We did it!
Dear players,

Thanks for helping us to fulfil our wishes. We have reached the budget for the first phase of the Rescue Center in Kisii.
From this budget our partner organization is able to finish the rooms, the hall and the kitchen.
Therefore very soon the rooms will give shelter to a few girls students of St Annes College, so they have a safe place to stay while working on their future.
Also the hall will be employed for training as well as serving meals on market days.
In the attached pictures you can see the status of the hall and one of the rooms now.

Very soon we hope to share the finished rooms with you.

Thanks for helping us and keep on playing it forward!

Posted: 12.04.2010

Posted: 26.03.2010

Posted: 26.03.2010

Present for Future Students
Recently, the orphans, who are following an education with the financial support from Present for Future, had a meeting in the Rescue Centre. They could share their experiences. They encouraged each other to work hard.
Even though the construction of the Rescue Center is not finished, a part of it is already in use.
We hope to open the Center officially this year, but we need some exra support! Please play it forward.
Posted: 15.03.2010

Say no to FGM
Every year our partner organization is organizing a week against Female Genital Mutilation. Also this year this week was organized, but on a special location, namely in the Rescue Centre. Even though the construction of the Rescue Centre is not ready, a part of it is already in use.

Children and mothers attended the training course, where they were taught what the consequences of circumcision are and what they can do against it. At the end of the training the children received a report, stating that they have succeeded and that they’ll know what to do if circumcision occurs.

Posted: 30.12.2009

Good news!
All the rooms in the Rescue Centre have doors and all the painting is done! They finished the work on the administration block. And they started the counseling from there. Good news!
So, they're working hard in Kenya to finish the project and you can help us to complete the total project!



Posted: 24.11.2009

Picture of the Rescue Center Nov 2009
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Posted: 24.11.2009

Progress!
All the rooms in the centre have doors and all the painting is done! They finished the work on the administration block and they started to work from there. Good news!
Well, they're working hard in Kenya to finish the project. And you can help us to complete the total project.

Posted: 24.11.2009

A visit to the Rescue Centre
This summer visited Renske and Eline -friends of Present for Future- the Rescue Centre in Kisii. They got a warm welcome. They were impressed by the necessity of the centre. "Not just something that was devised by western people but something that the people in Kisii really need and want", told Renske.

Photo 1: Renske and Eline with our contactperson in the Rescue Centre

Photo 2: The dining-room in the Rescue Centre is almost finished!
Posted: 08.11.2009

Posted: 08.10.2009

Renske, Eline and Mary in the Rescue Center
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Posted: 08.10.2009

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Eline in the kitchen of the dining hall/workshop area.
It is really getting somewhere!!
Posted: 08.10.2009

Visit to the Rescue Center
This summer Renske and Eline –friends of Present for Future- visited the Rescue Centre in Kisii. They got a warm welcome. They were impressed by the necessity of the centre. “Not just something that was devisedby western people but something that the people in Kisii really needen want”, told Renske.
Posted: 08.10.2009

Progress
From our latest gift we hope that some progress can be made on phase one. Unfortunately we have to manage a leaking chimney before the stove can be installed. But they are working hard on it now. We do have the right people there, with the right spirit, they take care of the Rescue Center as if it was their own home.
Good to see!

Players, please help us play it fowrard, when we manage to realise the remaining budget, the official opening of the Rescue Center can be organised for the end of this year.

Which means that we are realising dreams!
(not only ours...)

Will you help us play it foward?
The Present for Future team
Posted: 04.08.2009

Update

News from our colleagues in Kisii:
" We are trying to settle down at Rescue center,.; Even though the center is not finished yet, we receive atleast not less than 3 clients a week. We serve clients from HIV/AIDS and FGM for couselling, you know FGM is a culture and draining it away to the mind of people needs a lot of time and dedication. But we will continue putting our effort to eliminate FGM.

At the moment we are working on the budget and as soon as you have transferred the next payment, we are able to continue building the center.
We are very much greatful to the Board of Ptesent for Future and all players that help us to play it Forward!"


Posted: 05.07.2009

Update on the Rescue Center

News from our colleagues in Kisii:
" We are trying to settle down at Rescue center,.; Even though the center is not finished yet, we receive atleast not less than 3 clients a week. We serve clients from HIV/AIDS and FGM for couselling, you know FGM is a culture and draining it away to the mind of people needs a lot of time and dedication. But we will continue putting our effort to eliminate FGM.

At the moment we are working on the budget and as soon as you have transferred the next payment, we are able to continue building the center.
We are very much greatful to the Board of Ptesent for Future and all players that help us to play it Forward!"


Posted: 05.07.2009

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Posted: 04.06.2009

Reason for dancing!
Last week, we received great news! We found a fund that is willing to support the Rescue Center. The transfer will soon be done to our PIF account.

Fron Kenya, we received the following message:
"Last night you surprised me with great news, immediately after reading the good news, i found myself jumping up and down the whole house, from room to room, singing a song in my mother tongue.
Thank you very much Present for Future you have just made us proud, our joying is being felt because of your hard work.
I will call the branch executive board for a meeting on Tuesday morning to share the newswho are directly involved."

Players,. let's play it forward and let those hard working people dance again!
Posted: 04.06.2009

Rescue Centre: the beginning
The Rescue Centre is almost finished! But the first steps to realize this centre were made a couple of years ago.

The beginning: a visit to the Rescue Center

In July 2007 I got the chance to go for the first time to Kisii. I was very surprised!
The property, that the government had donated to YWCA, is pretty big and the building is already there, at least the outside.
It was very nice to have an idea on what we are working on and being there made me even more dedicated to raise money to build this center.

Now I had seen the projects and also met the people, the first donations were made. We bought all beds that will be manufactured for the Rescue Center and after our visit, the roof was put on!
Besides shopping for beds and mattresses and bargaining on prices, I also had the chance to talk to locals and see their enthusiasm. I am sure that the whole community will take advantage of the counseling and the training that will be given here. The great need for this center is shown by local involvement, even politicians are donating. I am dedicated to help this Center being built!

A second visit to the Rescue Centre in 2008

In 2008 I took the chance to visit Kisii again (at own expenses of course)
Our colleagues from Kisii hadn't been able to send pictures for a while, so I did not know what the status of the building was. And since this year had been terrible for Kenya, due to the post election violence, I did not expect much progress.Even though prices have risen up to 300% sometimes, they were still able to surprise me. The building is totally paint from the outside, I hardly recognized it.
This time we took even more time to talk to the locals. This was pretty shocking at the time.How hard can life be sometimes. But the greatest thing to see was the power in peoples eyes, when they were talking on how they will recover from those circumstances. In our film you can see two women talking about their lives and the role YWCA played to help them to survive. They are sure that once the Rescue Center is ready, they have a place to come together. This will make the counseling and training much more accessible, which will enlarge the numbers of people that can benefit.

Now; in 2009 we are almost there! I ask you all to play it forward, this Center is so much needed!
Posted: 27.05.2009

Posted: 10.04.2009