Top toys for Christmas from www.buy.at/AVIF

Christmas gifts for kids from AVIF webshop. Mothercare has a huge selection of gifts for kids.  There are some great offers too including buy 1 get 1 half price on selected toys* and receive 10% off purchases, simply enter N7T at the checkout. FurReal Butterscotch horse Laundry set Thomas 2D Carry Case with 5 Engines My First cooker Police dressing- up outfit Racing Car Roary   ...Plus many other toys available. Top toys from Marks and Spencer  Some of this Christmas' most popular toys can be found at Marks and Spencer plus get FREE delivery when you spend over £30. Mini Robsapien Remote Control Dragonfly Mini Roboquad Stomp Rocket Money Box Safe Large Spencer Bear Bratz Bling Bead kit Mummy & Me Microwave   Look out for 3 for 2 at Marks and Spencer too!   Pass this on to a friend and every purchase they make will raise funds for us   *offer excludes In the Night Garden, Little Tikes, Step 2, ELC (to earn commission at ELC use this link) & Gifts

Visit www.buy.at/AVIF for more great offers from over 100 top retailers.

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AVIF Volunteers in Kenya: The impact of climate change on development

AVIF Volunteers in Kenya: The impact of climate change on development: "http://www.mystudiyo.com/activity.php?act=526"

The impact of climate change on development

A video from Adam Hart Davis in Kenya explains the threat posed by climate change, especially in Africa.

The Up In Smoke reports "follow three previous statements of concern that climate
change due to global warming is already happening, and hitting poor
communities and vulnerable ecosystems".



TakingITGlobal,Canada also have a new initiative. Inspired by many, they have developed the Climate Change Youth Guide to Action, available for download to all, especially schools.

“I am convinced that climate change, and what we do about it, will define us, our era, and ultimately the global legacy we leave for future generations. We hold the future in our hands. Together, we must ensure that our grandchildren will not have to ask why we failed to do the right thing, and let them suffer the consequences.”
-Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

If 18 year old Catherine Gauthier, of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, can stand up and address over 80 Heads of State on 24 September, 2007, at the UN HQ, New York, what can you do to help ?
Download the webcast of her full speech here.





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Agricultural, hygiene & nutrition improvement posters

Please pass on this valuable resource of simple descriptive self-explanatory posters to improve lives. The first poster explains all. http://www.fourthway.co.uk/posters/
Please try to distribute electronically if you know anyone who would benefit, although they will ultimately need printing out and putting on walls.
Many thanks to Sam Rich & illustrators.

Asante & salamu !

Alison Lowndes

Founder Trustee

www.AVIF.Org.UK

VoIP & IM Skype : avif_volunteers_in_kenya

Join us on FACEBOOK

Bookmark our Blog here

New Online Webstore

HAVE YOU MENTIONED SOLAR COOKING TO ANYONE ?

AVIF is a UK exempt charity able to claim GiftAid HMRC ref. XR99385

Important Wii update

Wii update GAME have announced they will no longer be offering commission on the Wii console as of 9am 20th November due to extremely limited stocks and increased pressure on their website. We will keep you up to date if the situation changes. The Wii console is currently available through Amazon. Due to the limited supply of Wii consoles they are likely to sell out quickly if one of our retailers has them available. Because of this we can inform you if stock becomes available through www.buy.at/AVIF, if you would like to be informed please email us and we will add you to our alert list. Don't forget, you can still get great deals on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles at www.buy.at/AVIF! Xbox 360 Console PS3 Console

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Update to Menengai NABUUR project

Just to let those who first went to Menengai know that a high production cow has been introduced to start improving the existing breed of cows, a guernsey. The number of cows is expected to double in the group through a combination of Artificial Insemination techniques combined with a good breed. The first 8 milking sheds were finished last week too so a resounding achievement.



A video here tells of the NABUUR experience in allowing people to help themselves.

Congratulations to a well managed project from Raul Caceres and Nicholas Nganga on NABUUR.



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AVIF's wild side

Plans are moving ahead positively for AVIF's adventure-based, sustainable-funding operation.
Fundraising and an incredible motorbike safari experience are now available for small groups, beginning Summer 2008 with KENYA ON 2.

Fundraising and a full bike license are pre-requisites but the arduous 2 week challenge promises to provide both an unforgettable trip as well as an opportunity to allocate even more resources e.g. solar technologies & educations, to all our host communities.

(LWD crew arrive in Africa)

...as an example :

Day 4: Ngong Hills - Maparasha Hills (150 Km on earth track)

Drive towards Mount Kilimanjaro on a narrow track across the savannah between acacias and anthills. Expect to meet herds of livestock, antelopes or giraffes. End the day at Maparasha hills to pitch-tent. Evening excursion to the top of nearby hills to watch game. Capture the sunset on Kilimanjaro (19950 ft). Retire to the campsite for an African dinner around a wood fire.

Day 5: Maparasha – Loitokitok (190 Km on earth track)

A visit to a local school then drive on an animal trail in the savannah to view Mount Kilimanjaro. Wildlife can be seen all around. Arrive at Kibo Slopes Cottages in Loitokitok, the main Maasai township that sits on the foothills of Kilimanjaro.

Day 6: Kilimanjaro foothills - Lake Jipe (160 Km - earth and stones)



Enjoying the full-view of the mountain, drive towards Tsavo on a red soil trail covered with black volcanic stones. Arrive at the gate of Tsavo-West National Park and load the bikes on a lorry, cross the park by car towards Ziwani gate where the bikes are off-loaded. Head towards Lake Jipe in the Tsavo reserve on a sandy track .. Boat ride on the lake before sunset. Return to the bandas (cottages thatched with coconut palm leaves) right on the lakeshore ...

Take a look on the website and consider your plans are for next Summer.


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Another round of thanks

Donations have come in again & we'd like to say many thanks to all the supporters for Emma K's skydive, raising money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance & AVIF.



The video of the jump is available on the link above.
Still think you should consider Space Diving next, Emma !!


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Countdown to Launch

Nick Sireau & Solar-Aid are launching, officially, at the incredible City Hall venue December 3rd and AVIF have been invited. We hope to work with Solar Aid to introduce technologies to our rural hosts. Cate Blanchett talks here about their work.



Richard Manda of the Bwelero KALIYA Youth Group, prepares a radio for simple connection of a solar panel. Next to him are two kerosene hurricane lamps, one of which (Left) has been adapted to provide clean bright LED light powered by solar charged batteries. Technology introduced by Solar Aid.




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Countdown to Christmas at www.buy.at/AVIF

Lingerie | Flowers | Perfumes and aftershaves | More

It’s time to think about… buying Christmas gifts! Take the hassle out of Christmas shopping and browse over 5 million available products at www.buy.at/AVIF. As an extra incentive AVIF could win £1000! If AVIF has more purchases than any other buy.at webshop this Christmas we will win £1000!  If we come second place we will win £450 and for third place £200. Tell everyone you know about www.buy.at/AVIF Find posters and leaflets available to download here.  Don’t forget if you want any large A2 posters printed email Peter, peter.leatherland@buy.at. Thorntons Christmas Discount Codes Just to get you in the Christmas mood Thorntons have offered some exclusive discount codes: Get free delivery when you spend £30.  Simply enter BY17 at the checkout. Get 10% off all orders over £30.  Simply enter BY27 at the checkout.   Pass this on to a friend and every purchase they make will raise funds for us

Visit www.buy.at/AVIF for more great offers from over 100 top retailers.

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Kenya On 2

In the spirit of Long Way Down (LWD), Ewan & Charleys adventure biking through Africa, AVIF are planning an endurance ride of our own with the help of friends and colleagues who have experienced the fantastic event EnduroAfrica (& EnduroIndia).

AVIF is attending the incredible LWD Party tomorrow night in Battersea to do some networking and fundraising. Due to the generosity of the sponsors involved, 100% of the ticket price will go to UNICEF and a few smaller charities involved in LWD, so our attendance is already helping a very worthy cause.



A group has been formed on the Facebook medium if you wish to take part or just stay informed.




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Emma's parachute jump

Just want to do a massive shout out to Emma for jumping out of a plane yesterday at 3 miles up to raise money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance & AVIF.
Thank you so much, Em, you're incredible.



Thanks too to Sophie for covering the cost of the video, available to view here on the Facebook Group.


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Ben & Jerrys Climate Change College

Are you aged 18-30 ?



Ben &
Jerry's have developed the Climate Change College, and are now accepting applications from 18-30's with ideas
on how to tackle climate change. The prize is a business mentoring
programme (worth €21,000 per student) and a €7,000 monetary grant to
launch a unique project. The programme is largely virtual with a 1-1 mentor, except for a 3 day
workshop in Brussels in February and a two week scientific field trip
to the Arctic in April. All travel is covered by Ben & Jerry’s and
is offset through Cool Your Jets which invests in renewable energy
projects.

Read more about it via the "i genius" website


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Thinkmakers - King Justice

Raul Caceres (Facilitator for Menengai project) & UN Volunteer of the Year award winner has been hard at work co-founding the production company www.think-makers.com with best
friend and film-maker Miguel Herrera.

Their latest production of media with a social message, is a short documentary called :



An overview of the life of a disabled musical director who leads a
group of young adults after suffering the consequences of a brutal
civil war in Africa ... now selected for the Miami Short Film Festival &the Yahoo and Telemundo Short Film festival.

Take a look at the piece here (in English but website in Spanish)
If you like the film please support the message & vote for it by clicking the
word “vota” (vote) before November 16.

Press releases are available to send to any media
contact you might know, email Raul or Miguel on contact@think-makers.com.




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AVIF & STA Travel

Hoping to link with STA for flight discounts (anyone under 26 or student status automatically gets discounted flights) with an easy-to-book link-up planned. Nice to see STA Travel already using Facebook's massive reach.
Hold fire for more details.




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RABUOR Self-Help Group, Kisumu, Kenya

The Rabuor Community recently benefitted from a solar cooking demonstration from John Amayo of SHEP and the SCI worldwide initiative. Their new website is another reach for assistance, volunteers and networking.
My best wishes to Tony Odek.





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Promoting Solar Cooking .. AGAIN & AGAIN

The Field Guide is just one of many tools and tips available on the main Solar Cooking Archive website to ensure apathy doesn't cause an introduction project to fail.

Solar Cooking in Kenya ?
Here's a few reasons why :

• Each group of items in the photo costs 30 Kenyan Shillings (£0.21) as does the pile of charcoal shown. By using a CooKit or other solar cooker, people can buy food instead of fuel.

• Can be built from materials as simple as cardboard, glue, aluminum foil, scrap-metal, and non-toxic black spray-paint
• Fun, clean, convenient, economical, non-polluting
• Uses FREE solar energy
• Can bake, steam, roast, simmer even PASTEURIZE
• Slow, gentle cooking retains more nutrients, giving a wonderful fresh flavour.
• For those that must gather firewood instead of purchasing wood or charcoal, women and girls usually, the time saved can now be used to earn money building and re-selling cookers, even baking cakes for example, or simply returning to school for a better education.
• Less firewood is needed so solar cooking is saving the forests - Forests mean rain, crops, livestock… more money.
• Lack of smoke and soot means improved lung health for cooks and children.
• Benefits of improved health by enabling pasteurization of milk and water.
  

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Aidgle .. bad name but fantastic tool

Aidgle is a custom version of the Google Search Engine, so the search results that you see here are the same as those you see if you use Google Search.

Aidgle helps humanitarian organizations via regular searching: anyone who uses a search engine can help those in greatest need across the globe. Search engine's generate revenue when a user clicks on the paid links that are displayed at the top / right of the search results. Aidgle donates the profit made from these clicks to non-profit organizations doing relief work in current disaster locations. For a list of locations to which they provide aid, click here.

Set Aidgle as your homepage.
Every search that you make counts.




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Lahash International in Kenya

LAHASH run 2 separate projects in Eldoret and in the Kibera slum area of Nairobi. They use a great deal of internet media to tell their story, pictures & videos. AVIF is hoping to partner and assist their work.
In Eldoret they are running a pilot program to assist prostitutes to leave the industry and seek emotional, spiritual, physical & financial stability through education and micro-loans. Lahash are also assisting HIV affected families, providing school uniforms, clothing, food, rent assistance, and counselling to overcome the stigma and horrendous myths that still exist.

In Kibera they help Margaret Wanjiku Nyabuto with 50 kindergarten / primary children. Here Margaret tells you herself the work that is being done.




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Meal Party in the Rhonda Slums, Nakuru, Rift Valley, Kenya

Another meal party has been donated and hosted for the children of LLK International. Offices opened a few weeks ago & 2 acres of land will be purchased for the construction of two orphanages (separate houses for girls and boys), a volunteer house, a Kindergarten building and a schoolhouse with school clinic and library – eventually an abandoned baby orphanage house will be added in due time.