SUNSHINE ACTION 耀陽行動 Kenya

JUN 2015, seven Sunshine Action volunteers travelled to Nairobi Kenya providing food & essential materials to the following 16 groups/organizations, benefiting over 1,100 people directly.

The official name of Kenyais the ‘Republic of Kenya’.
Kenya has been named after Mount Kenya, a very significant landmark in the country.
English and Kiswahili are the official languages of Kenya. Apart from that, a number of indigenous languages are spoken here.
Majority of the people in Kenya are Protestants, followed by Roman Catholics, indigenous believers and Muslims.
The ethnic groups in Kenya include Kikuyu 25%, Luhya, Luo, Kalenjin, Kamba Kisii, Meru and other Africans and non-Africans.
Kenya follows the system of Parliamentary republic. Kenya gained independence from the United Kingdom in December 1963.
Kenya is the regional hub for trade and finance in East Africa. Kenyan railway system comprises of 2,085 km of one meter gauge single track.
Kenya's main port is situated at Mombasa, an island that boasts of being home to the deepest natural harbor in Africa.
Some of the oldest known palaeontological records of the history of mankind on earth have been found in Kenya.
Mount Kenya is the largest mountain in Kenya and the second highest mountain in Africa. There are numerous safari parks in Kenya.
The main cities of Kenya include Nairobi (the capital), Mombassa, Kisumu, Eldorte and Nakuru.
The Great Rift Valley of Kenya was formed twenty million years ago, by splitting of the earth's crust.

Professor Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist, was the first African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize, in 2004.

Wangari Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica (Benedictine College) and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya.

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In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 1986, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, and in 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"

Sept 2010, Two Sunshine Action volunteers visited Nairobi Kenya 肯亞: 奈洛比 and the surrounding area and donated over 6'500 kgs food & material, covering approx. 750 families cases & children.

Plant the Planet - KENYA 植樹愛地球‏ - 非洲肯亞

In SVD secondary school in Katani & Kahuho Primary School planted several fruit trees, including Orange, Avocado, Limon, Mangos, Pawpaws, Guavas, Wild Apples, etc...

Together with Henry, Joseph, the principal of school & teachers. Over 100 students help to plant the fruit trees around the school.

In 1968, Mother Teresa created the first home in Kenya taking care of over 100 abandoned orphans, children; over 80 mentally sick female patients, plus a school of nearly 300 street children in Huruma.

After a long fight to create this orphanage, this place started in end of 2009 taking care of approx. 45 orphans.

Founded in 2010 by Ms. Lillian Ikuuro, a single mother of 2 children and together with another 3 single mothers: Serah, Magaret, Scolastica, they take care & give food to 40 orphans in 2 extremely small metal houses.

In cooperation with HENRY WANYOIKE FOUNDATION, we distributed Sunshine Action Food Blessing Bags to the following group:

Henry Wanyoike Foundation (HWF) is a registered organization by the government of Kenya through registry of societies, registration no. 24475 on 29th March 2005.

Henry Wanyoike Foundation is named after Henry Wanyoike the visually impaired (blind) athlete from Kenya. Wanyoike is a world record holder of the 5,000m at the Sydney Paralympics in 2000, a Gold in the 10,000m Paralympics of Athens 2004 and most recently a bronze in the 5000m Beijing Paralympics of 2008. Along side his partner, Joseph Kibunja... Sunshine Action works on the first program in Kikuyu area.

Besides his athletic career, Henry Wanyoike has always given something back to the community. He has participated in many charitable activities in Kenya particularly to assist the poor, persons with disabilities, orphans and other less privileged people.

He contributes through giving donations, participating in charitable events, initiating community service projects, partnering with other organizations.

Each case received Blessing bags containining 12 kg of food products, including maize flour, wheat flour, rice & sugar.

- Ngure Mentally handicapped group

- Karai Pamoja HIV group

The parents of the young girl in the left died 2 weeks before our visit and she is both mentally & physically handicapped.

The prevalence rate is 6% and around 2 million people are living with HIV/aids, There are over 15 millions orphans. The most affected age group is 15 -35 years although the statistics are changing with married or committed couples accounting to 44% of new infections .we have around 76,330 new infections rate...250 ,000 patients are on ARVs and around 300,000 who cannot afford or get them.

This group is mainly physically handicapped members, some are incapable to work anymore.

Fund Raising Event 'Climb Mount Longonot 2010' for Kenya Society for the Blind

Kenya Society for the Blind (KSB) is a charitable organization established in 1956 by an Act of Parliament of Kenya. KSB is a National Organization charged with the responsibility of serving all citizens of Kenya who are visually impaired or are at a risk of going blind.

The Kenya Society for the Blind reaches out to visually impaired people in communities and helps to create a conducive environment for the empowerment of the visually impaired by promoting their welfare, training, education and employment, so that they may become self-sufficient and self-reliant.

Mount Longonot is a dormant stratovolcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s. Its name is derived from the Masai word oloonong'ot, meaning "mountains of many spurs" or "steep ridges".

The Masai Mara National Reserve (also spelled Maasai Mara, and known by the locals as 'the Mara') is a large game reserve in south-western Kenya, which cover the northern continuation of the Serengeti National Park game reserve in Tanzania.

Named after the Maasai people (the traditional inhabitants of the area) and their description of the area when looked at from a viewpoint - "Mara", which is Maa (Maasai language) for spotted: an apt description for the circles of trees, scrub, savannah and cloud shadows that mark the area.

It is famous for its exceptional population of Big Cats, game, and the annual migration of zebra, Thomson's gazelle and wildebeest from the Serengeti every year from July to October, a migration so immense it is called the Great Migration.

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SUNSHINE ACTION 耀陽行動

KENYA Volunteer Tour "非洲愛心肯亞-內羅比行"

JUNE 2015

Plant the Planet - KENYA 植樹愛地球‏ - 非洲肯亞

In SVD secondary school in Katani & Kahuho Primary School planted several fruit trees, including Orange, Avocado, Limon, Mangos, Pawpaws, Guavas, Wild Apples, etc...

In cooperation with HENRY WANYOIKE FOUNDATION, we distributed Sunshine Action Food Blessing Bags to the following group:

- Ngure Mentally handicapped group

- Karai Pamoja HIV group