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CONTAINER TO KENYA. FRIDAY 12TH. AUGUST 2011.
Reproduced by kind permission of The BBC
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BBC SUSSEX INTERVIEW ON RICK'S FORTHCOMING SPEECH IN NAIROBI, KENYA. 19/08/11. (CLICK HERE)
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A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped load the container today, 12th. August 2011. This is the culmination of eight months hard work. We will start working on the next shipment in a couple of months time, and hope to have it delivered in eight months time. Thanks also to BBC South East Today for their excellent piece on us. Photo's link below.
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VOLUNTEERS
We would like to thank our small, but powerful army of volunteers, for their help and support over the last few months.
Shaz and Carly Ward, Allan and Jenny Stone, Mark Evans, John Powell, Lucy Bennett, David and Kris Almasi-Tucknott.
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KAREN
The photos below are of Karen, a
beautiful young Lady, who I had the privilege to know, and spend time with. She
died at the age of three in April 2009, from Leukaemia, due to lack of
diagnostic, and treatment facilities. RSI are committed to addressing the need
for better healthcare, and are opening their first clinic, in Kamukata, North of
Kimilili, Western Kenya, around October 2011.
"Recall the face of the poorest and most helpless man you have seen and ask yourself
if the next step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him"
'Mahatma Gandhi'
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I first went to Kenya in 2008, as a volunteer for the OMWABINI RESCUE STEPS CHARITY, an AIDS orphans and widows charity, based at Kimilili, Western Kenya. I worked on various projects including construction, teaching and working with music therapy, and the RESCUE STEPS GOSPEL CHOIR. Annie Symons and myself became involved with the charity, and started to send out clothes for the children. We then sourced medical supplies, and put on talent competitions in East Sussex, UK, in order to be able to pay for the shipment of supplies.
OMWABINI have since gone from strength to strength, so much so, that in November 2010, Annie and I decided to form our own charity, in order to allow our aid efforts reach a larger number of people.
RSI are sending medical, educational supplies, bicycles, building supplies, mobile phones and volunteers to Kenya. Supplies are sent in 20ft. shipping containers, which will then utilized as medical clinics. We will be erecting clinics in the Mount Elgon/Greater Bungoma district of Western Kenya. Click HERE for details of our first project, to be in place by November 2011.
We will be sending our own team of nurses to train locals, and instigate community awareness programmes, as we believe that prevention of diseases such as Malaria, Typhoid, Cholera, AIDS, and Jiggers, is paramount. There will be many micro projects, and we will supply help to start projects in villages, and then hand them over for the locals.
If you are in a position to donate, or help, please use the bank details below, or email me.
DONATIONS
ACCOUNT DETAILS
Account Name: RICK SHARPE INTERNATIONAL
Bank: National Westminster Bank PLC
Account Number: 63056437
Branch Sort Code: 60-15-10
BIC: NWBK GB 2L
IBAN: GB35 NWBK 6015 1063 056437
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Many thanks to Melvyn Lake, head of procurement BSUH, Royal Sussex County Hospital, for his donation of medical supplies.
L to R, picking up medical supplies from the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Melvyn, Keith Johnson, who transported the supplies, and me. (Would you buy a used car from one of these chaps?)
Thanks to Keith and Wendy with their help in packing and transportation.
THESE SUPPLIES WENT OFF ON WEDS 30TH. SEPT. 2009, AND ARRIVED WITHIN FIVE DAYS.
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This shipment for the centre, which is clothing and educational material, arrived at the centre early 2010. below is a picture of clothing being donated by Crosby Menswear, Broad Street, Seaford Sussex. Owner Dave Wink, second from right, and his staff, very kindly let us have all these wonderful uniforms for the kids and help load it all up.. It was a very generous, and much appreciated donation. Thank you Dave.
Next to me is the beautiful Annie Symons, without whose help and tolerance of my weird and wonderful ideas, none of this would never have come to fruition. Thanks Princess.
Below are pictures of the children in the clothes that Dave Wink and his staff supplied at Crosby's, Seaford.UK
A shipment of clothes and medical supplies was sent out on 6th. Feb 2010
Below is the 2010 OMWABINI progress report.
OMWABINI PROGRESS MAY 2010. (PDF)
The children of Matili Orphan's School, Kenya, singing a traditional song, Sept. 2008.
Kimilili is about 180kms North of Kisumu, which is on the NE shore of Lake Victoria
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Take a look at our friends, harambeeforkenya.org Lesley and Roger Dann's charity for the rehabilitation of street boys in Nyakoe, near Kisii, Kenya. They have made amazing breakthroughs with their tireless efforts.
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