News
November 21st - December 25th 2009 Highland Interact Alternative Gift Card sales will be taking place during the Christmas Season. They will start again during Fiesta at the Florence Filberg on Saturday November 21, 2009.
June 23rd, 2009 Connecting With Kenya hits 600 members on the Facebook group.
May 20th, 2009 Ecole Robb Road Elementary joined the cause
April 20th, 2009 Connecting With Kenya members sail across the water to Powell River to see Craig Kielburger speak. Click here to read more.
April 17th, 2009 Connecting With Kenya hits 500 members on the Facebook group.
February 19th, 2009 Connecting With Kenya hits 400 members on the Facebook group. Hayohhh!
February 14th, 2009 Athletes United and the St.Jules Method Pound for Pound Fitness Challenge raised $1000. Thank You!
Check out the article from Snap in Victoria by clicking here.
February 11th, 2009 Connecting With Kenya hits 200 members on the Facebook group. Ooooo!
January 30th, 2009 Comox Valley Record - How to Save the World - Connecting With Kenya will be presenting at the World Community Film Festival Youth Forum on February 7th.
December 12th, 2008 Comox Valley Record - Valley Youth Planning to Adopt African Village
December 12th, 2008 Comox Valley Echo - Highland Students Connecting With Kenya
December 12th, 2008 Comox Valley Echo - Kuwa na Krismasi njema, from Royston El
December 11th, 2008 - Highland Christmas Concert raised $600 with Alternate Gift Cards and World Community Coffee, Tea and Chocolate
December 10th, 2008 - Royston Elementary African Christmas Concert raised $1000
December 9th, 2008 - Lucid Naniamo - Giver' Fred Event at the Firehouse in Nanaimo raised $215
December 2nd, 2008 - Aspen Elementary raised $230
November 26th, 2008 - Mark R. Isfeld Pancake Breakfast raised $200
November 22nd, 2008 - Fiesta at the lower Florence Filberg Centre raised $600
November 24th, 2008 - Vanier School joined the cause.
November 24th, 2008 - Connecting With Kenya hits 100 members on the Facebook group. Nice!
November 13th, 2008 - Royston Elementary School joined the cause
November 13th, 2008 - Highland Secondary Interact Club presents details of Connecting With Kenya to Royston Elementary School
November 6th, 2008 - Black Rose Tattoo and Piercing Studio joined the cause.
November 6th, 2008 - Highland Secondary Interact Club presents details of Connecting With Kenya to Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School
October 23rd, 2008 - Aspen Park Elementary grade 6 class joined the cause.
October 14th, 2008 - Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School joined the cause
October 9th, 2008 - Courtenay Recreation Association / Linc Youth Center joined the cause
October 7,2008 - GP Vanier Secondary Schools' Amnesty Club has joined the cause
October 1, 2008 - Highland School's Senior Art Students will be producing "Give a Brick for the Holidays Art Cards." read more
October 1, 2008 - Highland School's Rotary Interact Club has joined the cause.
October 1, 2008 - World Community Development and Education Society has joined the cause
September 17th, 2008 - Taylor Conroy of RE/MAX Camosun joined the cause.
May 18, 2008 Derrek Penner makes a $60 donation and starts the ball rolling.
May 1, 2008 - zactv.com has joined the cause.
May 1, 2008 - World Action Group has joined the cause.
Connecting With Kenya Has Raised Over $41,000
With this money Free The Children has built school houses, a library, provided healthcare, fresh water and alternate income programs to the people of Pimbiniet, Kenya. It is an amazing accomplishment that has affected the lives of thousands of people in Kenya and right here on Vancouver Island.
Connecting With Kenya Supports Free the Children
Connect with your community and empower a village in the Maasai Mara Region of Kenya
Connecting With Kenya is a Vancouver Island based project that supports Free The Children’s Adopt A Village program in Kenya. Funds raised through Connecting With Kenya will go towards building schools, providing clean water systems, alternative income programs and healthcare to peoples in the Maasai Mara region of Kenya through the Free The Children.
Community groups, businesses, and individuals like you who support Connecting with Kenya want to make a positive difference in their world. Together we believe in creating sustainable futures for communities and eradicating poverty for the first time in global history. Your support can make that dream come true.
See the events and fundraisers happening right now by clicking here
Do You Want To Travel To Kenya With Connecting With Kenya?
Please review the trips at MeToWe.com in the trips section. There are so many great opportunities to connect with the world around you. Learn a new language, engage with a village, build a school and be the difference in people's lives. There is limited time to register for 2009 so check it out quick.
Alternate Gift Cards Still Available
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Alternate Gift Cards are available at Highland Secondary School from the Highland Interact Club
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