We have now completed our review of Tiba Africa Foundation following the sudden death of Daniel Marungu, our Chief Executive. After looking at Tiba’s records, consulting widely, including with GlobalGiving UK, we are recommending to the Tiba Board that it be closed down in its current form. Because Daniel Marungu had his own particular way of doing things, we feel that it will be very difficult for the Tiba Board to continue without his input. However, since each Tiba project has its own community and different needs, we are recommending that people on the ground with an interest in each project may wish to set up a self-help group to support it and fundraise for it in the future. We will let you know the outcome of this once the Board has met and decisions have been taken. We are assured by GlobalGiving that each project will be eligible to apply to it in its own right.I will be travelling to Nairobi on 18th February 2019 for two weeks to attend a Special General Meeting of the Board to support it in making the necessary decisions. While I am in Nairobi, Vincent Oloo and I will be running a number of Transformational Breath workshops including workshops for people with cancer and AIDS/HIV.We will be asking GlobalGiving to send the last of the money they have been holding for Tiba so that the Board can spend it while I am in Nairobi, according to the needs identified for each project. We anticipate that this may include: breathwork workshops for people with AIDS/HIV, new equipment for Joy Babycare and extra pay for the carer; extra books, equipment and registration fees for Abundance School. We will let you know how the money is spent.If you or your organisation have any outstanding monies put aside for Tiba, or you feel you would like to support it one last time, then please could you donate via GlobalGiving by 15th January 2019. After this time we will be asking GlobalGiving to close down the Tiba pages. If you would like to contribute to my costs in travelling to Kenya please contact me personally.Thank you so much for your love and support to Abundance School. Please know that your input has touched the lives of many, many children and families.Andria FalkPatron of Tiba Africa Foundationandriafalk@blueyonder.co.ukVincent OlooTransformational Breath Senior Trainer and IBF National Representative for Kenyavincentoloo7@gmail.com
Report to Global Giving Donors of Tiba Africa Foundation
Give Me Another Chance
Joy Baby Care
Abundance School
This is a poignant time in the life of Tiba Africa Foundation – just three months since the sudden death of our CEO Daniel Marungu.
The last two Christmases we have focussed on Christmas campaigns championing the needs of the children at Abundance School: in January 2017 when the children returned to school they were each presented with a school bag, pens and paper, thanks to our generous donors; last Christmas we fundraised to bring more creativity into the school – in line with the Kenyan Government’s new curriculum plans. Daniel and Teacher Fred launched this in the summer term when all 80 children were able to visit art and craft workshops and take part in drumming, singing, pottery and other crafts. The rest of the money raised in this campaign has been allocated to bring an artist into school once a month so the children can learn from experts.
Following Daniel’s death, the Board has wanted to remain true to Tiba’s ideals, although not currently actively fundraising. From our reserves, we have voted this Christmas to provide text books for the whole of Abundance School to meet the new curriculum requirements starting in January 2019. This has required us buying 5 copies for each of our 5 classes of English, Mathematics, Environment, Hygiene and Creativity Books.
The Tiba Board has also considered the needs of Joy Baby Care based at Alpha Glory School. In the absence of Daniel, the Head teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth MBati, has generously become one of three new consultants to the Board and she and her staff have taken over responsibility for managing Joy Baby Care on behalf of Tiba. On Mrs. MBati’s advice, the Board has allocated money to raise the pay of the care giver from 3000 to 5000 Kenyan Shillings for six months to ensure stability and to enable it to become self-supporting. Mrs. MBati reports that this has definitely raised the morale of the caregiver.
The Board is also committing to supporting a Tiba ‘Give Me Another Chance‘ project organised by Tiba Breath Ambassador and Vice Chair, Bwana Juma in Machakos County. Tiba has been asked to provide T shirts for 50 participants in a marathon to advertise the need for young people to be mindful of the need to practice safe sex and to hold a meeting afterwards for young people to alert them to the issues. Bwana Juma has asked if Tiba can pay for the T-shirts. Because Tiba doesn’t have the funds to pay for this we have used the last of the money held in the UK that had been fundraised for Daniel’s medical care. We think this is a fitting tribute to Daniel and a good use of the last of the money.
So why isn’t Tiba actively fundraising this Christmas? Following the tragic death of Daniel, the Board has come together to find a way forward. We are liaising with Global Giving to see if we have the necessary resilience and skills to continue and build on Daniel’s work. Because we found that Daniel had largely been working independently, it is taking us some time to unravel how Tiba has been run and how to proceed. We will let you know the outcome of our decisions as soon as we can. As well as support from Global Giving and our other donor organisations we are pleased to advise that we are benefitting from advice and support from Vincent Oloo, the International Breathwork Foundation’s National Coordinator for Kenya, Eunice Obenjo, IBF Member and accountant and Mrs. MBati, Alpha Glory School.
We send you greetings and love for Christmas and the New Year. Please send love and light to Daniel’s family and friends at this time and everyone within the orbit of Tiba Africa Foundation.
Thank you for your generous support to Tiba Africa Foundation.
Dear Friends of Tiba,
It is with great sadness that I need to be sharing with you news of Daniel
Marungu, our Chief Executive. As you may know, Daniel was diagnosed with
liver cancer just two months ago. He was optimistic that he would be able
to beat this, but this wasn’t to be, and he passed away suddenly at the
weekend.
Everyone that knew Daniel was aware of the huge heart and vision that he
had for his community, especially the children and people who were
struggling.
As a donor to Tiba via GlobalGiving, you will know better than many people
of some of the great work he has been doing over many years. He leaves a
strong legacy that we need to build on.
Please join me in sending love to Daniel’s family, especially his wife
Lillian and children, and his friends and colleagues.
We will keep you posted about Tiba’s projects as soon as possible.
Thank you for continuing to support our Tiba Africa Foundation projects. We would like to share with you about the success of our recent campaign to introduce creativity into Abundance School. Thanks to the generosity of donors such as yourself we managed to raise enough money for our creative day. We had planned an event at school but following the suggestion of one of our parents we decided to take all the children, yes all 75 of them, to visit a centre for the arts where they had the experience of meeting artists and craftspeople in their own work environment. This was an amazing adventure and new experience for our chldren: we sang together and some of us played the guitar; we learned how to carve out of wood, how to make beautiful batik pictures, how to make masks - and we danced. Some of us even visited a dentist's surgery that was part of the complex and learned how to take care of our teeth!
It was a wonderful and inspirational day. From this beginning we plan to have a creative day every month in school, each month inviting a different artist to share their skill and talent with the children. This way we see our children developng and learning how to access their creativity, have fun and become more confident. This may even give them a skill for the future to earn a living. Thank you so much for your support that made our dream become a reality.
We hope you will enjoy our photos of this event.
Please note that I am unusually posting this report on behalf of Daniel Marungu, Chief Executive of Tiba Africa Foundation. Unfortunately, Daniel is currently receiving treatment for liver cancer at Eldoret Government Hospital, 300 km from Nairobi, where there is no internet connection at the moment. I am pleased to tell you that Daniel is in good spirits and optimistic about his future wellbeing. If you would like to follow Daniel's progress with his health or make a donation to support his medical expenses please key in 'Daniel Marungu' on the Go Fund Me on line website.
While Daniel does have health insurance it unfortunately doesnt cover treatment for cancer.
Thank you very much.
Yours sincerely,
Andria
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