Update February 2011 See our newsletter for February 2011 to catch up on our projects.
Read all about our current projects our our newsletter - we are expanding our reach now helping orphans in China as well as East Africa.
Update August 2009
We are delighted to have just paid for a new water pipe that has been installed at Saidia. The Bondini feeding station is now operational. One of our volunteers, DJ, has just returned from a wonderful stay at Flying Kites Orphanage and reports that all 16 children are well and happy. We have just partnered with Carolinas for Kibera who will be directing and managing much needed educational funds that will be used to send orphans in the slums of Kibera to school.
Please join us at our dance party that we are hosting with East Bay for East Africa on October 10th at Uptown Body Shop, 401 26th Street (between Broadway and Telegraph). The party starts at 6.30pm and tickets are $50 per person, $35 for the under '30's. It will be very casual - jeans and dancing shoes, and the ticket price includes a light dinner, wine, dancing and a silent auction. Please send checks made payable to The Orphan Support League, 4096 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 615, Oakland, CA94611 with the names of you and your guests. Tickets will be held at the door.
Update March 2008
We are annoucing an exciting new matching program with Diane Davis, a
resident of Oakland who has been responsible for helping 4 orphans in
Nairobi make their way through school. Please see her website at
www.kenyahope.blogspot.com
Any funds that are raised by Diane will be matched dollar for dollar by the
Orphan Support League, thus helping children in Nairobi directly with
college expenses and motivating a young woman who was inspired by her work
with the Peace Corps to take on the responsiblity of educating four orphans.
We've been seen on TV!!
News of our work is spreading fast - please clink on the following link
and then on the second photograph to see a recent broadcast from
the local Channel 7 ABC News:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/focus_on_solutions&id=6003960
Other news stories and newletters:
www.contracostatimes.com
Here is the latest newsletter from Saida from our
sister charity in the UK:
Saida Newsletter January 2008
Update - January 4th 2008
Jill Angus has sent word that all the children and staff are safe at the orphange
following the post-election violence in the last few days. She asks that we keep
them in our thoughts. Further updates will be emailed on a regular basis to all
supporters. If you would like to be added to the the news list please
email briony@orphansupportleague.org
For further updates on the situation in Kenya please check out the following links:
http://www.allafrica.com/kenya
The Granny Club
The club has about 35 grandmothers who support more than 50 orphans.
Saidia doesn't support the Grannies financially, but they do cover the children's
education costs where needed and find ways for the Grannies to help themselves
through handicrafts, gardening or other activites.
A New School
The government junior schools are very poor with classes of over 100 children.
Very few children make it to secondary school. The plan is to set up a junior school
in the old building at Saidia once the new building is finished.
Self sufficiency through farming
Saidia is planning to buy an agricultural plot outside the town which will be used
to teach the older chidren and the Grannies how to work the land and provide for themselves.
It will also provide food for the home.
College Funds
As the children get older we are going to need more money for secondary school or
vocational training. We hope to build up an education fund so that each child can be
provided with some form of secondary eduction or training before they leave the orphanage.
Red-light Feeding Program
There is a new and growing problem in Kenya with second generation street children.
Many of the early AIDS orhans slipped through the net and grew up on the streets.
They are now in their teens and many are supporting themselves through prostitution
or selling Chagga (illegal moonshine). They now have babies of their own, and as one girl
dies of AIDS her childrdren are passed on to a sister or friend. Jill Angus, who runs Saidia,
met a girl recently who was trying to feed seven toddlers on the money she earned selling
herself for about 60 cents a time. When she can't afford food she gives the toddlers Chagga
to stop them crying. Jill and Theresa have set up a feeding scheme, which provides the toddlers
with one meal per day plus vitamin supplements and medical care.
Help us help the children. Donate now at: www.justgive.org
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