Project Harambee supports three groups of HIV+ women. For their work they receive payment that assists with medical care, rent, and children's needs.
The first group is located at Mukuru and uses the facility of St. Mary's Church.
The second are groups in several Nairobi slums at Lea Toto clinics. The Lea Toto ("to raise a child") clinics were founded by Father Angelo D'Agostino, S.J., a physician who founded the first orphanage for HIV+ children in Kenya (www.nyumbani.org)
Our third group is in Naivasha, at Upendo Village, a clinic run by Sister Florence Muia. (www.upendovillage.org)
NEW IN 2008: Our biggest achievements have been the initiation of HARAMBEE projects in Zambia (women's co-op poultry & a piggery),the establishment of web camera communication, and the start of our clinic and meal program at Mutaiti school in Kaluoki Village, southeastern Kenya. Stay tuned for photos, and in the meantime, please look at the latest blog entry.
NEW IN 2007: Before his untimely death in late November of 2006, Father Angelo D'Agostino had mobilized to serve the enormous population of grandparents in Kenya raising their orphaned grandchildren. He founded Nyumbani Village in Kitui, which opened in late 2006, although resources for the families were scant. Of particular concern is the lack of protein in the diets of the children and grandparents. Sister Mary Owens, director of the Village, knew that goats and chickens would provide the best sources of protein via milk and eggs--but funds were lacking. HARAMBEE is very proud to announce that we are immediately bringing our "Critters for Kenya" program to Nyumbani Village. We have already transferred funds to Sister Mary so that she can begin purchasing milk goats and chickens and beehives. HARAMBEE will also sponsor caretakers to attend short courses at Baraka Agricultural College, learning beekeeping, poultry and dairy goat farming, to ensure the success and sustainability of the project. (www.sustainableag.org)
We could never do these wonderful things without the generosity of our donors. Indeed, we are bringing peace to the world...one goat, one chicken, one beehive...at a time. HARAMBEE!
