Parramatta 4 Kenya Relief Fund

Parramatta For Kenya Relief Fund

HELPING THE COUNTRY THAT HELPS OTHERS!

Our vision is to give what we can to support a nation that has done so much to help so many other nations. Few nations have so little yet have given as much as Kenya has.

Our mission is to freely use whatever talents, resources and finances we have to support Kenya in its own time of need and to encourage others to do likewise.

in January of this year, inter-tribal violence erupted after accusations that the incumbent president, Moi Kibaki, was to be re instated after what observers called a corrupted electoral ballot. Kibaki's tribe, the Kikuyu's, were targeted for the president's alleged ballot fixing, and persecuted very heavily by the other tribes. What began as a politically motivated reprisal, deteriorated into a depraved tribal conflict that revealed deep and ancient hatreds unforseen in this country for decades. Kenya, a renown beacon for peace and tolerance fell to the curse that has plagued every other state in Africa. Brother against brother and friend against friend, as homes were burned, people slaughtered and whole tribes forced out of entire towns and regions. The Kikuyu were the worst affected, but other less dominant tribes suffered as well. Eldoret, a town north-west of Nairobi, situated at the edge of the Rift Valley, and otherwise a peaceful and bustling economic and cultural hub of Kenya - was hit hardest.

NLG's dance team visited this city in October 07 just before the elections. They performed extensive workshops there and befriended many young people. After the violence broke out, they felt they needed to help all the more because of their visit and the connections they had made. This was the motivating force behind "Parra4Kenya".

LATEST KENYA UPDATE! OCTOBER '08'

FUNDS DISTRIBUTED TO DISPLACED FAMILIES IN ELDORET.

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10TH OCTOBER 2008

NLG ambassadors arrive in Eldoret Kenya to distribute funds and purchase building supplies;