Submitted by Kirsty McLullich on 12 June, 2010 - 21:58
There was a definite air of excitement on the day the World Cup opened in South Africa. People in Kenya were tweeting about wearing football jerseys to work and that some offices were closing early to allow staff to go and watch the opening match.
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Submitted by Joanna Bayley on 8 April, 2010 - 17:21
Sometimes it’s frustrating being a fundraiser for a small charity. The global economic crisis has hit charitable giving hard with many people canceling monthly donations to their charity of choice. And then there’s “donor fatigue”, that feeling of being overwhelmed by the problems in the world and not knowing what to give or how to give in order to help the world’s poorest people. Then there’s the cynicism that giving £5 a month to an organisation makes no difference, that it will be spent on overheads and administrative costs. But YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD with as little as £5.
Submitted by Kirsty McLullich on 7 April, 2010 - 18:07
As a fundraiser, it’s always great when you are offered an opportunity to network with other organisations and share ideas. That is what happened on Tuesday 6th of April when Marc Maxson of Global Giving hosted a workshop in Nairobi.
Submitted by Kirsty McLullich on 3 March, 2010 - 11:15
Submitted by Kirsty McLullich on 1 February, 2010 - 19:37
Kibera Mpira Mtaani* started out as a football project but has always had aspirations of being more involved in the local community and helping the youth of Kibera to develop their talents. After the success of the 2009 informal schools football tournament and the first year of their library seeing eighteen students pass their KCPE (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education) thanks to KMM’s after school tuition, 2010 looks set to be even bigger and better for this Community Based Organisation.
Submitted by Kirsty McLullich on 11 November, 2009 - 18:13
Child sponsorship programs offer organisations like Vision Africa the potential for regular funding which contributes to the education or welfare of children. It sounds like such an obvious statement but doesn’t quite express the vital work that these contributions make to projects and to children and their families.
At Vision Africa, we have sponsorship programs for a variety of different projects. Those of you who read our recent update “Baby Talk” might recall that in our abandoned baby unit we have a “sponsor a cot” program.
Submitted by Kirsty McLullich on 2 November, 2009 - 16:36
Vision Africa's chairman, Bob Dowty, has updated his blog. His new post ponders whether our organisation needs to change its model or whether we can continue to be successful AND grow AND keep our overheads as low as 2%. These days donors demand value for money and administration costs can be a deciding factor when people are choosing who to give money to. How do we maintain our advantage and grow?
Submitted by Kirsty McLullich on 27 October, 2009 - 14:12
In November 2007, the opening ceremony was held for the St. Andrews Baby Unit in the grounds of Kandara Children’s Home in a rural part of Central Province, Kenya. As a volunteer at the home at that time, I was asked to write a poem for some of the children to recite at the event. I can’t remember all of it but it started....
“Abandoned at birth, left in despair...no-one to love them, no-one to care”
Submitted by Kirsty McLullich on 15 October, 2009 - 18:01
It doesn't seem right to start a blog in the week of Blog Action Day then not write on that day...so here we are.
As a children's charity, you might wonder what we would be able to say about Climate Change. The point is, our organisation is about creating brighter futures for children and if we don't take action to reduce the impact of climate change, there might not even be a future for our children.
Submitted by Kirsty McLullich on 15 October, 2009 - 08:17
Vision Africa is extremely excited to have posted its first video on YouTube.
