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EFAF’s executive members met and signed an MoU with Samuel Sarr, Director of Kailend and Dawda Njie, Kailend social worker in The Gambia.
Message from EFAF’s Director, Martha Con Njie: “We are so thrilled to partner with such an outstanding organization and can’t wait to start working on projects together! We are also grateful for education materials donated by Kailend to help children from underprivileged backgrounds.”
Christmas Eve, meals and presents for several groups of homeless children in partnership with our dear friends at the Light of Christ care home, to spread some holiday cheer!
Several members of our team trained at the Songhaï regional centre in Benin for a few months to learn about zero waste, sustainable farming methods that integrate producing agricultural crops, raising livestock and fish, and producing bio energy, to enhance our agriculture production sites in the sub region and the lives of the women and girls we work with.
The entire Kailend staff would like to say a special thank you to Joss Stone and her entire team for visiting an orphanage we support in Togo to shoot a short documentary to raise international support and awareness about the work that we do and highlight some of the challenges we face. We honor and appreciate your contributions and look forward to having you back for a visit in the future.
Kailend works to engage and empower low income earning women and at-risk youth through education and skills training programs and always with sustainability in mind. Though it can be hard work, our volunteers also get to enjoy all that Lomé and Togo has to offer. Here are some of their favourite spots to unwind!
Our dear friend and Kailend Ambassador from Australia, Adam Moon-Rudd, completed a gruelling 103km ultra-marathon in just under 12 hours in support of the ongoing development projects Kailend does, providing scholarships and vocational training for low-income earning women and youths in Togo, Ghana and The Gambia. Adam’s goal was to raise $10 per kilometre on GoFundMe (gofundme.com/103km-for-kailend) and we achieved our goal. Our board and staff teams would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Adam and his family for their selfless sacrifice to help those in need, we honour and appreciate your contributions.
Special thanks to Gildredge House School in the U.K. who raised money for Kailend in Togo, Thank you so much, we honor and appreciate all your contributions. It was Sixth Form student Pascale Mace who suggested this charitable focus, as they had visited Togo to do some voluntary work on various Kailend projects, together with her friend Ella who attends a Sixth Form college in Brighton.
Pascale led assemblies in Middle and Upper School in which she told students about Togo, which is the 12th poorest country in the world. Children and staff brought their jars full of coins and placed them in bold copper and silver stripes on the flag, and created a shiny star made entirely from £1 and £2 coins. The resulting flag was a stunning visual spectacle, to which the children very much enjoyed contributing.
This issue showcases stunning images and captivating stories of change in our world to keep you inspired. In this issue: Letter from the Director of Global Programs, Post-Project Analysis with Give & Surf; Long Way Home, Guatemala; Football For Good, Uganda; Child Support, Tanzania; Rent To Own, Zambia; PWB Workshop Photo Essay by Christine Lyon; Project 1948, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Volunteer Building Cambodia, Cambodia; Thaakat - 2 Righteous Cause for Education, Ghana; Kailend, West Africa; Photographer Spotlight with Ron B. Wilson; and Photocontest.
Ayiba magazines Debbie Onuoha talks with founder Samuel Sarr on topics ranging from the organization’s unique volunteering model, to its impending transition to a more sustainable model, and the day-to-day challenges of running a non-profit.
