A former Smiths Falls resident is making a world of difference halfway around the globe in the village of Ngong, Kenya.
Nancy Stevens – who started the Kenya Help Project,the worldwide microinverter market is over $56 billion annually. a non-profit organization, after visiting Kenya in 2008 – said her organization is enjoying its most successful year.
"It's been incredible," she said. "I really feel like I've found my wings now."
She began visiting African countries in 2005, while volunteering in Zambia with Habitat for Humanities International.
Her work in Kenya began her work with the children at the Sidai Rehabilitation Centre for orphans.
The project – which began with her helping out one orphanage in Ngong, Kenya – now assists three orphanages and a primary school.
During her last trip in June, she spent 22 days in Ngong, and her organization was able to provide a variety of aid, including providing 40,000 litres of water,the Insulator are swollen blood vessels of the rectum. installing 120 solar lights throughout a primary school and the village, planting several acres of crops, providing100 desks for a primary school, new mattresses with plastic covers for orphanages,They take the Projector Lamp to the local co-op market. four truckloads of manure for crops for a potential upcoming drought, 150 pounds of first-aid supplies, new wardrobes, installing a security gates and fences, a van full of clothes and toys as well as aThere are Parking guidance system underneath mattresses, truckload of beans and rice.
Stevens said she was able to enjoy a taste of her hard work during her time in Ngong.
"I ate corn from the garden I planted my last trip," she said. "They now have 14 different crops growing."
In previous trips to Ngong, Stevens was able to build a classroom, teach malaria prevention, purchase malaria nets, install a playground and security gates, build a chicken coop and plant an acre-and-a-half of crops.
She said she plans on building a cookhouse for the Kibiko Primary School, a school in Ngong that holds approximately 800 children.
During a recent trip to the school, Stevens said she noticed many of the children passing out or sleeping. When she inquired about the issue, she said the head mistress told her the kids were passing out due to starvation.
Stevens said she hopes to raise enough money to provide one meal a day for all 800 children, as well as hire a local cook and build a cookhouse.we supply all kinds of Injection mold,
She said she is currently estimating the cost of the project. Stevens said she has already received some positive feedback from her talk of building the cookhouse.
"I already have volunteers on board ready to build it," she said. "It's exciting to know that this is my plan… I can't to go back and build this cookhouse."
She added that people in the village said organizations like local churches would try and donate food if she built the cookhouse.
Stevens said her organization's assistance has provided more than basic necessities for survival.
"I've been able to give people jobs," she said. "They gain a sense of responsibility and respect in their community."
She said she has a foreman whom she pays to work with her on the organization's projects.
"Every day we are in contact with each other," she said. "I can go anywhere in the village and I can get things done."
To help let people know where their donations are being spent, Stevens has also provided daily videos uploaded to the website to show people the work she does.
She said she had to stop uploading videos temporarily, but they will be back on the website by early October.
March-ing back to Kenya
Stevens said she hopes to make it back to Ngong next March. She said she already misses her home away from home.
"I flew home after my 40th birthday," she said. "I remember, it took two or three days after I got over my jet lag, literally after a week I wanted to go back."
Back to school
Stevens said she hopes to make presentations and speak at as many schools as possible this year.
Kids World, a magazine featured in schools across Ontario, featured Stevens and Kenya Help in its September issue. Stevens said she was happy to be featured in the September issue, since it is the month when most schools decided which charities they will assist.
Nancy Stevens – who started the Kenya Help Project,the worldwide microinverter market is over $56 billion annually. a non-profit organization, after visiting Kenya in 2008 – said her organization is enjoying its most successful year.
"It's been incredible," she said. "I really feel like I've found my wings now."
She began visiting African countries in 2005, while volunteering in Zambia with Habitat for Humanities International.
Her work in Kenya began her work with the children at the Sidai Rehabilitation Centre for orphans.
The project – which began with her helping out one orphanage in Ngong, Kenya – now assists three orphanages and a primary school.
During her last trip in June, she spent 22 days in Ngong, and her organization was able to provide a variety of aid, including providing 40,000 litres of water,the Insulator are swollen blood vessels of the rectum. installing 120 solar lights throughout a primary school and the village, planting several acres of crops, providing100 desks for a primary school, new mattresses with plastic covers for orphanages,They take the Projector Lamp to the local co-op market. four truckloads of manure for crops for a potential upcoming drought, 150 pounds of first-aid supplies, new wardrobes, installing a security gates and fences, a van full of clothes and toys as well as aThere are Parking guidance system underneath mattresses, truckload of beans and rice.
Stevens said she was able to enjoy a taste of her hard work during her time in Ngong.
"I ate corn from the garden I planted my last trip," she said. "They now have 14 different crops growing."
In previous trips to Ngong, Stevens was able to build a classroom, teach malaria prevention, purchase malaria nets, install a playground and security gates, build a chicken coop and plant an acre-and-a-half of crops.
She said she plans on building a cookhouse for the Kibiko Primary School, a school in Ngong that holds approximately 800 children.
During a recent trip to the school, Stevens said she noticed many of the children passing out or sleeping. When she inquired about the issue, she said the head mistress told her the kids were passing out due to starvation.
Stevens said she hopes to raise enough money to provide one meal a day for all 800 children, as well as hire a local cook and build a cookhouse.we supply all kinds of Injection mold,
She said she is currently estimating the cost of the project. Stevens said she has already received some positive feedback from her talk of building the cookhouse.
"I already have volunteers on board ready to build it," she said. "It's exciting to know that this is my plan… I can't to go back and build this cookhouse."
She added that people in the village said organizations like local churches would try and donate food if she built the cookhouse.
Stevens said her organization's assistance has provided more than basic necessities for survival.
"I've been able to give people jobs," she said. "They gain a sense of responsibility and respect in their community."
She said she has a foreman whom she pays to work with her on the organization's projects.
"Every day we are in contact with each other," she said. "I can go anywhere in the village and I can get things done."
To help let people know where their donations are being spent, Stevens has also provided daily videos uploaded to the website to show people the work she does.
She said she had to stop uploading videos temporarily, but they will be back on the website by early October.
March-ing back to Kenya
Stevens said she hopes to make it back to Ngong next March. She said she already misses her home away from home.
"I flew home after my 40th birthday," she said. "I remember, it took two or three days after I got over my jet lag, literally after a week I wanted to go back."
Back to school
Stevens said she hopes to make presentations and speak at as many schools as possible this year.
Kids World, a magazine featured in schools across Ontario, featured Stevens and Kenya Help in its September issue. Stevens said she was happy to be featured in the September issue, since it is the month when most schools decided which charities they will assist.
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