Please sponsor Gareth and Sally who will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in June
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
Your chance to raise £££ for Karibuni via a special eBay Charity auctionHave 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
We shall need to go firm on items for auction by May at the latest.
Are you planning to run a marathon this year?
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 (35)
Send a gift this Christmas that makes a real difference!
Pilot
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!
