David and Doreen Garnsworthy of Exminster Devon, celebrated 65 years of marriage in June this year. They had two days of celebrations in their beautiful garden. Instead of having presents, they asked for donations to Friends of Buburi and their friends and family...
Fun Fundraising!
Barn Dance with the Caulkheads!.....What a fun, fabulous, successful evening raising over £1,200 towards the borehole for Buburi clinic. Thank you everyone for contributing to such a lovely evening!
Fundraising the good way!
What a huge success this Open Garden Party proved to be! Held in a beautiful English garden on a glorious summers day, raising over £1,500 to help towards funding the essential borehole to provide the clinic with a much needed reliable source of fresh clean water. So...
Fund raising successes
The last few weeks has seen a boost to our finances through fund raising. On May 8th Exeter Choral Society nominated us as their chosen charity for their concert. The collection raised £490. On the same evening a nearly new sale was held in Exeter and loving homes...
Eventful Trustees visit to clinic
Trustees Noreen and Sallie returned from Buburi last week after an eventful trip. The clinic continues to go from strength to strength and this is recognised by The Public Health Department. The new Public Health Officer, Winifred Mulamba, paid a visit to the clinic,...
Final preparations are under way for the next trip to Buburi, Western Kenya.
Sallie and Noreen will be travelling to the clinic again on Sunday 7th April and will spend three weeks supporting the Nursing staff and Community Health Workers in their vital work. They will be stocking the ante natal clinic with the first of “The Friends of Buburi...
Malaria Testing Kits
The clinic is particularly busy at the moment, the nurses are seeing in excess of 50 patients a day and they have had a problem acquiring reliable malaria testing kits. However due to the success of our recent fundraising efforts we have been able to purchase 2000...
Successful fundraising quiz
A fantastic fun evening was kindly hosted by Lesley and Tony in the Sun Inn, Hulverstone on 26th January. Wonderful tasty Kenyan curries were on the menu with the added bonus of boosting funds! Our very able and entertaining Quiz Masters Ian and Marianne Johnson kept...
Fantastic Concert
On Saturday evening Puertas Quartet delighted the audience with a programme including, Mozart, Ravel and Tchaikovsky. Their playing was sublime and very moving. The Quartet very kindly donated all the profits to Friends of Buburi and with a raffle and wine in the...