One Village at a Time
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| As we say on
the Migwani Special Needs Unit
page, we come across many big-hearted people throughout
the world who want to help their brothers and sisters in
Kitui.
One such is Terry Umbach, from Sechelt,
British Columbia, in Canada. |
With
Terry's encouragement, The Sunshine Coast-Sechelt
Rotary Club has adopted Ndandini
Village, a very poor area that has suffered from
drought for 10 years. It has no source of potable water, no
electricity, no health care within walking distance, and a
very basic primary school. |
| Ndandini is
located approximately 50km by road, 25km as the crow flies,
from Kitui town. It is close to the Tiva river. |
The purpose
of the project is to provide clean water to almost 1000
people. |
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Left- Terry Umbach inpects a
well constructed by Friends of Kitui at Kyeni, on the road
between Kitui and Ndandini village |
Right: A solar cooking
demonstration organised by Terry Umbach at Ndandini. In the
background is the nursery school constructed by John
Mwendwa. |
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The One Village at a Time project has
ambitious plans for an integrated development programme for
the village of Ndandini. These include the construction of
a dispensary, and the use of the water from the new
borehole to develop irrigation systems for vegetables and
other crops. |
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Left: A representative of Jami Bora Trust
makes a presentation to the community.
The Jami Bora Trust is microfinance
organisation. It started with 50 poor street beggars, some
of whom were drug addicts, some of whom were prostitutes,
and now there are 130,000 members worldwide. It is like a
small building society. It has tremendous power to deliver
change. |
We
support people in need in Kitui, Kenya.
