Charity auctions involve the sale of:

‘Money can’t buy’ items and once-in-a-lifetime experiences like lunch with a celebrity or journalist
Items with a celebrity or historical association like a signed football shirt
Music memorabilia (or memorabilia of any kind)
Limited edition items e.g. clothing, books, photos etc
Unique or rare items

This is a great opportunity to raise awareness and funding for Karibuni.

If you think you’ve got something special which you would be happy to donate for auction, please contact Michael Carr

michael.carr@malcolmreading.co.uk

We shall need to go firm on items for auction by May at the latest.

Are you planning to run a marathon this year?

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:05:03 +0000

Are you planning to run in the London Marathon or any other event this year. How about using the opportunity to raise money for Karibuni? If you like the idea, do get in touch.

You can Create your own fundraising page with just giving:

Or download our sponsorship forms here:

Karibuni Sponsorship form (61)

Send a gift this Christmas that makes a real difference!

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:42:24 +0000

Pilot

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:32:41 +0000

Tharaka is seriously affected by the drought and people have been relying heavily on food aid. We were able to send extra money to this project and also to Helen Moorehead who opened a school in Tharaka for hearing-impaired children a few years ago. Although this is not one of our core projects we have sent money in the past to help with water harvesting at the school and have also provided classroom equipment and clothing. When in the area we always spend time there meeting the children and staff and marvelling at the standard these children are reaching without hearing and speech. Helen recently wrote,

“A visit I made earlier this week with a social worker from our area was to a little boy named Pilot, who neighbours had told us was deaf. When we met the father he said the boy had not spoken since he was born although he had beaten him hard. When we explained that the boy could not speak because he had never heard anyone speak, he just laughed and said, ‘My wife has given birth to a waste. What good will he ever be?’ We hope to admit Pilot in January and prove the father wrong! Pray that the community will begin to see that deaf children are part of God’s kingdom and that they are as valuable to Him as every other child.”

Pray for Helen as she works with these deprived children and faces many challenges, not to mention snakes, scorpions, mosquitoes, electricity cuts, water shortages and, at times, impassable roads!

New Trustee

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:22:47 +0000

We are delighted to welcome a new Trustee, Paul Ingram, a member of Aylesbury Methodist Church and recently retired architect, who writes,

“I have been a keen supporter of Karibuni almost since its formation in the mid-1990s. This led to an opportunity to visit the many projects which the Trust supports with work parties in 2003, 2005 and again in 2010. Having witnessed at first hand the difference which the projects can make to the life chances of impoverished individuals and communities, I am very pleased to be asked to become a Karibuni Truste”

Karibu (Welcome) Paul – we know you will be a great encourager and will challenge us and keep us focussed! Your friends in Kenya will also be pleased to know that you are ‘on board’.

Hunger threatens the lives of children and pregnant mothers.

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:46:59 +0000

More help is desperately needed.

Please Text KUPA22 + AMOUNT (eg. KUPA22 £10) to 70070 or go to our donate section on this website.

As the drought continues in Kenya, we are learning more about those who are suffering most from the devastating conditions there. Karibuni has projects in Maua, Athiru Gaiti and Tharaka which are some of the worst affected areas where the very young, the old and pregnant women are succumbing to the famine, animals too are dying and there is no crop to harvest. Although thankfully the rains appear to have started in some parched areas, it will be February / March before there will be any crops ready for harvesting.

In his latest email, Stanley Gitari Imunya, the Mission Team liaison co-ordinator of Maua Methodist Hospital tells us how Karibuni is supporting communities to overcome the challenging climate conditions’

“I have just come from Malaene, the desperation of the people stricken by the hunger is unimaginable. The vast land is nothing but dust; the community in these marginal areas have not had enough rain for the last 7 seasons. I visited a few homes today and I was shocked by the state of the children and the pregnant mothers. Amos and Jessica are parents of three children and Jessica is 7 months pregnant. They invited me into their house and I could hardly see any food in the house, they told me that they have stayed for a few days without eating because they did not harvest any food. Last night they sold some pieces of wood and only managed to buy 1kg of maize and some potatoes which they shared with their children. They told me that they had cut down all the trees to burn the charcoal so that they can survive but they have depleted all the trees in the land. They don’t know what to do next.

We have scheduled to start distributing the food in some of these worse affected areas - Malaene, Ndoleli, Athiru Gaiti, Giika. School feeding has started this month in Kianda, Rwanda wa Kangeta, side of Isiolo, Mutuati, Nkanga, parts of Tharaka, Ugoti and other needy places.

I am so thankful to all those who responded to our call for Emergency food relief for the hunger and famine stricken (Stop Hunger Emergency Food Relief )We are in the process of procuring the food for the distribution to the hungry. Please continue to pray for our brothers and sisters facing this hunger and disease problem.”

Grace showing her livelihood pile of cut wood for sale

Grace and 5 month old - already malnourished

Amos and is pregnant wife do not know where the next meal will come from - they blame it to the poor rains

Amos showing me where he has been burning trees for charcoal to sell. There are no trees left on his land

More help is desperately needed.

Please Text KUPA22 + AMOUNT (eg. KUPA22 £10) to 70070

The Karibuni open day

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:20:11 +0000

Our second Open Day at Stoke Mandeville Methodist Church was a great success – it was marvellous to see people from far and wide, and to catch up with former work party members. There was a constant buzz of conversation as we all exchanged news and reminisced about our varying experiences in Kenya – those who had not been were often amazed (and amused) by the stories they heard! Volunteers worked hard to set up information boards with the latest developments, provide activities for young children and serve an excellent Ploughman’s Lunch for all. There was a welcome from John Cotton and a presentation about the work in Kenya to remind us all why we are so committed and innovative in our fund-raising. It was an opportunity to express our appreciation of all the prayerful and practical support Karibuni Trust gets from so many people. If you weren’t able to be there on the day, be sure we are very grateful to you too for all your support.