2009 CHARITY PROGRESS REPORT
VOLUNTEERS:
LESLEE GREENAWAY, (PROJECT MANAGER), CANADA
NORMA DAVIES, (TEACHER), CANADA
JOHN KIRIMA, (DRIVER & AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANT), KENYA
Our ‘Network’ continues to grow and this leads the way for the next trip. Each trip is a new learning experience and a ‘life-changing’ adventure!
We were in Kenya, Africa for 3 months this trip and accomplished an incredible amount:
MEETINGS
Community Meetings were held twice a week with residents from the surrounding 7 villages attending and participating. We encouraged them to get involved and “take ownership” of “their project”. An executive and committees were set up and are reporting to me in my absence.
CONTAINERS
We sorted & distributed clothing from the Emmanuel Foundation’s ‘playground containers’,
sorted books and set up a school library. Arranged for communication with the District officers in agriculture, education and water to attend the community meetings to discuss with these Kenyan villages, how they can get local government assistance.
DRINKING WATER
We continued to improve the rain water harvesting system; Trained leaders in clean water management; Conducted a Bio-sand filter workshop to 5 leaders of 5 different villages; built 3 filters and purchased two for the Nyarut Primary School and introduction to the community for the future.
BUILDING
The Community Hall and Medical Clinic are completed to the lintel stage and ready for the roof. A community latrine, a ‘two-holer’ with stone wall interior to prevent collapsing in the floods was built. The roof will be completed next trip.
AGRICULTURE
We made regular visitations to the 7 villages to discuss their options to improve and optimize their agriculture production with the goal of self-sustainability and providing adequate food for their families and anticipating and market for the excess.
Methods of preventing soil erosion were discussed and a nursery of 400 Vetiver grass seedlings purchased in Nairobi was setup to be distributed to the villagers for anti-soil erosion. Tree planting was discussed and the tree varieties that would be most beneficial. Composting was discussed and demonstrated. Other subjects were fish ponds and fish farming, irrigation, and crop planting.
PLAYGROUNDS
Two state-of-the-art playgrounds were installed by Emmanuel Foundation volunteers at Nyarut Primary School and the Nyangweso School for the Deaf, serving over 500 children.
EXPANSION
THE PROJECT EXPANDS FASTER THAN I EVER WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED. A APPLICATION TO ENGINEERING MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL (eMi) HAS BEEN APPROVED. WE WILL BEGIN A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN NYANGINA VILLAGE IN THE SPRING OF 2010 |
