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Ní
neart go cur le chéile (Irish
Proverb)
The real strength
is the strength of togetherness
Consider
this......
- The
Irish Ursuline Sisters have been working
in some of the most remote areas of Kenya
since 1957.
- At
present Irish and Kenyan Ursulines focus
their energies on education, health care
and pastoral services.
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As the Irish presence diminishes, the kenyan
Ursuline sisters are trained and ready to
continue the work.
- The
purpose of this appeal is to ensure that
the Kenyan Ursuline sisters will have sufficient
resources to enable them to help their own
people help themselves.
- We
have set a target of €1,000,000 over the
next five years.
Kenya ........The Facts
- The
population is 31,293,000
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16 million are under 18 years of age
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8 million (27%) of the population live on
less than €1 a day.
Education
- There
is a pressing need for quality Primary Education
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80% have no access to second level education.
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One out of every four women is without basic
literary skills.
Health
- AIDS
causes 500 deaths per week in Kenya
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890,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS
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43% of the population do not have access
to safe water
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Malaria is still the cause of death
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What Europeans spend in a year on ice cream
could solve Kenya's water problems.
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Approximately 150 will educate a Kenyan
child for a year.
The
Trust Fund to which you subscribe will be
administered from Ireland by the Irish Ursuline
Union to further its development work in
Kenya.
Know
that as little as 10 Euro a month would
give a Kenyan child an education that could
free her/him from a life of poverty. To
contribute to our Kenya Fund please complete
the details below, and we will be in contact
with you by post.
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