Monday, October 15, 2012

Staying in Canada this winter... sending money abroad



There is so much good work happening in the world!  One Drop of Hope is supporting three campaigns this year.  I hope your donation finds a home with one of these worthwhile projects:

Kenya Education Endowment Fund (KEEF):  Provides scholarships for very bright students in Kakamega, Kenya who do not have the means to pay school fees which are $500 or more per year. http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=20971 Donate Here

Every time we visited a school in Kenya, we were struck by the determination, enthusiasm, and hope in the young students.  The future of Kenya and the world lies with our educated youth.  This is Anthony; he is top in his class and dreams of becoming a doctor. 

Donations of any amount are appreciated, whether for the full fee for one student to attend boarding school for a year ($500) or day school ($125), or any smaller portion!  It all helps.  You will receive a tax receipt for your donation. Donate here   http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=20971 or contact me if you would prefer to send a cheque. 
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Aeroplan Miles:  Support farmers, tea growers and families in Assam India through sustainable agriculture http://beyondmiles.aeroplan.com/eng/partners/177
Our Rotary Club of Strathcona Sunrise has become part of a charitable pooling program where Aeroplan members can donate their miles to Rotary to help offset the cost of travel for volunteers overseas.  Members of Rotary work on a voluntary basis to carry out and support humanitarian projects in our local community and internationally.

We are doing a collection drive for the month of October with a goal of collecting 100,000 aeroplan miles to send Rotarian, Peggy Carswell, to Assam India this year to continue her work with farmers in sustainable agriculture (http://www.fertile-ground.org/).  If we meet 90% of our goal by October 31st, Aeroplan will kick in the rest.  This is a great way to give without having to dip into your pocket or your bank account!  Donate here  http://beyondmiles.aeroplan.com/eng/partners/177

Note:  This is for Aeroplan Miles only.  If you have points from another provider and would like to sponsor a flight in full, please contact me for details at onedropofhope@gmail.com or (250) 898-7728.

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Cambodian Golden Silk Revitalization: Help buy 10,000 Mulberry trees and support 35 Cambodian families in 5 villages to produce golden silk and have a more sustainable way of life. http://www.indiegogo.com/Mulberry/. 
See the website for perks with your donation.  You could receive a beautiful silk scarf – I have two and I love them! 

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Thanks so much for your kind support!  Ah, so much to do, so many wonderful people helping to do it!

In gratitude, Tanya

One Drop of Hope
canadatokenya.blogspot.com
(250) 898-7728

Monday, April 16, 2012

some favourites











Videos of Before/ During/ After Spring Construction


BEFORE video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWhbBe7LDoM&context=C477aadaADvjVQa1PpcFOY5MYCB7D_6FVaFuM3Z9HivqmYsSCtHec=




DURING video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvVZYVbbYJA&NR=1&feature=endscreen


AFTER ( I have a video somewhere, can't find it)







few more videos

Two of the springs were too dry, so a shallow wll was hand dug. Video.


While out checking on springs we came across this school that was helped by Rotary. They still need help sponsoring kids, but at least, thanks to Rotary, they have water. Video.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Videos of fancy protected springs.

Here is a video of one of the more expensive springs we protected.  The steepness was so great we had to add a few dozen steps.

Video of official closing ceremony of the 50 spring project.  The sound is drowned out by the sounds of clean water flowing.  This was one of three springs where a large number os steps were installed.



This video shows a spring that was prone to going dry, so we built shallow well.  The fundis dug down about 60 feet by hand and inserted concrete rings to fortify.  Its extremely cheap maintenance and easy to repair.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Before and After Protected Springs

Isembe PS#1 after

Isembe PS#1 Before
Embunguya PS#2 After
Embunguya PS#2 Before
IbaaleB PS#18 After

IbaaleB PS#18 Before
Emulakah PS#13 Before
Emulakah PS#13 After
Emulakah PS#13 under construction






Sunday, April 8, 2012

Terry's Reading List..procrastinating before packing

Tanya thinks I should be packing ...

There is onegood thing about having no TV and having tolock yourself in at night after dark (7pm)..you get to read alot of books (21). here's what I read while in Africa;

Dead Aid-Dambias Moyo
Emmas War-Deborah Scroggins
The Associate-awful pulp fiction by Grisham
Dark Moon- awful pulp fiction by Sandford
War and Peace-Tolstoy
Atlas Shrugged-Ayn Rand
The Foutainhead-Ayn Rand
Hitch22-Christopher Hitchens
Misquoting Jesus-Bart Ehrman
Jesus Interrupted-Bart Ehrman
The God Delusion-Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watchmaker- Richard Dawkins
A Brief History of Time- Stephen Hawking
A Short History of Everything-Bill Bryson
The Thing Around My Neck- Nigerian author w impossible name
The Book of Bull Moves-Peter Schiff
CurrencyWars-Rickards
Three Cups of Deceit-John Krakauer
The Courtenay Rotary Club- The First 75 Years
Essays of Bertrand Russell- Russell
Religion and Science- Bertrand Russell

I gotta say that Ayn Rand and Tolstoy were the best reads as far as engrossing (these 3 books are in the top 25 longest novels ever written).  But Bart Ehrman is great too.  OK, I'm obviously procrastinating.  I'm giving away this laptop in an hour so I guess I'm having some last minute bonding. Time to pack.