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updated 2/07/2008
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Celebrating fifty years of
Volunteer Service
in
the Kenyan
Community! |
It's
baaaack!
The last AWA cookbook was published 12
years ago
and was completely sold out!
A special 50th
Anniversary Edition is being compiled.
We will use the best
recipes from 1996, be we want to
include your favourites,
too.
Submit your all-time tried & true recipe to
the
Cookbook 2008 Committee by clicking here.
DEADLINE for
submission: July 22nd
The
JUNE-JULY-AUGUST issue of the Karibu newsletter
is available in the Members Only
section.
Don't forget to check the Classified Ads
in the Members Only section too!
Also
check out the Other Services page for a book group to
join...
Dear AWA friends,
As I say farewell toNairobi and many friends here and head
for Turkey,
our next posting, via a year’s sojourn in San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Prague, I congratulate and
welcome Barbara Canelas, the new chair elect and the members
of the new Board.
My next adventure is to study Turkish with
Rosetta Stone. In the next year, my head will be swirling like
a dervish and I will welcome breaks from studies by hearing
news from you.
This
has been a dramatic year. The organization is on course after
four successful fund raisers. We have our sponsors
and donors to thank for exceeding our target goal of raising 2
million Kenyan shillings. This meant we were
able to sustain our commitments while addressing critical
needs during the post-election crisis. Establishing
innovations and upgrades to streamline operations, we have
gained higher visibility. The AWA’s website has
become a valuable community based forum for information
benefiting not only organizations we have reciprocal
relationship but the entire Kenyan
community.
Culminating
this special year, we celebrated at the Muthaiga Club our
milestone 50th anniversary. Our
mandate to help disadvantaged women, children and the elderly
is visibly at work in many areas, whether it is the wing at
the Kenyatta Hospital for survivors of gender violence, the
disabled children at Star Disability, or investing in bright
young students at Starehe Girls Centre for the future of
Kenya.
In
May, we had our annual Appreciation Lunch in honor of all our
volunteers. We appreciate the US Ambassador for
opening his Residence for us. This wonderful tradition allows
us to recognize each and everyone who gave time, skill and
talent to benefit those less fortunate.
Volunteering gives real ownership of the
organization and your community. The jobs you do give
relevance to your life. Expand your horizons. Use your skills
and knowledge to spread your wings to the fullest.
I
leave you with one thought, in life be a participant, not a
spectator. Take charge, participate fully and actively. Savor and share.
Soar!
Peace
and love,
Cleo
Appleton
