Great Kenyan Business Opportunities
Today we got a letter in the mail - not email, but by post. It came from the Anglican Church of Kenya c/o Tear Australia as an accompaniment to our yearly giving summary.
Before you read it - know this about Kenya and Australia (from Wikipedia):
- Per Capita Income (PPP)= US$2600 - an average, which means a few are earning a lot lot more, but lots are earning even less. Per year, not month or week.
- Australia’s PPP = US$39,320 and we complain about the cost of McDonalds.
- Kenya is ranked 152nd on the Human Development Index (a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living for countries worldwide)
- Australia is ranked 3rd and we think we look too old.
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Mt Kenya Christian Community Services (CCS)….. we serve a region with a population of around seven million.
…We have worked in partnership with TEAR Australia for the past seven years….
We have worked with 500 households that are caring for people living with HIV. These households are visited weekly by a team of 52 volunteers trained with support from TEAR Australia. Families have acquired skills for nursing people living with AIDS, resulting in better care and longer lives. Training in nutrition has enabled those on Anti Retroviral Therapy to benefit more from the medicine.
…Kamwangi supports about 2000 orphaned children, and 150 children who had dropped out of school are now attending regularly.
A real impact from real money. Really easy - and you don’t even notice the difference. What an opportunity to make a real change in people’s lives with a business. There’s two of us in Brown Box - we have been a part of helping 500 households in Kenya.
