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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

Harambee 2009 - Week 2 in Londiani

Week 2 of the project continued with the same momentum from the first week.

A full Peer ED course was started with a class of 13 from Kahurura which was over seen by Eva, Fiona, Rachel and local Wilson

The Water Tanks Project started out in Kahurura in the first week continued with 8 holes been dug and completed. The first layer of hardcore and concrete has been poured in 5 of the 8 holes to date all this work been carried out by the water team lead by Ciaran McMillan along with the bulldozer Francis O’Neill.

The new dorm in Bethel home is well under way and is now up to window level with a number of volunteers getting involved on various occasions during the week.

The Bore hole in Bethel home was opened up during the week by Catholic Diocese Nakuru water department (CDN) to test the pressure and quality of the water, with the initial feedback been positive.

The Health surveys continued with many villages and hinterlands been visited namely
Kahurura, Lelsothet, Tegonot, Kiptenden, Londiani Town and Kipkoya. Work is soon to begin on analysing the data collected.

Work on the Polytechnic commenced on Thursday with the replacement of the main door head along with some floors been replaced and painting of two of the sewing rooms.

The HECA Clubs kicked off in Bethel primary and Londiani boys primary schools today with the distribution of the HECA Hygiene Kits.

The volunteers gave up an hour of their evenings to read to the children of the Bethel Home.

A field day was also held on Friday in Lemotit where most of the team were engaged in the various stands set up in the day with over 3,000 people visiting.

Along with all that the team managed to fit in Drama Workshop, Bee Keeping workshop in conjunction with Baraka College, seed planting in the apery.

More updates in the next few days....

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If you would like to receive more information on Harambee 2009 please contact Friends of Londiani 9 Cois Cuain, Mosestown, Whitegate, Co. Cork ; Telephone: 021/4662730 or email harambee2009@friendsoflondiani.com