Great response to 'Maintain Hope' coffee morning

Saturday's coffee morning for Maintain Hope at Sabina Reddy's home raised over €1,200 for the funding that is helping to send six volunteers from Kilcullen to Kenya this week.



"It was a very social occasion, and we want to thank all who came for the contributions they made," says Sabina, whose sister Esther is one of the volunteers who will be working for two weeks on the building of new facilities at the Shelter Children’s Home in Ngong, Nairobi.

Other volunteers will be giving learning support and counselling to the children in the home.



Since it was established in 2006, Operation Maintain Hope has constructed and equipped classrooms in Tumaini School in Mombasa and built classrooms in Kikambala School also in Mombasa. Maintain Hope has placed teaches on voluntary placement in Kibiko School, Nairobi and Kikambala.

It has also brought children from Shelter home on holidays to the seaside, established a food programme, and bought a bus to bring children to and from school. A programme to support the children through further education has also been developed.



More than 150 volunteers have completed a placement with Maintain Hope since its inception.

The results of the raffle held in conjunction with the coffee morning were: 1st prize Jo Doyle, Ballysax; 2nd prize Carol Loughran, Naas; 3rd prize Marlena Healy, Cut Bush; 4th prize Mary Salveta, Newbridge.