We support people in need in Kitui, Kenya. 
We work to provide the marginalised with clean water and access to education, and to empower them by boosting their economic independence. 

 

 

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What are we doing for 2009?

Members of Friends of Kitui have made a number of visits to Kitui in 2007, in April, June and November, and again in May, June and October 2008, to continue monitoring ongoing projects designed to alleviate the side effects of drought and famine in the Kitui district. This year we have visited Kitui again early February.

In addition to the Project Programme, we are building a new St Michael's secondary school in Kitui: with a budget of approximately €500,000, this project demands intensive fundraising and project management.

We are continuing our sponsorship of major projects for the Education of AIDS orphans, for the Empowerment of Women, for the construction of a New School, and for the provision of Safe Water to 24 communities. 

Our major focus for 2008/2009 will be in these areas:

  1. A continuation of support for activities at local parish and community level., including extending the "Twinning" concept to other parishes.

  2. Further expansion of  Water Development Projects. Each project will typically provide a safe water supply for 200-300 people, and will help bridge times of severe drought.

  3. Continuation of support for Aidan Corless' initiative for the education of Aids orphans.

  4. The  Programme for Empowering Women,  which started with a project to develop a Bee-keeping micro industry in Kitui, has now been extended to other income-generating activities.

  5. St Michael's School Building project, led by Aidan Corless, will continue in 2009. Due to the global economic downturn, the rate of contribution to this project has slowed somewhat. We now anticipate completion by the end of this year (2009), but we do need your continuing support to raise the remainder of the funds for completion.

  6. We are building a new Primary School for 290 children at Makayauni. Funds are in place for the first phase- construction of an administration block and four classrooms- which will go ahead before June 2009. We are continuing fundraising efforts for Phase 2. Again, your support is essential to the successful completion of this project.

     

Children at play in Kitui town 

Street Scene Kitui Web.jpg (18453 bytes) A street scene in Kitui