Newsletter November 2011
Gabi Lingenfelser - Lutz handing over nursery bags June 2011
Dear Friends,
For hope, a pleasantly successful year is coming to an end – a year full of events and activities, both in Kenya and in Germany. By means of this letter, we wish to inform you about the most important developments which our young association has initiated and realised over the last 12 months.
A significant event was certainly the opening of the nursery, which we were able to celebrate during our visit (Marlies Huber-Boch and Gabi Lingenfelser-Lutz) to Kenya in June 2011.
A qualified pre-school teacher now looks after the children on a daily basis. Since many of them are undernourished and in a state of bad health, all of the children receive two warm, nourishing meals a day – which are prepared by a cook. On admittance to the nursery, every child receives a uniform, each sewn by the women in the support group. hope provided funding for equipping the nursery with benches and tables as well as for the materials needed for pre-school teaching. The personnel costs have been divided up between our association and the support group on location.
As the number of children attending the nursery has increased from the originally planned 25 to 35, we will be employing an additional member of staff for the coming year.
During our visit to Kenya, we were able to once again inspect the excellent work carried out by our coordinator, Recky Awino Kyalo, who has initiated many activities and realised many projects. We would like to thank her sincerely for her commitment and dedication, both on a personal and professional level.
Sponsors are extremely important for the provision and care of the children. This year, we were able to obtain sponsorship for 24 children – of which we are proud. However, further sponsors are urgently needed!
Just €10 a month is enough to cover a child’s attendance at nursery, incl. meals, uniform and learning materials, as well as the necessary basic medical care.
Under our coordinator’s guidance, a team of doctors and nurses travelled from Kisumu to the Western Province for a medical camp on 23rd December 2010, where they examined, treated and cared for 100 children and 32 adults. For many of the patients, young and old, it was high time that they received medical attention as they had been suffering from life-threatening conditions.
Throughout 2011, we have additionally been able to ensure that severely ill children have received immediate medical treatment. In December 2011, Recky Awino Kyalo will again organise and run a medical camp in the Western province.
With a row of fundraising events in 2010, we enriched the cultural scene in Karlsdorf-Neuhard, caught the attention of the populace and informed visitors about the aims and responsibilities undertaken by hope.
In this way, many new friends and sponsors could be found. Peter Weickgenannt from the band “badisch talking”, Thomas Huber and Rudi Schreiber gave guest performances in the library on Mühlenplatz, where they presented entertaining and humorous texts and poems in dialect. We also witnessed two musical highlights in the foyer of the Altenbürghalle: a high-class jazz concert performed by the Contra Brass Big Band with singer, Liv Wagner, and a wonderful evening with soulful songs and texts, presented by “Trio de la Noche” and Hermann Riffel.
Many thanks for your fantastic dedication in 2011, which is now coming to an end!!!
Yours sincerely
Marlies Huber-Boch, Chairperson