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to see results of their �6,000 fundraising efforts
Pictured on Tuesday 5th July
at Belfast City Airport on the start of their long journey to
Tuum in Northern Kenya to witness at first hand the results of
their �6,000 fundraising efforts is L to R: (back row) Len
Murray, Jean Murray, Andrew Coggins, Rev. Brian Gibson and Jean Gibson.
(front row) Jamie Humphries, Thomas McConaghie, Laura Bittle,
Jamie McCutcheon, Jonny Wales and Chris Baird.
As there is very little provision for
secondary education for girls in rural Kenya, the Presbyterian
Church of East Africa is sponsoring the building of a secondary
school for girls in Tuum, Northern Kenya. Eleven members of
Railway Street Presbyterian Church organised many fundraising
events to raise �3,000 to build one of the classrooms and thanks
to the tremendous organising skill and hard work of Len and Jean
Murray and the team, and the generosity of many people for which
they are most grateful, they raised nearly �6000, double their
target, and enough to build a second classroom. With the site
for the school already marked out and building work soon to
commence, the Railway Street team travelled to Kenya this week
to witness at first hand the results of their �6,000 fundraising
efforts.
The team, led
by Len and Jean
Murray and Andrew Coggins,
consists of the Rev. Brian Gibson � Minister of Railway
Street Church, Jean Gibson, Jamie Humphries, Thomas McConaghie,
Laura Bittle, Jamie McCutcheon, Jonny Wales and Chris Baird.
They left Belfast City Airport for London Heathrow last Tuesday
and after an overnight plane journey from London to Nairobi,
they will travel to Northern Kenya by land rover stopping
overnight at Maralal, the half waypoint, arriving in Tuum on
Thursday 7th July.
They will spend twelve days in Tuum with
PCI missionaries - Stephen and Angelina Cowan and take part in
various projects that Stephen and Angelina have set up for the
local Samburu and Turkana people. These include: Bible
teaching and evangelism; Youth camps; Women in development;
Honey production and marketing; Irrigation; Road building and
maintenance; Vehicle maintenance; Animal drug distribution; and
Eco-tourism.
The team will leave Tuum on Tuesday 19th
July spending 2 nights at the Samburu Game Reserve on their
return journey. They will depart from Nairobi Airport on Friday
22nd arriving in Belfast on Saturday 23rd
July with first hand news of the progress of the girls� school
and how their tremendous fundraising efforts will be used to
build two of the classrooms.
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Written by:
John A.Kelly
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