The first game of every month is an ACBL charity game.
We are able to make the last game of most months our own charity game.
When we started, we used to let people whose birthdays were in the month pick out a charity.
We found that many of the bigger charities spend most of the donation sending back literature asking for more money and we felt that our donations were being wasted.
One of our regular players, Kay Barker, brought to our attention a wonderful charity run by her sister, Kathleen Tucker.
It is for the orphans of Kakamega, Kenya and 100% of our donation goes directly to the children
These children have lost their parents to AIDS. When Kathleen first started this charity these children were only able to get medical help at a hospital but there was no hospital close enough to walk to and no way of transporting them to the nearest one.
They now have their own medical facility and also transportation!
We are not only helping to solve their immediate problems but are instrumental in creating a positive future for these children.
We usually donate about $34 monthly. I wish it were more.
If you are looking to donate on a personal level, I hope you will consider a donation to this charity.
For more information, please contact:
Kathleen Tucker
Vice President of KIDS TALK FOUNDATION
(858)442-6601
www.KidsTalk.org
Here is a list of the things our donation and yours would be helping to buy for these children:
$5-1 Mosquito net
$5-Vaccination for one child against typhoid
$8-Blanket
$25-pair of shoes & 2 pairs of socks
$40-Purchase 10 chickens Currently, they have 300 chickens but there are 950 children. The goal for 2008 is to have 1000 chickens on the ranch
$50-Art supplies
$100 Provide every child with an orange once a week for a month
$120- cost of chicken feed for one month
$125-Nurse's salary. They work full time in the school medical clinic.
$120-$200-Teacher's salary for one month
$250 Medicine for the school medical clinic for an entire month.
$600-supplies all 3 schools with textbooks, teaching aids, paper and other school supplies
$800-Sponsor one child for an entire year of high school. The charity only provides an education through the eighth grade. The high schools are privatized in Kenya.
$1000-Provides a 2-day medical camp where doctors are able to give every child a medical exam, vaccinations, and treatment for current illnesses.
The camps are run on a quarterly basis.
$3500-Provides electricity to the school, dormitory at the nursery and the school medical clinic.
$5000-Build the 7th grade classroom at Nambale School in 2008
$7500-this will build the chicken ranch large enough to keep the 1000 chickens. The ranch will be self-sustaining and will be able to provide enough eggs for each child to have one daily. The children had never eaten eggs before the existence of the chicken farm.
$13,500-will be used to purchase 5 acres to be used for growing corn, beans and raising cows.
$15,000-Construct a vocational school to provide alternative education for those who are unable to attend high school. There is a 80% unemployment in Kenya. The goal of the charity is to provide education and vocational opportunities to ALL the children in their care.
$45,000-Construct a Teaching college, Kenya has limited infrastructure at the college level. There is a great competition for entrance into all colleges. This project will fill a gap and provide expanded opportunities.
100 % of the money given goes directly to the children.
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