Dear neighbours,

Welcome to this action needed! :-)

This is one of the first actions needed on NABUUR.COM that is endowed with a wiki. A wiki is a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit and change some available content. A wiki is a collaborative document to which every neighbour can contribute.

On NABUUR.COM, the wiki can be used to summarise the status of the Action Needed. No longer do neighbours have to read through the discussions to see where they can contribute. They can simply have a look at the wiki to see where their help is needed.

Another purpose of the wiki on NABUUR.COM is that it allows the neighbours to work together on a document like a businessplan, an action plan or on a proposal.

The wiki software has been recently added to this website. If you happen to encounter any bugs, please inform George Hoogendoorn, Project Manager of NABUUR.COM. His e-mail is george@nabuur.com .

I hope that this is enough on the software for now, this community needs your help! Let’s focus on this action needed! :-)

Warm regards,

Pim Kantebeen
Online Community Manager NABUUR.COM

When we are talking about raising basic school supplies for the orphans of the community, I believe this needs a little more clarification. Are we asking for monetary funding or for the collection of actual school supplies? I will contact the president of the Harvard Student Government Association to see what we as an organization would have the ability to do to assist the community. In the mean time, if someone would clarify what exactly we are raising, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you,
Holly Carless

Thank you very much Holly for accepting to be a neighbour for the Kabondo community. When we talk about the orphan supplies we mean purchase of school uniforms, textbooks, exercise books, sanitary pads for a majority of girls here who cannot afford them and therefore cannot go to school, costs of basic medication especially for common ailments like malaria (which is the leading killer in this region), diarhoea etc. We are also talking of basic nutritional support for a small period as we introduce these families to kitchen gardening. We have put all these in the form of a project proposal which we can send to you so you can see the details and the extent of need.This support will be monetary though we will also be grateful if we can receive other material donation if there is a way we can receive them here.
Thanks very much

Eric Ochanji
Local representative

I have been a member of the school community here in Northern California for many years and feel that I can find school supplies as well.

I need to know if materials are to be mailed to your office or how do we get things to you?

David R

Thank you David for offering to send some school supplies to the Kabondo community. I don't know the quantity of things you want to send. if they are small things i think you can send them as parcels through our box address.
Eric Ochanji
P. O. Box 3527, 40100
Kisumu, Kenya.

We shall however require some small amount of money to clear the goods with the postal authorities once they reach hear. You can mark the goods "gift" so that this cost is significantly waived to us. But first i need to know the quantity of goods you may send. A container?

Eric
Local Representative

Dear NABUUR Volunteers.

Today it's International Volunteer Day.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your dedication and invaluable support towards finding solutions.

The time and energy put forth into your volunteering work really make life changing differences for other people.

As NABUUR grows we are honored to work with passionate volunteers such as yourself, as you are the ones who make it happen.

NABUUR and all those involved celebrate you today, and we look forward to a long and continued collaboration.

It couldn't be done without you.

Warm regards,

Siegfried Woldhek

CEO NABUUR.com

Dear Holly Carless;
Thank you very much for your patience and your willingness to help the orphans of Kabondo community get education and a decent livelihood. I have attached a proposal that details the areas for which we seek support for the orphans. This is just one way of helping them. The other would be getting families/individuals- may be in your country- who could each sponsor an orphan in Kabondo.You can go through this document and see if you can help support it wholly or partly.

We on the other hand welcome any other donations which may not be monetary but will be of great assistance to this youngsters.
Thanks
Eric Ochanji
Local Representative

orphan prop.doc

hi,am pastor micheal from uganda.Let me take these oportunity to thank u for the good job u are doing towards those ends.yes it a good idear to help ophans in ur community.iam still new on these line and hope ur goal of helping the ophans in ur community,you will be succesfull in whatever u are doing.thank u verry much.Happy new year.
God bless u
Micheal

hi,eric.i want to thank the good job you are doing along that side.i have no fund to raise for you guy but just give me the prayer request so that my church can prayer the ophans.best regards happy new year.
pasator Micheal

Dear Pastor Micheal,

Thank you very much pastor for offering to pray for the orphans and vulnerable children of Kabondo. You may not know it but yours will be the greatest contribution anyone will ever make for these young children. I know that with your prayers God will open doors and these orphans will get a decent livelihood and education to be able to grow up as responsible members of our society.

It is God who gives and if you intervene, i know hewill answer our prayers. May God bless you. I will inform the orphans that you are going to offer special prayers for them.

Eric Ochanji
Local Representative

Dear Eric, Henry and Neighbours,

I just want to say hello to everyone. I am a new Neighbour, I joined your village today. I am a women, I live in Finland and I work as a teacher at a vocational school. I would like to help so much as I can, because I have very strong feelings for the orphans.

Have a blessed day!

Greetings from Ildiko

Hi Henry and the Kabona community!

thank you very much for the effort you are making to bring change in the lives of the children of Kabona VILLAGE. Am yet a new neihbour in Nabuur.com. At the moment i don't have much for our young friends.
Please try and contact the following organization the may be of great help to Kabona Village;
www.save the children Uk, www.christian Aid
and www.care international.
i wish you the best in any of your straggule.
Best Regards

Andrew Bongomin Okot

Dear IIdiko,

Thank you very much for your interest in our village and the plight of the orphans. You can help the orphans in so many ways. One way is to look for sponsors for individual children, source for donations in form of books, clothes and other things growing and disadvantaged children might need. The neighbours have also assisted us come up with a project proposal on vocational training for older orphans heading houeholds and for young orphans of ages 1- 15 years. I know Henry will attach them for your attention so you can help source for funding.For most children $200-300 wil help in a whole year for buying shoes, school uniforms, minor school levies, sanitary pads for girls who cannot attend school because of this,text books and exercise books and other personal effects. Assistance can also be to child headed households. An older orphan can be supported in vocational training e.g carpentry, welding, catering, dressmaking, motor mechanics so as to be able to help the other siblings. Do not hesitate to contact us should you require further information.

Sincerely,

Eric

I just joined kabondo. So for the moment I'm looking around in the village to see where you are.
Thanks
Mary

Dear Eric,

I am so sorry because I didn't read you contibution earlier! I am a new neighbour and thank you very much for your welcome words. I was on sight-seeing in some other villiges, but I try check-up now your village. Thank you for all informations you gave me, I need a little time to read all your issues and contibutions. I could already notice that you really are in progress.

I must find Kabondo now on my map.

Have a blessed day!

I just want also say hello to Mary! Nice to see you in this village too! We love the same villages , you and me! It's great!

Kind regards from:

Ildikó