Three Icelandic students visiting

15 May 2012

A group of three Icelandic students are now visiting ABC Children’s Aid in Kenya.

This is a message we received from Thorunn Helgadottir, the founder and director of ABC Kenya yesterday

„We have spent a week in Maasai land and had a great time. Currently the three students are on a break taking a safari while I wait at the camp. We have visited so many Maasai families and also had a wonderful time with the children at the ABC school in Loitokitok. After spending a week here we feel so comfortable and so accepted that we don’t really want to leave, we even started dressing like Maasai J

New house and a new school

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02 May 2012

Recently, ABC Children’s Aid purchased a plot adjoining the Mathare slums, were we plan to build our own children’s home, since currently we are renting rooms in a school compound located in North Mathare called Star of Hope.

The new plot will house a school catering up to 1000 students as we have recognized the need to build our own schools to cater appropriately for the children coming off the streets.

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The plot is located between three large slums, Mathare, Dandora and Korogocho. This location will allow children from all three slums to attend the school.

Icelandic students traveling to Kenya

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20 April 2012

In 2009 an ABC school was started in Iceland for individuals ages 18 and older who want to become active in relief work. As of June 2012 the school will become international and all the subjects will be taught in English.

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Ever since 2009 groups of students graduating from ABC school have gone on a field trip to Kenya to visit the ABC Children’s home, in both Mathare and Loitokitok. The students have gone to visit the children living in the slums and gotten to better know their family situation and their day to day lives.

Assisting Loitokitok (Masai village)

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20 April 2012

In 2011 ABC responded to the repeat request for rescue by girls from the Loitokitok area, near Mt Kilimanjaro in rural Kenya. Discussions with local elders resulted not only in the donation of a plot to house a school but also commitment to a change in attitude toward FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) and early marriage of girls.

Three Icelandic students visiting

New house and a new school

Icelandic students traveling to Kenya

Assisting Loitokitok (Masai village)

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