Posted by admin on December 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Posted by admin on December 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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!
Posted by admin on December 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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’.
Posted by admin on November 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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
Posted by admin on October 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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.
