CLUB MEETING 9th OCTOBER 2017
PRESIDENT JACQUE PHILLIPS welcomed members.
- Thanks to members who manned BBQ at Karinya on Saturday.
- Advent calendar printed and being assembled. Sales to start at weekend.
- Saturday Lift The Lid BBQ at Home Hardware,
- Welcome back from Umoja Orphanage Kate Hodge, Julie Andrew and Stephen Mills, and Jennifer Rodger and Sieg Seiter from holidays.
- 60th Anniversary progressing well. No meeting on Monday 30th.
- NDHS Advance Care Planning Tuesday 17th October 10.30 to 12.30 Seniors Hub.
- NSHS Better Practice Award presentation Wednesday 11th 2pm.
- Umoja dinner next meeting in Town Hall.
CHAIR: JULIE ANDREW:
At short notice a presentation from Julie, Kate and Stephen on their Umoya Orphanage visit, with photos taken by Stephen - some of 4,000 taken.
Stephen spoke on his impressions gained from the visit to Kenya.
Learnt that the need is great in Kenya, but with passionate people great things are being done at Umoja.
94% of donations to the orphanage makes it to on ground care.
Kenyan government agencies place children at Umoja, with majority of orphans having being sexually abused.
Jobs at orphanage included fencing, building cow shed, health clinics.
Assisted at Feeding Station, feeding 4,000 children with cooked maize, beans, rice, spinach.
Health clinics conducted by the 5 nurses in the group of 16. Kate and Julie noted an improvement in general health.
Spent 4 days in Rawanda for "Walk with the Gorillas". Visited genocide memorial, which was confronting.
Stephen concluded by saying although there for only 10 days, hopefully made a difference.
Julie added there was a vast improvement in health of villagers since last visit. Kate looked after the animals. Vegetable gardens doing well, with extra produce being sold to assist sustainability.
Built a shaded ares to enable year round crops.