Tana River Life Foundation wishes you a Happy and Blessed New Year 2024

Dear Friends,

Thank you once again, be blessed as we start the new year and hope to meet you soon. I am  sharing with you a link to an article on my personal journey written by Jie Ying of NTU. https://www.ntu.edu.sg/alumni/alumni-stories-news/detail/trading-suits-for-smiles

Happy and Blessed New Year 2024.

Sincerely,

Gabriel Teo Kian Chong

Whatsapp / Telegram : +254723521774

Email : gabrielteo@yahoo.com

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Emergency Flood Relief Program

I wish you and your loved ones much joy and abundant blessings this Christmas 2023. Our students and youth also prepared a Christmas greeting to thank you for your kind support.

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  Handraku village was completely submerged

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  60 households from Darga and 49 from Bura Moyo were displaced.

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  Meeting with elders of Kikomo Village

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  576 households from Garden West ward are living in makeshift tents

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  576 households from 7 villages from Dumi have been submerged or marooned

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  Children from 85 households from Peponi Village have been displaced

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  Meeting with the Headman of Mitapani villages

I have also prepared a brief report on an emergency flood relief programme we carried out last week. 

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  TRLF distributes flood relief supplies

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As the flood waters recede, and with sufficient funds, we will continue assisting affected communities with quality seeds in January 2024, and in this way ensure food security for the greater part of 2024 for many households. Thank you once again and may God bless you. 

Sincerely,

Gabriel Teo

Whatsapp / Telegram : +254723521774

Email : gabrielteo@yahoo.com

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Project Report: Lighting Up the Furthest Corners of the Delta

Nov 14, 2018 Lighting Up the Furthest Corners of the Delta By Oscar – Volunteer Assa Primary Night Studies The months of September and October were busy months for TRLF staff who were criss crossing the Tana Delta, distributing solar lanterns to the most far flung and remote villages. First we did raise over US $ 2,000 during the month for the GlobalGiving Matching Campaign in 12th September. Thank you to all this who participated and the rest who are always supporting our projects. A total of 135 students from 8 different schools and villages have since benefited from this assistance during this period, the majority of them in Grade 7, and who will be sitting for their primary school leaving examinations in Nov 2019. See the table below for the breakdown of the solar lanterns distributed during the months of October and November this year. Chamwanamuma Primary – 35 Serah Primary – 14 Odole Primary – 15 Shirikisho Primary – 25 Miticharaka Primary – 19 Assa Primary – 20 Kibokoni Primary – 7 All the schools are located in villages not connected to the National Power Grid, and unlikely to be connected in the forseeable future. Some of the schools have arranged for these students to board at school from Mondays to Fridays to minimize the time students spend travelling from home to school daily. This allows them more time for participation in games, as well as night studies under the guidance of their teachers. This arrangement has been possible because of the solar lanterns. With their classrooms being lit up by the solar lanterns, students from these schools can now do night studies easily. During the weekends when the students return to their homes, they carry their lanterns with them benefiting their entire families. Assa Primary School is located 90 kms from our centre. The headteacher there, Mr. Anthony Nyagah , was very grateful and sent feedback that “students in Grade 7 are benefiting so much from the donation of the lanterns, and have started showing good improvement in their rate of learning”. Another primary school which benefited from this assistance, Miticharaka Prmary School, is located in a very remote part of the Tana Delta, with the only access being dirt roads across the many islets leading to the school. These islets are connected by hand constructed wooden bridges. The Kenya primary schools academic year ended on 26th Oct 2018 and will restart in January 2019. TRLF will then continue distributing solar lanterns to students studying in schools in Ndera and Salama location by mid January. Onkolde Primary Students with their solar lanterns Demonstrating for Shirikisho Primary Miticharaka Primary Students with their lanterns Road to Miticharaka Primary On a scale of 0 to 10, how likely are you to recommend this project to a friend, family member, or colleague? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Not at all likely Extremely likely GIVE NOW Updates are posted directly by Project Leaders, and to make your experience as authentic as possible, GlobalGiving does not alter these updates – they are the real deal. About this project: Solar Lanterns for Tana Students by Tana River Life Foundation Kenya, Education Rural schools in the Tana Delta have been usually left out from development plans the communities live off the grid as the power infrastructure doesn’t reach their villages. Without light, students are unable to study nor do homework when the sun goes down. Providing solar lanterns will be enable students to do their homework in the evenings, providing them the opportunity to do better in national examinations. Beneficiaries are upper primary students in Class 7 & 8, aged between 12-15 yrs update email preferences – unsubscribe – privacy policy GlobalGiving – 1110 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20005, USA GlobalGiving UK – 6 Great James Street – London, WC1N 3DA, UKContact Us GlobalGiving @GlobalGiving

 

TRLF awarded income tax exempt status by the Kenya Revenue Authority

In recognition of its contributions to society as an Institute of Public Benefit, TRLF has been awarded income tax exempt status by the Kenya Revenue Authority for a 5 year period from 24^th April 2013 to 24^th April 2018.

This effectively means that:

• TRLF has been officially recognized as a charitable institution in Kenya;
• TRLF will be exempted from all tax on any income earned, e.g. interest, rent and business; and
• Donations to TRLF by Kenyan taxpayers will be allowed as a deduction against chargeable income for tax purposes.

If you need more information, please contact us at tanariverlifefoundation@gmail.com

Ubuntu : An Evening in Aid of Tana River Life Foundation

A big “Thank you” to all who supported us at the Amara Hotel on Friday 19th April at “Ubuntu: An Evening in Aid of Tana River Life Foundation“. Your generous support has enabled us to raise the amount needed to build the community library that is part of Phase 2 of the Emmaus Center Project. Our heartfelt appreciation also goes out to those whose sponsorships help us keep the cost of the evening low, and those who worked for months to put the evening together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXjzVDe6xrA&feature=youtu.be

Thanks to Mr Milenko Prvacki and Mrs Delio Prvacki for curating the art works for the evening and getting their friends and associates to contribute their works to the event. The catalogue is available for download at https://tanariverlife.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/a5-tana-booklet_130326_full-set-low-res.pdf. Please contact tanariverlifefoundation@gmail.com if you would like to view the pieces of Art Available – 22 April 2013. Here are some photos of the evening as well as some behind the scenes pictures. And here are some photos of the evening :

More Art in Aid of Emmaus Centre Project

Thanks to Mr Milenko Prvacki, we have had a number of artists contribute their works in aid of the Emmaus Centre Project building fund. These beautiful works are available for sale. Please contact the foundation at tanariverlife@gmail.com to purchase or view the pieces.

Click here to download a copy of the art catalogue. https://tanariverlife.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/a5-tana-booklet_130326_full-set-low-res1.pdf

Untitled by Jessica Gabrielli – SOLD !

To the Beat of the Sarama – Series by Jessica Gabrielli – SOLD !

Symbiosis 2 by Sansook Roh

Small Red Squares and Small Green Squares by Om Mee Ai

Small Red Squares and Small Green Squares by Om Mee Ai ( diptych )

Medusozoa by Shubigi Rao – SOLD !

The Rage of Reason by Miel – SOLD !

Silhouette along the Corridor Guava and Pomegranate by Quek Kiat Sing – SOLD !

Silhouette along the Corridor Bonsai by Quek Kiat Sing – SOLD ! 

The Visitor (Study) by Jon Chan

Gaussian (seascape) by Jeremy Sharma

Earthbound by Shirley Soh – SOLD !

Malayan Exchange ( Study of a Note of the Future ) Variation 8, Ed 1 of 5 by Green Zeng – SOLD !

Purple_Grey No.1 by Luke Heng – SOLD !

Interchange by Delia Prvacki – SOLD !

Harvest by Max Kong

Fading Asia by Ketna Patel

No Unregistered Guests (from the Love Hotel Series) By Adeline Kueh

Beginning of a Construction by Vladimir Todorovic

Studying the Barn Owl by Khairullah Rahim – SOLD !

Small Things by Steve Lim

Now you see it now you dont by Milenko Prvacki – SOLD !

Moving Bodies Series No. 1 by S.Chandrasekaran

He Make Me by Khairullah Rahim

Beard by Filip Gudovic

001432 by Hilmi Johandi

Untitled by Ana Prvacki

004706 by Hilmi Johandi

Occupy Antartica by Phillips Connor

The Kenyan Girl by Kim Chesney – SOLD !

The Field by Panisuan Chasinga

Reaching by Clare Hebdige – SOLD !

85 Years by Clare Hebdige – SOLD !

Entering Noah’s Ark by Jason Wang – SOLD !

Peace by Amit Upadhye – SOLD !

Coloverde by Amit Upadhye

Paleta Ng Langit (Sky’s Palette) by Cher Villarino

Akit by Cher Villarino – SOLD !

The West Gate Angkor Thom Angkor Cambodia by John McDermott – SOLD !

Temple Lions and Clouds by John McDermott – SOLD !

Bayon Temple, Angkor by Russel Wong

Aspirations by Alec Tan

Art works contributed by artist friends who visited Kenya

Ruth Chua and her artist friends visited Kenya in September 2012. They have generously contributed their works inspired by the sights of Kenya. Proceeds from the sale of these pieces will go towards building Phase 2 of the Emmaus Centre Project ( ECP ).

Please drop us a note at tanariverlifefoundation@gmail.com if you are interested to view or bid for these beautiful pieces.

Zebras – A Ritualized Fight by Ruth Chua. Acrylic. 90cm x 70cm. $3500

Wealth from the Heart by Goh Ko Hwee. Pastel on Paper. 50.8cm x 40.6cm. $2500

Plight of the Rhinos by Claire Wee. Collage and Acrylic. 101cm x 76cm. $3000

Masa’ai by Suzanne Leong. Acrylic. 101cm x 76cm. $4000

Eyeing Their Prey by Ruth Chua. Acrylic. 60cm x 80cm. $3000

Catch Me If You Can by Claire Wee. Oil. 60cm x 70cm. $4000

Thank you !

Cupcakes in aid of Emmaus Centre Project Tana River Life Foundation

Thanks so much for your overwhelming support of our Nov 2012 bake sale. We had to close orders a week early, our apologies to those who missed out.

Thanks to you we exceeded our target and raised over $3700, more than 20% over target. As a result of the 1:1 matching from a private family trust, we have doubled the amount. All proceeds go towards the Emmaus Centre Building Fund ( previously known as the Education Centre Project) . Our gratitude goes to all of you, as well as our sponsors Esther Wee of Halia Restaurant and Gina Choong of Kitchen Capers,  the Chung family, Liza, Maria and Claire for their time and invaluable help.

We’ve had requests for pastries to be delivered on other dates. We’re happy to provide private bake sales for orders of at least $600. Please contact us at tanariverlifefoundation@gmail.com. As private sales are not sponsored, please note that we’d need to charge a little more for these orders.

Once again, thank you so much and we look forward to your continued support !

Buy delicious cupcakes and support Tana River Life Foundation : Nov 2 2012

Thank you for supporting Tana River Life Foundation.

We continue our mission to raise funds for the Education Centre Project with the second Bake Sale of 2012.  The project aims to provide affordable quality education to the communities in the Tana River Delta.  Facilities include a kindergarten, a primary school, a community centre with library, computer lab, seminar rooms, meeting areas, designated areas to house income-generating projects for the foundation and offices. The buildings which are oriented to benefit from natural ventilation and lightning have been designed to be environmentally sustainable incorporating solar power and rainwater harvesting. This 3-year project will cost S$2,000,000. To-date S$700,000 has been raised.

We’re targeting to raise $3,000 which will be matched dollar for dollar by Jonaran Trust, based in Malaysia. $6,000 will cover about 27% of the cost of a classroom. 10 classrooms will be built.

Thanks to the mother-daughter team of Norliza Jalil and Maria Chung together with Oh Chew Khoon, we will be holding the sale on Friday 2^nd November. Cupcakes will be the theme of this sale. Once again we thank Esther Wee of Halia Restaurant and Gina Choong of Kitchen Capers who will be sponsoring our ingredients and packaging materials & kitchen space respectively. All proceeds from this sale will go to the foundation. It’ll be great if you could order a box or 2 of cupcakes and support our efforts to help educate the young in Kenya.

Cream Cheese Frosted Carrot Cupcakes, Chocolate Cupcakes with Espresso Swiss Meringue Buttercream , Cream Cheese Frosted Banana Cupcakes

The following are available :

• Cream Cheese Frosted Carrot Cupcakes – $45 per dozen
• Cream Cheese Frosted Banana Cupcakes – $40 per dozen
• Chocolate Cupcakes with Espresso Swiss Meringue Buttercream – $40 per dozen
• Mixed dozen – $45 per dozen

In the name of raising productivity, we are now using online order forms instead of emails. Please order through this form by Friday 26th October and I will provide you with payment instructions and details on where and how to collect the cakes.   If you are unable to access or submit the forms, please email tanariverlifefoundation@gmail.com for assistance.

In addition, thanks to Tiew Peng, we have a series of framed monochrome and infra-red photos of the Singapore skyline and street scenes.

Singapore skyline and street scenes by Tiew Peng

 

2 framing options are available  :

(1)   20.5×28.5 cm Matt print board mount with either White or Black capping

(2)   8R (8″x10″) Matt print with wooden frame

They are available at $120 each. Click here to view the photos available. They make excellent gifts ( even to yourself ) with Christmas just around the corner. Please email me if you’d like to purchase them and support the foundation’s efforts in educating the young in Kenya.

Once again, thank you so much for your generosity.

Iris on behalf of Tana River Life Foundation

Online Order Form – Tana River Life Foundation Bake Sale 2012