Thank you to all of the wonderful new donors who have supported the Rebuilding Lives project at Pipeline IDP Camp in Kenya.
Honestly, your donations have not come at a better time. I have really been fretting the last couple of weeks because the government has pulled out of our agreement and wont be supplying us with the roofing materials as promised. This means that ten sponsor houses recently constructed remain unfinished, and reports from the camp this week have been quite distressing. Heavy downpours related to El Nino have meant that many of the tents have been flooded and destroyed. There are stories in the daily paper about families being knee deep in water during the night!
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/674084/-/uo1kdn/-/index.html
However thanks to your donations we are now able to start purchasing urgently needed iron sheets, nails, frames, doors, windows and nails to complete the houses. Yay! I am still a little short of funds but hopefully a few more donations will come through and all ten houses will all be complete by the end of the month! A new home for ten families for Christmas – whoop whoop!
I am speaking to Irene next week so I will provide further information then.
Hugs,
Lauren
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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