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Community Group Updates 26/02/08 Please see ‘Postcards from Kenya’ for latest news & updates from Nov 07 onwards.
14/10/07 Visit ‘Postcards from Kenya’ for great news & updates on the new Cultural Manyatta at Musul.
Recent funding updates on this and other projects can also be found at our Donations & Support pages.
Please note that major sponsorship and support are still urgently needed to help fund MBEKEC’s proposed eco-tourism & environmental conservation project at Musul in Laikpia. If you think that you may be able to help please contact CCI-Kenya with your details.
03/08/07 KEEP & local Forestry Dept have been doing some useful research around the Kakamega rain forest re sustainable utilisation of the rain-forest resources, including knowledge and use of cooking baskets, mud stoves & ceramic jikos, etc.
19/7/07 A new Primary Classroom was constructed at Musul in the New Year. See Letters Page for more details...
11/03/07 MBEKEC applied for funding from TTF (Tourism Trust Fund) and CDTF (Community Development Trust Fund) in January 2007 to assist with the provision of water and sanitation facilities at Musul. The outcome of this proposal is still awaited. MBEKEC’s 2006 application to UNDP was unfortunately unsuccessful. As MBEKEC’s own small funds are now depleted, funds from donors & well-wishers are being requested by MBEKEC to help the group with the costs of re-submission of this and other new proposals which will help them to move forward with implementation of their ‘Strategic Plan’. Funding & appropriate training & capacity-building are also still being requested by MBEKEC, with specific emphasis on the development of eco-tourism facilities (eco-lodge & home-stay), environmental conservation & monitoring, bee-keeping, provision of a local primary school, sale and marketing of traditional beadwork jewellery, educational sponsorship and so on. Information & updates based on CCI-Kenya’s latest field visit to MBEKEC & Musul Naramatisho can be found among the January entries at ‘Postcards from Kenya’.
The African Pro-Poor Tourism Development Centre and The Institute for Cultural Affairs Kenya (ICAK), two experienced NGO’s based in Nairobi, have indicated that they are positively interested in helping MBECEK & Musul Naramatisho with certain aspects of training & capacity building. However, as neither NGO is a funding organisation, their active support for MBEKEC is unable to take place until appropriate funding assistance can be found. If you are (or know of) a bona-fide donor organisation which may be able to assist, please send your contact details & further information to us here.
11/03/07 KEEP have now begun producing ‘Shimwelo’ Kakamega Forest Cooking Baskets using seed funds provided by a Primary School in January UK last year. Subject to the successful running of the project, additiional seed-funding may also be available to help develop the project further. As a long-established site-support organisation for KEEP, Nature Kenya is now also helping CCI-Kenya with supervision of the project and assistance re sale and marketing of the baskets. Further news of KEEP and the ‘Shimwelo’ Cooking Basket project can be found at ‘Postcards from Kenya’. ’Cooking in a Basket’ and KEEP’s main page in the Community Projects section of this CCI-Kenya website.
04/09/06 MBEKEC has need of a vehicle to help get honey to local markets...Please see Letters Page for more details….
25/8/06 MBEKEC & Musul Naramatisho Groups. Please note updated contact details on relevant website pages.
18/8/06 Muliru Farmers Thomas Mmasi has recently informed us that a new drying banda is under construction at the Muliru Farmers ‘Naturub’ distillery in the Kakamega forest, but that improved water catchment/bore-hole & lighting facilities are still needed to help increase & maximise production…..Read on... |
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CCI–Kenya - News & Events 15/10/08 The Donations, Sponsorships & Gifts page and related on-line PayPal payment facility are now no longer available and have therefore been removed from the website.
07/10/08 Please note that, apart from this website facility, CCI-Kenya’s other community support activities are now unfortunately on hold until further notice later on in 2009.
26/02/08 The CCI-Kenya blog ‘Postcards from Kenya’ has news & photo’s of latest field visit to Kenya (Nov 07 to Jan 08) plus an introduction to new community groups, a proposed new eco-tourism project & the latest news & updates from community groups themselves.
11/03/07 Elizabeth is now back in UK following 4 months of meetings and site visits in Kenya. The next few weeks will be spent catching-up with urgent activities at home and also on an important period of reflection on the best way forward for CCI-Kenya based on the experiences and lessons learned whilst working with the youth and community groups and supporting organisations in Kenya over the course of this full year.
29/9/06 Elizabeth’s next planned period of field-based activities with community-led groups & supporting organisations in Kenya will take place between early November 2006 & March 2007. Dates & further details will be confirmed with those concerned nearer the time.
23/9/06 This week we have launched a new fundraising appeal to purchase materials for the construction of basic pit latrines and a shower hut at Musul Group Ranch. These will be constructed by members of the local community who wish to provide simple traditional maasai Home-Stay accommodation facilities for visiting eco-tourists & eco-volunteers, as well as helping to improve the lives & livelihoods of local people.
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Website Updates Please stay posted...Further updates to this main CCI-Kenya website will continue to be made as time goes by...
15/10/08 The Donations, Sponsorships & Gifts page and related on-line PayPal payment facility are now no longer available and have therefore been removed from the website.
02/4/08 Updated Site Map.
25/3/08 Donations & Support & How You Can Help pages have now been completely revised with links to new parts of this website (including an interesting range of Practical Support pages, & Donations, Sponsorship & Gifts).
22/3/08 Fair Trade page now updated with hand-spun & hand-woven rugs from Kinangop.
Some new PayPal donation buttons have now been added to this main CCI-Kenya website. More will follow as the ‘Donations & Support’ pages and ‘How You Can Help’ pages are gradually re-published.
10/03/08 ‘Friends of Kinangop Plateau’ now has now been included in the Community Project Pages of this website.
3/03/08 New look to Donations & Support website. Terms & Conditions & Disclaimer updated (re Donations & Funding).
26/02/08 The CCI-Kenya blog ‘Postcards from Kenya’ has been updated since Nov 07 with news & photo’s of latest field visit to Kenya (Nov07 to Jan08) plus introduction to new community groups & latest news & updates from community groups themselves.
The ‘Sema Kenya’ youth & community forum now also includes information about ‘Friends of Kinangop Plateau’ and ‘Mathare Roots’ Youth Group.
1/08/07 Launch of new fund-raising appeal in support of environmental conservation and health-care—see ‘Cooking in a Basket’ for more details.
Further information and updates have also been included at ‘Postcards from Kenya’. 19/07/07— The How You Can Help & Donations/Support pages of this website have been revised. It’s now possible for you to DONATE ON-LINE & find out more about how you can help on our new Practical Support pages.
25/03/07 Eco-tourism Facilities page has now been updated and includes new listings.
23/03/07 Photo Gallery now includes the new Photo Album 4 with photo’s and captions related to Muliru Farmers Conservation Group and their Naturub distillery, etc.
20/03/07 Related Links page has been updated with new links to funding organisations & assistance with proposal writing.
11/03/07 This main CCI-Kenya website has now been joined by 3 important new blog siite extensions—’Postcards from Kenya’ (with news, updates & photo’s of youth and community groups from Elizabeth’s latest field visit to Kenya); ‘Sema Kenya’ (a new more interactive youth and community group Website Forum facility) and ‘Cooking in a Basket’ (with instructions on how to make & use cooking baskets, recipes and photo’s, etc as well as the opportunity to add your own recipes and comments).
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Supporting Organisations—Announcements
26/02/08 Please see ‘Postcards from Kenya’ for latest news & updates from Nov 07 onwards.
22/08/06
Nature Kenya
“Networking and Monitoring
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