Impressions of Kimilili

Dear friends and family,

As you know, we are leaving for our volunteering trip to Kenya in January.

250 orphans in Kimilili (West Kenya) are waiting to play, learn and share their life with us. It’s a tough life and we’d like to share some impressions with you:

Some of the kids in their small school. It’s a hut build with loam and mud with no toilet or cooking facilities

The small hut in the foreground is hiding the hole in the ground that is used as a toilet.

Ohh, and don’t forget:

We will be using that hole as well very soon! (Our hope is that it won't stink too much despite the 35 degrees in the shade)

Welcome to the cooking facility:

No, this is not a bad picture but the smoke of open fire.

By the way:

Exposure to cookstove smoke kills nearly 2 million people every year and doubles a child's risk of contracting pneumonia!

What can we do to ease their lifes? So little can do so much!

80 Euro buys a waterpump supplying up to 50 people with fresh water and providing enough water to irrigate the vegetable and fruit garden

A qualified teacher earns 15 Euros per month (if enough funding is available!)

Around 15 Euro for an one pot mud oven. Alternatively, a similar oven can be built with just 6 red bricks

Dry toilets cost 300 to 400 Euros per cabin. They are essential to improve the hygiene situations of the kids!!!

A school kitchen will cost around 400 Euros. 250 kids can be fed!

75 Euros will feed 4 families for 3 months!

A new school built of  proper bricks and windows is required. How much? 30’000 Euros...

 

This is gonna be our home starting in January….

Bedroom:

And the shower: (unfortunately not working)

If you want to learn more, please visit their homepage:

http://benando.weebly.com/

There is a small “donate” button on that website...

If you don’t feel save donating over a website, we've opened an account to support the Kimilili orphans. Donations on this account will only be used to improve their living conditions by supporting some of the above projects.

We promise pictures of every new item brought / project supported with that money!

Kühne Agnes

Finanzinstitut Zürcher Kantonalbank

Postfach

8010 Zürich

Bankclearing-Nr. (BC-Nr.) 700

IBAN CH0600700350042123226

Bankkonto-Nr. 3500-4.212322.6

SWIFT-Adr. (BIC) ZKBKCHZZ80A

Again, thanks for all your support. It warms our hearts realizing, how much support we are experiencing from all of you

Take care and

THANKS!

Alex & Agnes