Fundraising Potluck for Tumaini Kenya, Oct 22 2011 @ Lavington

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Social Circle and Tumaini Kenya join hands this October at the ‘Old Treasures’ fundraising potluck to raise money for Tumaini Kenya, a Community Based Organisation in Kwale. The organisation is dedicated to improving the lives of the girl child and women in Kwale by empowering them through formal education, increasing their access to reproductive health education, and information dissemination.

Social Circle would like you to join us in this great yet fun initiative by either donating your old functional items (books, clothes, shoes, kitchen/household appliances etc.) to be sold as treasures or come along and buy a box of 10- 20 of old treasures for Kshs. 1000.

All are welcome

WHEN: 22nd October 2011 from 11am
WHERE: House 126, El Molo Drive off James Gichuru Rd. Lavington.

If you would like to know how to donate, contact Geraldine on 0725 935088

Charity/Art Show, Oct 15-16 2011 @ The Cloisters

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Art Show 15-16 October, 10am-4pm
Welcome to a two day charity art show at The Cloisters in Muthaiga
Kioko Mwitiki will show his new collection of iron furniture and animals, and four painters will bring their latest art: Ash Uman, Michael Soi, Moses Nyawanda and Maryann Muthoni
Vernissage and grand opening by HE the Danish Ambassador, Geert Aagaard Andersen, Saturday 15th October at 11 am
20% of sales to the New Dawn Secondary School in Huruma

Directions:  From Muthaiga Mini Market, take Muthaiga Road. Go down Naivasha Avenue, turn right on Tchui Road. The Cloisters is the second house on your left.

Charity/Movie: World Hospices and Palliative Care Day 2011, Oct 8 2011 @ Alliance Fancaise

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On Saturday 8 October 2011 Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association will celebrate World Hospices and Palliative Care Day 2011 with a special film screening event at Alliance Francaise in Nairobi.

Based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson, the film WIT features the Academy Award winning actress Emma Thompson, in a movie directed by Academy award winning director Mike Nichols. The film tells the story of Vivian Bearing (Emma Thompson), a 48-year-old university professor, who learns the importance of simple human kindness when faced with the most daunting of crises: a diagnosis of advanced cancer.

Carole Mandi, Publisher of True Love and Drum Magazines, and one of Kenya’s most positive social commentators, will introduce the film and World Hospices Day 2011.
A drinks reception and raffle will follow the film screening and all proceeds from this event will directly support KEHPCA.

Venue: Alliance Francaise
Date/Time: Saturday 8 October 2011, 3pm
Tickets: Ksh 1,000 
Booking:
Phone: 020 2729302 /  0722507219
Email: info@kehpca.org
In person: – At Dormans Coffee Shops in: Yaya Centre, Westgate Mall, and Junction Shopping Centre
– At KEHPCA offices: Chaka Court (next to Chaka Place), Argwings Kodhek Rd.
– At Alliance Française: Loita Street/Monrovia Street

Parking: Complimentary parking for event ticket holders will be available at Kenindia Assurance offices, Loita Street
Wit film is rated a PG-16

Concert/Charity: The Great PnP Blast Concert, Sep 30 2011 @ Alliance Francaise

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THE GREAT PnP BLAST CONCERT!!!
30th September 2011 at Alliance Francaise Gardens Nairobi
From 7pm to 10pm
ENTRY: 1 packet of Pads and or Panties… (Also available the entrance)

The main Artiste perfoming will be Iddi Achieng with the support of musicians Makadem, Asali, Judith Bwire, peter young, kevo, and Jarta dancers

THE IDDI ACHIENG TRUST (TIAT) is a community focused organization whose goal since inception in 2008 is working together with marginalized communities to realize positive developmental change .Our current programs whose focus is the girl child under the ‘Ka Dana Education Initiative’ seeks to ensure steady class attendance and retention through provision of sanitary towels and panties to rural primary school girls as an entry point to discuss Reproductive Health Education. Hence the title of the concert….(Panties and Pads)

THE IDDI ACHIENG TRUST was founded by musician, actress and social worker, IDDI ACHIENG who has through the Trust secured 8,068 panties from a campaign called “Panties with Purpose” run by an online shop called MARIDADI.co.ke.
Initiated by Maridadi.co.ke, PANTIES WITH PURPOSE is the largest recent global campaign to help keep girls in school. This is because underprivileged school girls in Kenya miss up to 40 school days in a year due to their menstrual cycle (UNICEF 2005) as they do not have access to proper sanitary pads or underwear. It was launched earlier this year to collect undergarments for underprivileged girls. More than 40 cities were involved and the total number of panties collected to date has exceeded 20,000. So far 8,000 have been distributed. Maridadi.co.ke believes that change begins with basics and that human dignity must be upheld even in the smallest places which are not seen on maps, such as schools, classrooms, playgrounds, homes, offices and work places. It believes that human dignity is a basic right and has partnered with the Iddi Achieng Trust to bring dignity to girls who live, work and play in the smallest places.

The goal is to distribute the pads and panties to 20 targeted primary schools with a total of 2,017@4per girl in Alego South, Karemo Division, Bar Ongong’o Zone, Siaya County. The Nairobi concert purposes to raise sanitary protection to match these panties through the unifying factor of music. The event will also be graced by GoK representatives, Invited Development Partners, Friends of TIAT, opinion shapers and fans and will also be the main launch of TIAT

DANCE – An evening of support for the Solo & Duets Festival, Sep 21 2011 @ Alliance Francaise

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This fundraising evening will be specially dedicated to the production and logistics for the upcoming 5TH NAIROBI FESTIVAL OF SOLOS AND
DUETS-19TH-29TH OCTOBER 2011. A time to meet the dance community, the fans, the audience of the previous four editions of the Nairobi festival of solos and duets, and the new friends and supporters out there.

This is a day that to share in the aspirations of a dance community like no other, to understand our goals and objective, and to discover first hand what has been that driving force.

There will be three dance performances • Poetry by Ndungi  Githuku • Music by Mutinda • Video by DF-N • DF-N t-shirts on sale and many other little surprises on auction and raffle.

Dance Forum-Nairobi Team.
For tickets please contact the Dance Forum Nairobi under following numbers: 0734 413337, 0721 439920, 0722 895006
or email at info@danceforumnbi.com

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Run YDMC Challenge, Oct. 1 2011 @ Lake Naivasha Valley Breeze Camp

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YDMC is a vibrant network of the youth organizations across Kenya, dedicated in helping the youth in Kenya. We are here to support and challenge young people from whatever background and whoever they are to reach their full potential.
YDMC is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running and walking. And educational activities such as guidance and counseling. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes us have an easy way to turn young people into great adults.
Out of town, YDMC provides personal and social development that is second to none at our residential new activenture centre in Naivasha.
Join the greatest race as part of run for YDMC and help us help even more young people. Every donation goes a very long way and will change a life.

contact 020 266 7833 or 0713 321 380

Time: Saturday, October 1 at 8:00am – October 2 at 7:00pm
Location: Lake Naivasha Valley Breeze Camp. Naivasha, Kenya

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A Day with Dekha – fundraiser and commemoration, Sep 10 2011 @ Karura Forest

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Next Saturday there are a series of events to commemorate Dekha  Ibhrahim Abdi. She was an accomplished peacemaker tragically killed about a month ago in a car accident along with her husband, leaving behind 4 kids.

First a sponsored walk to raise some funds for education for Dekha Ibrahim Abdi’s kids.
Come walk in Karura Forest  and plant/buy a tree for planting in an area we have cleared as a peace corner in commemoration not just to her, but  to all those who work for a peaceful stable society in Kenya. Come add your energy and good wishes to this lovely spot.
Bring lots of others with you, and please pass on to anyone interested. And ask to get in touch on friendsofdekha@gmail.com to book  a place and reserve a tree (prices on the poster below). You can also pay for any and all of this by Mpesa to the Friends of Dekha account number: 0713723991

Exhibition: Heart of Art, Sept. 8-12 2011 @ Village Market

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The Village Market is pleased to invite you to the ‘Heart of Art’ charity art exhibition and auction

Exhibition Opening: September 8, 2011
Venue: The Village Market Mall, New Exhibition Hall
Time: 6pm
To attend RSVP: ann@villagemarket.com or leah@villagemarket.com (by 5th September)

Exhibition Dates: September 9-12, 2011
Time: 10am-6pm
Entry: Free

This event has been made possible by generous artists, art galleries and art lovers who have donated artwork of all genres that will be sold to the public. All proceeds from the sale will go towards the Kenya Red Cross Society for food to assist communities experiencing famine in Northern Kenya.

Silent auction will be in progress.

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