Alternative Gifts – the ideal Christmas present!
Pamoja has the answer for all of you who are wondering what to buy the person who has everything for Christmas. A Pamoja alternative gift, available at a variety of price points to suit all pockets, will really benefit needy people in Kenya, and will introduce your friend or relative to Pamoja! A win-win! Simply […]
Coronavirus Relief Update
Meet the elderly guardians of Catheline Nyokabi who is sponsored by Pamoja to attend secondary school. Catheline was sent home from school most of last year. The Covid support they received was used to buy food since her guardians are elderly and do not work. We are so grateful to many of you who responded […]
A Wedding, a Fridge, and a Thank-you!
End of Year Highlights! 2020. What a year! Through every trial and challenge we thank the Lord that He has been our refuge and strength. We wish all our supporters Gods blessings in 2021. Please find some highlights that happened this December…. First a wedding! Julius stayed at the Pamoja Kware Care Centre just outside Nairobi for 5 years. […]
Christmas is coming…
For the person who has everything…or for that person who you just haven’t got a clue what to buy…or for anyone else, how about buying them a Pamoja alternative gift? That way you avoid the ‘Bath salts and inexpensive scent, and hideous tie so kindly meant’, of John Betjeman’s Christmas poem, and instead give something […]
Flooded houses now rebuilt!
Back in March we showed you pictures and wrote about houses that were destroyed in floods in the Magina area. This is where we have a small Care Centre and also the Mier Pamoja School that are run by our friends Rev. Eric and Millicent. Some of the teachers in the school rented rooms in […]
Covid Relief Update
We have all felt the impact of the Covid 19 shutdown but in Kenya the situation is very serious with many suddenly losing their means of putting food on the table each day. The Government has offered no significant support and food prices have risen. We thank the Lord that He has moved many of […]
Update on flooding and food shortages in Kenya
We are in regular contact with our friends in Kenya, and can tell you first and foremost that the aid we have been able to send as a result of the generosity of donors here in the UK is much needed and much appreciated. Thank you so much. Because of the Covid-19 situation, Millicent is […]
Further flooding in Magina
This week, sadly, there has been more flooding in the Magina area. Once more, the rented houses where some of our teachers stay (including Benard, the Headteacher) have been flooded. He has sent a short video showing what has happened. The house belonging to Joyce, a lady who has worked at Mier Pamoja Care Centre […]
Floods in Magina – update and thank you
THANK YOU SO MUCH… to all of you who have sent relief money so we can help the community at Magina & Ayweyo. The response has been amazing and we are so grateful. We are thankful that we have been able to release some funds immediately so people have been able to receive help straightaway. We received […]
Floods at Magina – Emergency Appeal
We have received news from Millicent in the past couple of days that there has been severe flooding, caused by exceptionally heavy rain, in the Magina area, near the Care Centre and School. People woke in the early hours of Friday morning to find themselves knee deep in water. Millicent estimates that at least 20 […]
