February 9, 2009

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Dear Friends of One Child's Village!


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Godliver (left) and friends
(June 2008)

 

It’s that time of the year again! Our 3rd Annual Supper & Silent Auction is around the corner. Come for cocktails, dinner, door prizes, silent auction action, and entertainment!

When: Saturday, April 4th, 2009
          (Cocktails @ 6:30p.m., Dinner @ 7:30p.m.)

Where: ACCA Centre
           (3530-91st Street, Edmonton)

Tickets: $35

Come celebrate with us!

 
 

With your help, we wish to support the children’s immediate needs while continuing to contribute to the school's self-sustainability amidst growing global economic challenges. By attending the fundraiser you could:

  • Help develop a small computer lab at the school: To pilot the usefulness of computers at the school, we brought a laptop to Bumala. Teachers and students alike have been using the laptop to develop their computer literacy. We also recently learned that locals have expressed interest in computer lessons for a small fee. So we are inspired to create a small computer lab for skills that seem to be in high demand! Cost: $3,000.

  • Help the school obtain electricty: Since the school does not have electricity, the computer runs on battery packs. When the batteries die, Charles brings them to another location to have them recharged. This arrangement is inefficient and will be even moreso if we add more computers to create a lab. Also, the school relies on natural lighting during the day, which can be quite poor during the rainy seasons. Help us get connected to the current electricity system that runs near the school. Cost: $2,000.
 
 
  • Help support the school lunch program: Food has become a greater priority as inflation continues to put this basic necessity out of reach for many poverty-stricken families. Cost: $50/day for 164 children.
  • Help support the teachers: There is now a total of 17 teachers at both Kawangware and Bumala schools who work on a small salary. Cost: $50/teacher/month.
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  • Help us start a volunteer program in Kenya:
Click to enlarge!   The possibility of a volunteer program fits wonderfully with our long-term vision of self-sustainability for the school and our goal of education through cultural exchange with communities of developing nations. Although in its preliminary stages, we have the support of the Bumala community to collaboratively move forward with the program.
 
 

Hope to see you at the Supper & Silent Auction!

On behalf of the Board of One Child's Village,

Todd Lorentz & Cristelle Audet
Founding Directors
One Child's Village.org

 
 
 



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"I am officially opening the new 3 classroom addition tomorrow by having a parents' meeting, recruiting new children in baby class, and adding one teacher who will handle Standard 4 next year. At the moment, we have enough rooms but with fewer desks, uniforms for newcomers, and textbooks for Standard 4."
  – Charles Ouma Oduor,
Director of Mercy Children Centre (November 25, 2008)
 
     
 

Tickets for Annual Supper and Silent Auction available at:

Padmanadi Vegetarian Restaurant
10626-97th Street
Ph: 780.428.8899

StillPoint Healing Centre
#200, 11209 Jasper Avenue
Ph: 780.452.9388

To purchase tickets by credit card, call One Child’s Village @ 780.433.3342

Questions? E.mail us at contact@OneChildsVillage.org

 
     

Donate Now through CanadaHelps.org!

Please consider making a donation to One Child’s Village. Your generous gifts bring a smile to an orphan's face! You can send a cheque or money order by mail, or make a donation through our secure credit card service. Gifts can be arranged on a one time basis or set up to withdraw monthly semi-annually, or annually. You can even dedicate your gift in honour of a loved one.
 

Check out our travel blog! Cristelle will be in Kenya February 15 - 24 to help develop and oversee several projects. She will blog to provide updates wherever internet access permits. Enter here: One Child's Village Blog. Projects include:

•  Monitor construction of new kitchen    funded by Grant MacEwan Community    College's Global Education Fund.

•  Conduct Beatrice Project II for    grandmothers of orphaned children    (Click here for Beatrice Project I).

•  Implement Head Start Program to help    surviving family members of orphans to    step out of the cycle of poverty.

•  Continue dialogue with Charles and    community regarding future Volunteer    Program.