Community Innovation resource centre

MAKING 7 YEARS OF GLOBALGIVING

INTRODUCTION

As we give thanks for the first 7years of KEA, we look forward to building on what has been achieved and to continuing to offer a helping hand to some of the neediest in the community. We will continue to rely on the support of our other friends and we trust that this support will remain strong and that the younger generations will respond with equal generosity and enthusiasm. We are called by to continually see all our brothers and sisters, especially the poorest, and we ask our friends to inspire our efforts to fulfill what is expected from us. Let us work with KEA then as we strive to do our duty in building a better and more just world.

Since KEA was founded in 2004 we have walked together in love, solidarity with those who are poor and oppressed, and with your help through GlobalGiving partners we’ve achieved great things. Hundreds of farmers have been able to work their way out of poverty with the tools they needed, and have received the life-saving aid they needed after disasters. Generations of our loyal supporters in schools, community and elsewhere throughout Kikandwa have put their faith into action and reached out to brothers and sisters in need.

All this has only been possible,“ thanks to you – your generosity, your time, your passion for justice and your support. We owe a huge debt to our founder and all those who’ve worked hard over the years. Their aim, is to help marginalized people who are poor in communities and inspire all people have life and live it to the full happy life were the inspiration for the growth and development of KEA and many others “The hungry community of the community cry out to the friends, blessed with abundance that has continued and grow, helping people in need.  As KEA, we always give more than financial support; we always strive to cater for people’s physical, emotional, spiritual, social and economic

well-being in every single dimension.”

This shines through in our work. For example, in from 24^th -26^th June 2018, we joined with GAGGA / IFAN and CENDP collectively empower women on their rights and environmental justice movements to realize a world where women can and do access their rights to water, food security, and a clean, healthy and safe environment women actively show cased resisting developments and policies that deny them their rights to water, food security and a clean, healthy and safe environment as actors playing vital roles in managing their natural resources and fighting to preserve access to them for themselves, their families and their communities. This knowledge and work by women, at the grassroots level, is often not recognized or valued, and women are still largely absent from the decision-making bodies that govern the use and control of natural resources. The Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA) ice broke the silence and changed this situation by working with grassroots women's voices and leadership, and by advocating for policies and legal frameworks which respect, protect and fulfill women's rights. This helped women realize a living again, overcome their fear of the sea, and learn to play in it once more. We continue to support the work of poor families who help their disabled children take part in the community. Since the training we are continuing support many small women savings groups among poor women, who use their collective funds to help each other. Funds are given to the women in most need, who might buy agricultural inputs or a few goats to make a living and provide for their children. This often produces a small surplus which they can sell and save so they can provide some of the family’s other necessities.

Climate change: This has inspired us to play an important part in popular political campaigns over the years. In various ways, these have made a huge difference, leading to the cancellation of debt for many poor families, a massive increase in donations aid, and help for people who are already suffering the effects of climate change responding to major disasters, helping people to free themselves from hunger and poverty.

The year 2018 marks the seventh anniversary of the founding of the KEA GlobalGiving campaign that

 Seeks to table the progress of KEA and to offer a thank you to all the many people who have helped make us something in the community -can be proud of growing from tiny beginnings. With the active involvement of friends. A representative committee plays a big role in advising on which projects to support. So from the first, the donations were reaching out to the needy in needy information gap in Kikandwa community Innovation Resource Center has grown enormously over the last 7 years. Measured in pounds and pence. This has called for part time volunteer. More recently, funding has been increasingly available from individual donors  But we don’t want to “grow away” from our core support. We aim to be, as our founders intended, reaching out to the needy.” individuals give willingly, and of whatever time they can spare, to help with so many aspects of our work.  Our achievements, which are your achievements, are recorded in this little report, smiling photos of people grateful for your help, international visits and social media interactions. Our thanks must go to our ultimate inspiration and strength donors of all we do. Our thanks go also to those who took the founding decision 7years ago, to individuals, institutional funders we give thanks for crises alleviated, projects partnered, attitudes changed, poverty and misery solaced and dignity and self-esteem restored through your generosity.

• Climate change and its disproportionate impact upon the poorest;
• Globalization and the increasing influence of commercial interests; the breakup of some communities, which looks like creating a new “World”;
• The opportunity offered by the communications revolution based on social media.
• Bridging the gap of communication.

We can be sure that our successors, and even the younger people already among us, will have no lack of purposes and projects in the future. The cry of the poor and the oppressed has resounded in every century

 CONFIDENCE AND GROWTH

“The organization considers tasks always to call attention we were supporting 3 projects around the community including, construction of the school, bring clean water to community and support farmers grow their own living. Seeking to build a sense of solidarity between our overseas partners and people here at home, we developed a match-funding scheme for schools to double the money raised for particular projects. Our work has helped to re-shape it over the following years, with a renewed focus on funding substantial, long-term work, education of people at home and an understanding aid of development.

For us your donation is not only a great financial aid, but also an assurance that open a special section where children may receive primary education and develop their skills so that they may become self-supporting. Much concern for poor communities and underprivileged groups in society and has been a concrete, that sense of confidence in our youth. This allowed us to better set education materials of the need to create a greater understanding of the problems facing poor. It is vital, therefore, that people be given the opportunity of discovering the basic facts.” to help communities have access to food and water plus seeds and farming tools to help people get back on their feet.

“I t is a big THANK YOU to donors through GlobalGiving for the financial and material support. The helping hand have rendered has provided the community the needed push to address some of the many challenges faced in improving livelihoods for the poor and protecting our environment.” “We are constantly encouraged and inspired by the results we see and know that we are making a difference. With

The continued support of KEA, as well as caring, concerned individuals like, we are confident we can touch the lives of many poor indigenous people and play a role in helping them. I would like to take

This opportunity to extend our deepest gratitude to GlobalGiving Team for their continued support of

Our efforts for over the years as we work to bring change to our community.” Without support, orphanage children would at best have to suspend their studies, if not stop altogether. With about 40 children living in poverty have had their schooling provided.

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The communities have seen remarkable changes through support, including learning new technologies through training, research and exposure visits. There has also been a significant increase in awareness and knowledge about sustainable agriculture across all sectors of especially the agriculture sector. Locally, many people were able to regain their physical and emotional health thanks to supporters. It has been a great pleasure to see and rebuild new lives thanks to the support they got from you. These people are very

grateful to all those who support KEA in different ways and beg them to speak out to denounce all the cases of poverty and injustices.

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