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www.outofafrika.org bringing hope to needy children living in rural Kenya through child sponsorship and other global projects
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Nithi River Bridge Walk |
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Just imagine standing on one side of a torrential running river. You are
there with your baby child that needs to reach the medical pharmacy on
the other side. The width of this waterborne disease riddled river is
only 60 feet but the nearest bridge is 15km away. This would make a 60km
journey to go to the bridge, walk back to the opposite side where the
pharmacy is located and then the return trip.
The choice of swimming across the river, walking around or giving up is
what the People of Kajuki in Kenya are faced with every day.
It is estimated that 50 people each year make the wrong choice and as a
result lose their lives. They either drown or die at home whilst the
medicine at the pharmacy could have cured them.
On our trip to Kajuki earlier in the year, we watched in disbelief as
fit men entered the river and fought the flow of the Nithi River. This
brought it home just how desperately this community is divided by this
flowing barrier. One side has the community centre where the people of
the district need to visit to obtain essential supplies.
It is our intention to work with the UK based charity Out of Afrika to
bring the two halves of the communities together by erecting a
footbridge that will span the river.
This simple piece of infrastructure will dramatically improve the lives
of so many people:
The sick would be able to receive medical attention.
The children would be able to attend school.
Families will be able to reach aid relief centres.
The proposed bridge site has already been surveyed and plans produced.
The construction costs to put this in place are estimated at £10,000.
On the 30th September a group of willing volunteers will set forth to
walk from Hamworthy Quay to Poole Quay. Instead of taking an ambling
stroll across Poole’s lifting bridge, we will be walking the other way
around: Hamworthy, Upton, Wareham, Corfe Castle, Studland, Sandbanks,
Lilliput, Whitecliff and then finally onto Poole Quay.
This 30 MILES trip represents the same distance that many people in the
Kajuki community would face, rather than simply crossing a bridge!
We hope that you will support our first fund raising event to raise this
amount.
for more information on the walkers and
how to donate please click
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Kenyan gallery |
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The latest addition to our website is this section, the Kenyan Gallery. Here
we provide creative Kenyans with a space to display their work, ranging from
video-clips to photography, music and documentaries. We will soon also add
written stories, poems and drawings.
We will keep expanding this section so if you have any work yourself that
you would want featured in this section please contact us on
tim@outofafrika.org
Please bare with us in the next few days as we are still fine-tuning this
section. If you have any tips, comments or information (on any of the
artists featured), please do contact us on
tim@outofafrika.org.
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Stockholm finals! May 9 - 11 2006 |
We're in the Stockholm finals!
OOA Inside Africa project has made it to the finals of The Stockholm
Challenge, a prestigious technology competition sponsored by Ericsson among
others.
Out of 1100 projects we have been selected to make it to the finals of the
"culture" category. The grand prize giving ceremony will be held in, how did
you guess, Stockholm in Sweden on the 11th of may.
 For
more information on the awards please take a look at
www.stockholmchallenge.se. In the meantime, we will be anxiously holding
our breaths in the months leading up to the final results!
more update and videos soon on
www.insideafrica.tv
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Inside Africa Project
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Inside Africa project is build around a lively website (www.insideafrica.tv)
that consists of a video blog (diary), written
columns, book reviews, a forum and a place for people to find info
on voluntary work in Africa.
www.insideafrica.tv
The
video blog is probably the most important aspect of the site and this is
where filmmaker Tim Metz from The Netherlands gives us short video reports
of his experiences in Africa, starting in Kenya for the next 6 months. He
will interview the people he meets, look for interesting (personal) stories
and try to give an insight into life
in this beautiful African country. Because of his relatively young age
(24), Tim will be able to shine a new light on this continent that is often
portrayed very negatively. Difficult subjects will not be avoided, but the
focus is definitely more on positive stories and what makes people happy on
this part of the planet.
The columns will also be written by Tim and these give a more in- depth view
into his thoughts behind the videos and discuss matters
that cannot be captured on video. The book review section is intended to
inspire people who want to learn more about Africa and the challenges it's
facing on a more political and global level. The forum can be used to
discuss anything directly or in-directly related to Africa, but moreover it
will be a place to give your own opinion on Tim's videos and columns and to
possibly raise questions that you would like to see answered. The voluntary
work section will help people who are looking to do something themselves in
or for Africa and point them into the right directions.
The whole project is setup by Out of Afrika, which has been working for
years in Kenya by providing education at grass-root level to young children
and women (www.outofafrika.org).
OOA will provide Tim with a place to stay and involve them in their
projects so the video's will also give a view into what a charity
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The Ethical Cookshop is now OPEN
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The Ethical Cookshop is proud to be promoting and supporting the work of Out of Afrika
Alan Russell, the founder of
The Ethical Cookshop
approached us with the idea of an online shop where people can buy a product
while at the same time benefit some of the poorest people in Kenya. The idea has
been greatly welcomed by the OOA team in Kenya and UK. We hope that all
customers buying from
 The
Ethical
 Cookshop will feel a sense of satisfaction in knowing that the profits from the product they purchase is going to make a real difference to someone's life in Kenya
We welcome all our sponsors and supporters of Out of Afrika to shop at The Ethical Cookshop. Anything from a teaspoon to a coffee machine is available and the products are of excellent quality. 100% of the profits from the sales will go to our projects in Kenya
Please pass the word to your friends and relatives and happy shopping at
www.ethicalcookshop.co.uk
Thank you
OOA Team
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We are currently working with the community in the following areas... |
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EDUCATION
Out of Afrika mission is to advance the education of children in distress,
orphans, vulnerable and disadvantaged children and support them in education
through sponsorship to make it affordable to those who would otherwise never
attend school at all.
To help bridge the digital divide by increasing access to information technology
( I.C.T.)
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Promote education and welfare of poor communities through community partnership
to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods.
Develop and utilize skills for the community to start income generating
activities for long term self sufficiency.
Empowering people, especially women and girls, by providing training which will
lead to achieving long term sustainable development.
We work with locally based community groups to identify the need and establish
projects as follows:
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Sponsor a child today.........
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".......OOA Individual child sponsorship unites children in need with
individual sponsors who wish to address the children's immediate and
basic needs"...... ooa Director
Education is of vital
importance for development and children everywhere have a right to a
basic education. Education will revolutionize a child's whole life
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click here to read more >>>
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Volunteer your skills and help reduce poverty in Africa |
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We need volunteers from a wide range
of professions who seek the chance to make a real difference in the fight
against poverty and focus on sustainable development rather than the short-term
relief of certain problems.
Our volunteers
have made a real difference in the fight against poverty
working in community projects in Kenya. ..."It has great been
a great way to contribute to the local community while you gain experience, and
fosters personal growth"..... Whether you would like to take a short volunteer
vacation or a prolonged gap year, Out of Afrika provides challenging and
affordable programs.
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