Monday, June 29, 2009
UN Visit
Today we got to visit the UN in the capital. Its the largest UN in all of Africa. We met with some representatives of UNICEF who talked about developments in water and sanitation. They have been working to provide latrines and handwashing stations to villages in Kenya. 1.5 million children died each year from diarehha. Thats something that needs to be changed and that can be prevented. changeIT!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Kenya Day 1: Flight
Yesterday was a long day of traveling. 6 hour drive to D.C., 7 hour flight to London, 4 hour layover, plus another 8 hour flight to Nairobi, Kenya. It was long and tiring, but it gave all the students a great chance to meet and bond with each other. We have a great group that is going to do some amazing work here in Kenya. Right now I am at a hotel eating breakfast. Today we have meetings with UNICIF about projects that they want to do as well as projects that we want to do. Its going tobe an interesting day. Tomorrow we have a flight to Mombasa, a major city on the Indian Ocean. I cannot wait for my first day in Kenya!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Republican American Article
Borough man needs help to give help in Kenya
BY PAUL SINGLEY
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — Like most Americans, Matt Andrew used to take for granted everyday needs like clean drinking water and a roof over his head.
But recent volunteer trips to Nicaragua and Guatemala — where many people lived without those and other necessities — helped him realize how lucky he is.
“Those trips kind of put life into perspective,” said Andrew, a 21-year-old borough resident and Quinnipiac University student. “After that, I think I kind of felt a moral obligation to make a change in the world.”
That is what Andrew will attempt to do this summer when he spends six weeks working to improve life for people in Kenya, in east Africa. Andrew, who will be a senior in Quinnipiac’s School of Communications this fall, has been selected to participate in the Student Movement for Real Change internship. The program, based in Washington, D.C., is an international nonprofit organization that works to empower young leaders in the global effort to stop poverty.
Andrew, editor-in-chief of the Quad News online student newspaper, was one of only 10 students chosen for the internship out of hundreds of applications from 40 universities nationally. The students will leave for Kenya on June 27. Andrew is no stranger to humanitarian efforts. In his trips to Nicaragua and Guatemala, he helped residents build classrooms for children. This summer, he will spend time working directly with Kenyan people to help resolve a lack of clean drinking water problem.
Along with the other interns, Andrew will work with the community to construct a dam to provide cleaner water, 14 latrines to provide safe and hygienic disposal of human waste and hand-washing solutions. The interns will also give hygiene training workshops to the community, and they plan to build a schoolhouse for primary-and-secondary- level education. Andrew will stay with a host family during his visit and will spend most of his time in the town of Kayafungo.
Andrew must raise $5,500 to participate in the internship. So far, he has raised about $2,500.
For information about the Student Movement for Real Change, or to help Andrew’s fundraising effort, log on to www.mattandrew. com. The site has a link for people to donate.
BY PAUL SINGLEY
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK — Like most Americans, Matt Andrew used to take for granted everyday needs like clean drinking water and a roof over his head.
But recent volunteer trips to Nicaragua and Guatemala — where many people lived without those and other necessities — helped him realize how lucky he is.
“Those trips kind of put life into perspective,” said Andrew, a 21-year-old borough resident and Quinnipiac University student. “After that, I think I kind of felt a moral obligation to make a change in the world.”
That is what Andrew will attempt to do this summer when he spends six weeks working to improve life for people in Kenya, in east Africa. Andrew, who will be a senior in Quinnipiac’s School of Communications this fall, has been selected to participate in the Student Movement for Real Change internship. The program, based in Washington, D.C., is an international nonprofit organization that works to empower young leaders in the global effort to stop poverty.
Andrew, editor-in-chief of the Quad News online student newspaper, was one of only 10 students chosen for the internship out of hundreds of applications from 40 universities nationally. The students will leave for Kenya on June 27. Andrew is no stranger to humanitarian efforts. In his trips to Nicaragua and Guatemala, he helped residents build classrooms for children. This summer, he will spend time working directly with Kenyan people to help resolve a lack of clean drinking water problem.
Along with the other interns, Andrew will work with the community to construct a dam to provide cleaner water, 14 latrines to provide safe and hygienic disposal of human waste and hand-washing solutions. The interns will also give hygiene training workshops to the community, and they plan to build a schoolhouse for primary-and-secondary- level education. Andrew will stay with a host family during his visit and will spend most of his time in the town of Kayafungo.
Andrew must raise $5,500 to participate in the internship. So far, he has raised about $2,500.
For information about the Student Movement for Real Change, or to help Andrew’s fundraising effort, log on to www.mattandrew. com. The site has a link for people to donate.
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