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22 Dec 2009
Happy Christmas and Best wishes for 2010
11 Dec 2009
Condolences to family and friends of Irish priest murdered in Kenya
14 Nov 2009
Health '09 draws to a close
12 Nov 2009
Operating Theatre begins in Londiani District Hospital
07 Nov 2009
Health '09 Updates
31 Oct 2009
Health '09 Team 2 volunteers arrive in Nairobi
28 Oct 2009
Health '09 Volunteers meet the Kamasian communities
25 Oct 2009
Health 2009 Project begins
30 Sep 2009
FOL Board Update
30 Sep 2009
Friends of Londiani Focus Groups
16 Sep 2009
Keyrings and CDS on Sale for Kenya
21 Aug 2009
17 Nationalities visit Londiani
15 Aug 2009
Harambee 2009 draws to a close
07 Aug 2009
Harambee 2009 - Team 2 - Londiani
31 Jul 2009
Harambee 2009 - Updates from Ndubusat
26 Jul 2009
Harambee 2009 - Group Two arrive in Kenya
22 Jul 2009
Harambee 2009 - Group One Departs
19 Jul 2009
Harambee 2009 - Week 2 in Benditai
19 Jul 2009
Harambee 2009 - Week 2 in Londiani
12 Jul 2009
Harambee 2009 - Week 1 in Benditai
12 Jul 2009
Harambee 2009 - Week 1 in Londiani
10 Jul 2009
Harambee 2009 begins in earnest.
05 Jul 2009
First Harambee Team arrives in Kenya
10 Jun 2009
Advance team for Harambee 2009
05 Jun 2009
FOL delivers ambulance to Londiani District Hospital
03 Jun 2009
Latest News from Londiani
30 May 2009
Essential Obstetric Care Course
15 May 2009
Mountain Challenge 2009
18 Apr 2009
Kenya Ball 2009
07 Apr 2009
Harambee 2009 begins in earnest.
02 Feb 2009
Musgrave Retail Partners support Education Bursaries in Kenya.
11 Oct 2008
FOL Chairperson receives Inheritance Award
05 Jun 2008
FOL Volunteer receives Faith Award
20 Apr 2008
Kenyan Director visits Ireland
01 Apr 2008
Kenyan Medical Exchange
26 Jan 2008
Galway person of the Year Award
13 Nov 2007
FOL Receives World Recognition
01 Nov 2007
Research Thesis for Friends of Londiani
19 Oct 2007
Outstanding Contribution to Society/Humanitarian Alumni Award
30 Sep 2007
FOL Receives Vodafone "Passion of the World Around Us" Award

Friends of Londiani Focus Groups

FOL is delighted to announce the formation of Focus Groups in the areas of Health, Water, Education, Finance and Marketing.  This follows as a result of the organisational development process that FOL has undergone through funding from Irish Aid.

The Health Focus Group will assist FOL in facilitating the partnership link between Mayo General Hospital and Londiani District Hospital.  It will work on the monitoring, evaluation and expansion of the Emergency Obstetric Care programme.  It will expand the healthy village model and look into models of excellence in community outreach programmes.  This team will also be responsible for the Lifeskills Peer Education programme.

The Water Focus Group will assist with the research, development and implantation of water programmes in Kenya. This will include the rainwater collection tanks, gravity systems and boreholes. They will also continue to develop the water care and maintenance courses for communities.

The Education Focus Group will research and develop the Healthy Environments for Children Alliance Club materials to allow the programme to be rolled out in the District. This will be done in partnership with the Public Health Office and the Area Education Offices. The group will develop a youth and community development capacity building programme and work on development education programmes here in Ireland. This will include the development of the CSPE schools programme.

The Marketing Focus Group will be responsible for consistent messages across all FOL material, and will ensure that this messaging portrays FOL’s ethos.  It will be responsible for the production of all FOL PR and marketing material, press releases and branding.

The Finance Focus Group will be involved in the co-ordination of fundraising events throughout the year.  They will be responsible for investigating new funding opportunities for FOL, and generating new ideas for fundraising.  This team will work very closely with the Marketing Focus Group.

All focus group members will also assist with volunteer training going forward. 

Laura Ahern will chair the Health Focus Group.  Jenny Gannon will chair the Education Focus Group and Eva O’Mahony will chair the Marketing Focus Group. 

Eva, Laura and Jenny are very experienced volunteers with FOL and have participated in many of FOL’s Harambee projects since its inception.  The Board would like to thank them for taking up this new challenge and wish them the very best of luck with their new roles.