The Friends of Kinyambu is a project in support of the school and village of Kinyambu in Kenya. The project has two parts:
1) Friends of Kinyambu, will provide regular support funds to the school to purchase resources and
2) The Kinyambu Primary School Library project, working with Cardinal Leger School in Saskatoon, is raising money to build a library.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Lets build a fence!

Through the wonders of Skype I (Jan Schmitz) was able to meet Simon and his son Francis today. I was so excited I could hardly think of anything to say! We talked a bit about computers and how lucky we were to be able to see each other and talk this way. Getting a laptop to Simon has opened up so many possibilities for communicating, not to mention how it can help with his work as a district school officer.  I think this is the first time I was so struck with how computers can make the previously impossible, now possible.


I talked to Simon a bit about the needs of the school. The first thing they want to do is build a fence around the school land. The children have been planting trees on the otherwise more barren land. However, their hard work has been deterred by the presence of unwanted visitors. Animals have been coming onto the land and destroying the new trees. This is something concrete we can do! We can raise the money they need to build that fence. Simon will be letting us know just how much that fence will cost. Together, we can make that fence possible!

 You will see the addresses you can send donations to on the right side of the blog. Large or small, any contribution is welcome. Join us and become a Friend of Kinyambu today!