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Unintended Consequences: Foreign Aid in Tanzania

From: Yona Maro

Tanzania has been a relative success story in terms of African political reform. In the early 1990s, Tanzania shifted from a one-party to a multi-party system, allowed greater freedoms for the press and civil society, and in 1995 held its first multiparty elections since 1962.

The country has also been somewhat of a donor darling since the late 1980s, due to the institution of wide-ranging structural adjustment policies as prescribed by international organizations. It is the second-largest aid recipient in sub-Saharan Africa, after Ethiopia, and received about $26.85 billion in assistance between 1990 and 2010.

Link:
http://unu.edu/publications/articles/unintended-consequences-of-foreign-aid-tanzania.html


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USA: Read My 2013 Annual Letter – Bill Gates –

From: Bill Gates

I am writing to share my fifth annual letter about the work our foundation and its partners are doing.

From time to time we should step back and celebrate the way that the right goals and smart innovation have done so much to improve the lives of people.

In previous annual letters, I’ve focused on the power of innovation to reduce hunger, poverty, and disease. But any innovation—whether it’s a new vaccine or an improved seed—can’t have an impact unless it reaches the people who will benefit from it.

That’s why in this year’s letter I discuss how innovations in measurement are critical to finding new, effective ways to deliver these tools and services to the people who need them most.

You can read my letter at billsletter.com.
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Together, we can create a world in which all people have the chance to lead a healthy and productive life. Thank you for taking the time to learn more.

Sincerely, Bill Gates

KENYA: APPRECIATION FOR MEDIA SUPPORT

From: Obat Masira

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The Lake Victoria Basin Film Makers Guild (Kenya) would like to take this opportunity to extend its sincere appreciation to various Media Houses for the support they have given to regional artistic expressions and development. The region has huge creative artistic talents that have not been taped and therefore needs to be harnessed. The awards ceremony will go along way in achieving this noble objective.

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Meet Charles Feeney, $350 Million Donor – Yahoo! Finance

From: Tebiti Oisaboke

The 48 self made Billionaires in Kenya should emulate chaps like Mr. Charles Feeney, Billy Gates, Buffet etc and the anonymous Christmas donors who have recently bloomed up volunteering to pay off lay off items for needy families throughout America. These guys should at least learn to be compassionate and caring by sharing some of their looted wealthy with Kenya’s needy families on such internationally recognized holiday season. Most of the billionaires in the world try to help the poor who can’t afford even a gram of sucrose around this time of the year but look at those we have in Kenya. Who do they help or share their wealth with? They need to change their attitudes and help those who can’t help themselves and this is the only way they can receive salvation when the Holly son of Man comes down to anoint the heaven bound holly ones. Millions of Kenyans are dying of starvation and hunger of which the government’s PRO Dr. Mutua has vehemently denied on national and Int’l news medias just to cover their shame to foreign donors. They don’t want to the quizzed about the funds they received in terms of donations to help the poor Kenyan people. Since the poor families have noway of accessing their donated funds, why can’t these billionaires share some of their looted funds and help out the poor people on Christmas time? Some of them like Momoima R. Onyonka can dare loot CDF funds to buy sugar from Mumias of which I haven’t heard whether he has donated even 1Kg to any family in his constituency for Christmas. This is very, very unfair and abnormal. People like this should consider themselves lucky to be engaging in such shoddy businesses in Kenya. If they were in the western hemisphere, they could be languishing in the joints for years. Case in point, look at what happened to the former Illinois state governor. Gov Rod Blagojevich is doing 14 years behind bars for corruption. He was found guilty for trying to sell Pres Obama’s former senate seat in Illinois state.

The most annoying thing they have done is to hire a novice chap to cover their knuckle heads at the KACC. This is a very stupid Christmas they have given Kenyan poor multitudes. They cannot expect someone who scored an F in his last job ratings to defend the poor Kenyans against the economical crimes committed by the elites and the so called 48 billionaires. The MPs had put up a very spirited campaign and it all looked like they were working for the poor to block Matemu and Co. from getting through the front gate of Integrity Hse and look what happened when they voted? Hon Midiwo was wrong to petition against Prof Philip Kiluki from chairing the debate and see what we got now? Even the deputy speaker who is supposed to be impartial supported the motion to seal the deal. They kept wasting our variable time lecturing us about love affairs in the chamber instead of doing what we sent them there to do by hiring credible and hard working Kenyans. Parliament was turned into an English grammar lecture hall with every MP trying to prove that s/he knew the definition of the word PASSION. The only thing we have left to make things right is a “NATIONAL REVOLUTION”, because these knuckle heads don’t seem to get it regardless how much we cry or scream with our pain or dissatisfaction. These folks knew the public mood because they had read public reactions from our local dailies and yet they ignored it and went a head to confirm Matemu and Co for the jobs they aren’t well qualified for. This is disrespecting their employer’s concerns and all those who voted for them should be let go come 2012.

To my poor citizens, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!

TOI

PS: The war against corruption continues with or without Matemu.

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Meet Charles Feeney, Cornell’s $350 Million Donor – Yahoo! Finance

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/meet-charles-feeney-cornells-350-million-donor-161507712.html

The New York Times has unmasked 80-year-old Cornell alum Charles F. Feeney as the anonymous donor who gave the school a $350 million donation to construct a new technology-based satellite campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Officials at The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation started by Feeney in 1982, confirmed to the paper last night that he was the one who made the gift for the project, which is expected to generate an extra $1.4 billion in tax revenue for the city, plus 20,000 construction jobs and as many as 30,000 new jobs once the facility is up and running. …

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China: Rogue aid? The determinants of China’s aid allocation

From: Yona Maro

Foreign aid from China is often characterized as ‘rogue aid’ that is not guided by recipient need but by China’s national interests alone. However, no econometric study so far confronts this claim with data. The study finds that political considerations are an important determinant of China’s allocation of aid. However, in comparison to other donors, China does not pay substantially more attention to politics. In contrast to widespread perceptions, the study finds no evidence that China’s aid allocation is dominated by natural resource endowments. Moreover, China’s allocation of aid seems to be widely independent of democracy and governance in recipient countries. Overall, denominating aid from China as ‘rogue aid’ seems unjustified.

According to the Financial Times, China outperformed the World Bank as the world’s largest provider of overseas loans to developing countries through its China Development Bank and China Export-Import Bank amounting to at least US$110 billion in 2009 and 2010. Tanzania was the single most important recipient of Chinese economic aid between 1956 and 1987. 62.0% of China’s economic aid between 1956 and 1987 has been provided to Africa, highlighting China’s aspirations to become the leading power in the Third World. 22.7% of China’s economic aid in this period were provided to Asia, with the intention of creating “friendly relations with its closest neighbours”.

https://ncgg.princeton.edu/IPES/2011/papers/F1120_rm3.pdf


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Lorna Children’s Foundation Kenya Fund (LCF-Kenya): By-Laws

From: gordon teti

Hello Board members,

Attached, please find a copy of the Lorna Foundation By-laws for records records.

A Board meeting will be called in the month of December 2011 to, as Johanna puts, “bang out solid ideas for the coming year.

Thank you all for your great work!

Regards,

Gordon Teti, Founder & CEO
Lorna Children’s Foundation Kenya Fund (LCF-Kenya)
109-896 Eglinton Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario M4G 2L2
Tel. 1-647-341-0438
E-mail: tetigordon@yahoo.ca
www.lornachildrenfoundationkenya.com

Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 7:07:58 PM
From: daniel ojuka

Dear Sir,
How do you profile children who are needy? is there chance we can work together to improve education standards?

Daniel K. Ojuka
P.O.Box 63,
Kapenguria

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LORNA CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION KENYA FUND BY LAWS FINAL DOCUMENT [.doc]

BY-LAWS

OF

THE LORNA CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION KENYA FUND (LCF-KENYA)

(A Canadian Non-for- profit Corporation)

ARTICLE I

NAME, TERRITORY & ACTIVITIES

The name of the organization shall be the Lorna Children’s Foundation Kenya Fund (LCF-Kenya) (herein referred to as the “Lorna Foundation”). The Lorna Foundation was incorporated in the Province of Ontario by Letters Patent dated December 9, 2010 qualifying the Lorna Foundation by following applicable laws and procedure for tax-exempt status as a Registered Charity and as a Public Foundation. On January 17, 2011 Canada Revenue Agency notified the Lorna Foundation of this registration and a CRA Business number 83555 6317 RC0001 was issued to the Lorna Foundation. Activities of the Lorna Foundation shall be both in Canada and Kenya. Activities may, however, go beyond these boundaries when necessary or desirable to provide the maximum benefit to recipients of scholarships, bursaries, grants or to optimize return on investment of the Lorna Foundation funds.

ARTICLE II

PURPOSES COMPLIANCE AND LIMITATIONS

Section 1. The Lorna Foundation shall be carried on without gain for its Members, and any surplus or other accretions to the Lorna Foundation shall be used in achieving its purposes (Objects). The Lorna Foundation has the following Objects:

to advance education by providing scholarships, bursaries, grants and assisting students
to prepare, process, and submit applications for scholarships, grants and/or bursaries from all levels of the Canadian government and other governments around the world, international organisations, corporations, businesses, institutions of learning, non-for profit organisations, individual donors and any other available sources of funding;

to relieve poverty by providing scholarships as stated above and by purchasing clothes
(school uniforms), books and school supplies for those children in need of supplementary support and who are attending schools through the scholarship programs.

Section 2. Powers: To fulfill or advance the above Objects, the Lorna Foundation has the following Powers:

to co-operate with other bodies;
to support other charities in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act;
Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;

to raise funds pursuant to the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA) and any applicable Law;
to borrow money and give security for loans, but only in accordance with the restrictions imposed by the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;
to acquire or hire property of any kind in accordance to the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;
to let or dispose of property of any kind in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;
to set aside funds for special purposes or as reserves against future expenditures in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;
to deposit or invest funds not immediately required for purposes in or upon investments, securities or property as the Board of Directors (Trustees) may think fit in any manner (but to invest only after obtaining advice from a financial expert and strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;
to delegate the management of investments to a financial expert, but strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law and only on terms that:
the investment policy is set down in writing for the financial expert by the Board of Directors (Trustees);
every investment transaction is reported promptly to the Board of Directors (Trustees);
performance of every investment is reviewed regularly with the Board of Directors (Trustees);
the Board of Directors (Trustees) are entitled to cancel the aforesaid delegation arrangement at any time;
the investment policy and the delegation arrangement shall be reviewed at least once a year;
all payments due to the financial expert shall be on a scale or at a level which is agreed in advance and notified promptly to the Board of Directors (Trustees) on receipt;
the financial expert must not do anything outside the powers of the Board of Directors (Trustees);
In accordance with the Lorna Foundation’s By-laws, to employ paid or unpaid agents, staff or advisers in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;
to enter into any arrangement and co-operate with any government or authorities (supreme, federal, municipal, local or otherwise) or any corporations, companies or persons that may seem conducive to the Lorna Foundation’s Objects or any of them, and to obtain from any such government, authority, corporation, company or person any charters, contracts, decrees, rights, privileges, and concessions which the Lorna Foundation may think desirable for the achievement of its Objects and to carry out, exercise and comply with any such charters, contracts, decrees, rights, privileges and concessions in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA) and any other applicable law;
to arrange, form or concur in arranging for the incorporation or acquisition (in Kenya and any other part of the world) of any limited or other company or companies and power to transfer pay or lend the whole or any part of the property of the Lorna Foundation to any company or corporation (which is wholly beneficially owned and controlled by the Lorna Foundation) in consideration of cash or shares stock or securities of the company or corporation or for such other consideration enter into any arrangement and co-operate with any government whatsoever as the Lorna Foundation shall think fit and to establish subsidiary companies to assist or act as agents for the Lorna Foundation and strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;
to give financial support, either by means of payments under covenant or other agreements, or in such other manner as may be deemed expedient, to any charitable organisation or organisations whether corporate or unincorporate in Kenya (notwithstanding that it may be a partner and an associate of the Lorna Foundation) concerned with the furtherance of all or any of the Objects of the Lorna Foundation in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;
to pay the costs of forming the Lorna Foundation as contained in the Letters Patent and in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;
to procure the Lorna Foundation to be registered or recognised in any part of the world pursuant to the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law;
to do anything else within the law which promotes or helps to promote the Objects of the Lorna Foundation; and
to exercise any other powers conferred upon non-profit corporations pursuant to the provisions of the Income Tax Act; Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)) and any other applicable law.
Section 3. Charity: To maintain its tax-exempt status, the Lorna Foundation shall operate in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and requirements governing Registered Charities and Public Foundations. Notwithstanding any other provision of these By-laws, the Lorna Foundation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on by a corporation exempt from the Income Tax Act and the Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)); or by a corporation contributions to which are deductible under the Income Tax Act and the Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)). This includes compliance to the applicable provisions of: (a) the Objects, Special Provisions and Power Clauses of the Letters Patent granted to the Lorna Foundation dated December 9, 2010; (b) the Income Tax Act; (c) the requirements of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA); (d) the Charities Accounting Act; and (e) the requirements of the Public Trustee for Ontario.

Section 4. Compliance: the Lorna Foundation shall: (i) File the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return on time; (ii) not support terrorism either directly or indirectly or shall NOT be a dupe for terrorist organizations; (iii) not run a scam; (iv) abide by the disbursement quota (also called the DQ); (v) abide by the regulations set out in the CRA booklet RC4106 Registered Charities: Operating Outside Canada; (vi) ensure that no Director shall receive any salary or other compensation for services as a Director. No reimbursement of travel or other expenses will be paid for or reimbursed unless approved by the Board of Directors; (vii) No part of the Lorna Foundation’s assets or revenues shall inure to the benefit of any Member or be used for any purpose or object outside those permitted under the Income Tax Act, the Charities Registration (Security Information Act (CRSIA)), the Charities Accounting Act and the requirements of the Public Trustee for Ontario; (viii) ensure that books, records and receipts will be kept properly and adequately at the Lorna Foundation registered office in Canada; (ix) ensure that no any other business is conducted or performed as stipulated under CRA Policy Statement CPS-019 other than those objects mentioned above; (x) not involve in non-partisan political activities as stipulated under the CRA policy statement on Political Activities (CPS – 022), but instead will devote substantially all of its resources to charitable activities that will promote and assist in the fulfillment of its purposes as outlined on the Letters Patent granted by Industry Canada; and (xi) shall abide by its obligations when fundraising including not conducting illegal activities or those contrary to public policy by monitoring its revenue and expenses; keeping expenses as low as possible. The Lorna Foundation will extremely be careful when entering into agreements with third party fundraisers to ensure that there is no undue private benefit. The Lorna Foundation will ensure that the allocations of expenses between fundraising and charitable activities are in accordance with CRA policy. The Lorna Foundation will further ensure that its fundraising programs and costs are transparent, accountable and properly disclosed. The Lorna Foundation will try to use volunteers as much as possible to reduce the cost of fundraising.

ARTICLE III: BY-LAWS & CHANGES

Section 1. By-laws: The By-laws shall be established as hereinafter set forth for the purpose of governing the operation and administration of the Lorna Foundation. Proposed By-law changes and reasons therefore shall be forwarded to the Lorna Foundation Board of Directors (Trustees) for their review and approval. No revisions to the Lorna Foundation By-laws may be made without such approval.

Section 2. Head Office: The head office of the Lorna Foundation shall be in the general vicinity of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, and at such place in that area as the Directors may from time to time determine. The Lorna Foundation shall have an office or offices at such other place or places either within or without the general vicinity of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario (Canada) as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. For effective operations and coordination, the Lorna Foundation shall have Country Office (Kenya), which will be managed by Director, Kenya Country Office.

Section 3. Seal :The seal, and impression whereof is stamped in the margin hereof, shall be the corporate seal of the Lorna Foundation.

ARTICLE IV: MEMBERS

Section 1. Membership: Membership is open to individuals and organisations that are approved by the Directors; and comply with the requirements for membership in the rules adopted by the Lorna Foundation (pursuant to article V) from time to time. The Directors may only refuse an application for membership if, acting reasonably and properly, they consider it to be in the best interest of the Lorna Foundation to refuse the application. The Directors must inform the applicant in writing of the reasons for the refusal within twenty-one days of the decision. The Directors must consider any written representations the applicant may make about the decision. The Directors’ decision following any written representations must be notified to the applicant in writing but shall be final. Membership is not transferable to anyone else. The Directors must keep a register of names and addresses of the members.

Section 2. Classes of Membership: There shall be two classes of Members: Class A and B Members. Class A Members shall be natural persons and Class B Members shall be all other legal persons who are not natural persons. Class A Members shall have one vote each on all matters submitted to the Members. Class B Members shall not vote on any matter submitted to the Members. Except for voting, Class A and Class B Members shall have the same rights, privileges and powers. There shall be such number of Members as may be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, provided there shall never be less than five Class A Members. Class A and B membership shall be admitted by the Board of Directors. The Secretary of the Lorna Foundation shall promptly inform each Member of admission. The normal term of membership shall be indefinite, unless membership ceases due to resignation, removal, death or other reason. Each Class A Member in good standing shall be entitled to one vote on each question arising at an annual or special general meeting of the Members. Any Class A Member may withdraw from the Lorna Foundation by delivery of a written resignation to the Secretary or the CEO of the Lorna Foundation. A Member may be removed with or without cause by a vote of three-quarters (3/4) of the Members present and entitled to vote, provided there is a quorum, at an annual or special general meeting, provided that such Member shall be granted an opportunity to be heard at such meeting.

Section 3. Emeritus Members: The Board of Directors may recognize a long-serving Member who has made exemplary contributions to the Lorna Foundation

by a Resolution conferring the Emeritus Member designation upon expiration of the Member’s last term of membership in the Lorna Foundation, or at any other suitable time. The Secretary of the Lorna Foundation shall promptly inform each individual so designated. There may be up to ten (10) Emeritus Members of the Foundation at any time. Emeritus Members are no longer Members of the Foundation as defined in Article V, Section 1,

are not actively involved in the Lorna Foundation, and do not enjoy voting privileges. The Emeritus Member designation cases upon the death of the Emeritus Member, or by Resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Dues: There shall be no dues or fees payable by Members except such, if any, as shall from time to time be fixed by unanimous vote of the members of the Board of Directors present and entitled to vote. The vote shall become effective only when confirmed by a majority vote of the Members at an annual or special general meeting.

Section 5. Meetings:Notice of Meetings: The Secretary shall give to each Class A Member not less than ten (10) days nor more than one hundred-eighty (180) days written notice of the time and place of the Annual Meeting and any Special Meeting. Notice in each case shall specify the time and place of the meeting, and in the case of a Special Meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof.

Section 6. Organization of Meetings: At each meeting of the Class A Members, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) shall act as Chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the Lorna Foundation, or in his or her absence of a person appointed by the Chairman of the meeting, shall act as Secretary of the meeting.

Section 7. Quorum: A majority of the total number of Class A Members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Members, but a smaller number may adjourn until such time as a quorum may be obtained.

Section 8. Waiver of Notice

Any meeting of the Members, and any action otherwise properly taken thereat, shall be valid if notice of the time, place and purposes of such meeting shall be waived in writing (including facsimile, telegraph or e-mail) before, at or after such meeting by all Class A Members to whom notices were not sent as provided in these By-laws. All such waivers of notice shall be made a part of the minutes of such meeting.

Section 9. Error or Omission in Notice: No error or omission in giving notice of any annual or special general meeting or any adjourned meeting of the Class A Members of the Lorna Foundation shall invalidate such meetings or make void any proceedings taken thereat and any Class A Member may at any time waive notice of any such meeting and may ratify, approve and confirm any or all proceedings. For the purpose of sending notice to any Class A Member, Director or Officer for any meeting or otherwise, the address of any Member, Director or Officer shall be the last address (including postal, email address, fax number or other contact information) in the Lorna Foundation.

Section 10. Consent in Lieu of Meeting: Any other provisions of these By-laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Class A Members may be taken without a meeting, if prior to such action a written consent thereto is signed by all Class A Members, and such written consent is filed with the Secretary and entered upon the records of the Lorna Foundation. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of Members, other than the annual election of Directors, may be taken without a meeting upon the written consent of Class A Members who would have been entitled to cast the minimum number of votes which would be necessary to authorize the action at a meeting at which all Class A Members were present and voting, if (1) the Lorna Foundation provides to all other Members advance notification setting forth the proposed action consented to, (2) the proposed action is not consummated before the expiration of 10 days from the giving of the notice (20 days from the giving of the notice in the case of any action relating to merger, consolidation or dissolution), and (3) the notice sets forth the existence of such 10-day or (20-day) period, as the case may be.

Section 11. Annual General Meeting (AGM): The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Class A Members shall be held at such date, time and place as shall be determined by a resolution passed by a majority of the Board of Directors and designated in a notice or waiver of notice of the meeting. At each Annual Meeting the Class A Members shall elect the Directors, and may transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 12. Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the Class A Members may be called at any time by the Secretary, or in his or her absence a person appointed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), upon written request (stating the purpose of the proposed meeting) signed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or at least one-third (1/3) of the Class A Members. Such Special Meetings shall be held at such place within or without the Province of Ontario (Canada) as may be designated in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

Section 13. Voting of Members: Subject to the provisions, if any, contained in the Letters Patent of the Lorna Foundation, each Class A Member of the Lorna Foundation shall be entitled to one vote at all meetings of Class A Members. Class A Member may, by means of a written proxy, appoint a proxy holder to attend and act at a specific meeting of the Class A Members in the manner and to the extent authorized by the proxy. A proxy holder must be a Class A Member of the Lorna Foundation. At all meetings of Class A Members, every question shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the Class A Members present in person or represented by proxy unless otherwise required by the By-laws of the Lorna Foundation, or by law. Every question shall be decided in the first instance by a show of hands of those present, and a poll of those Class A Members participating by teleconference, unless any Class A Member demands a full poll. Every Class A Member having voting rights shall have one vote, and unless a full poll be demanded, a declaration by the Chairman (CEO) that a resolution has been carried or not carried and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the Lorna Foundation shall be admissible as prima facie proof of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes accorded in favour of or against such resolution. The demand for a poll may be withdrawn, but if a poll be demanded and not withdrawn, the question shall be decided by a majority of the votes given by the Class A Members present in person, by teleconference or by proxy, and such poll shall be taken in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) shall direct and the result of such poll shall be deemed the decision of the Lorna Foundation in a general meeting upon the matter in question.

Section 14. Meeting by Means of Conference Telephone

Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, Class A Members may participate in a meeting of the Members by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 12 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 15. Voting and Action by a Majority Vote

Each Class A Member shall have one vote on all matters submitted to the Members for approval and one vote for each Director position on the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law or these By-laws, the act of a majority of the Class A Members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Members. A plurality of the votes cast for election of Directors shall determine who is elected, so that the nominee with the largest number of votes shall be the first Director elected, the nominee with the second highest number of votes shall be the second Director elected, etc. until sufficient Directors have been elected to fill all the vacant positions on the Board of Directors.

Section 16. Proxy Voting: Every Class A Member entitled to vote at a meeting of Members or to express consent without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for the Member by proxy. Every proxy shall be executed in writing by the Class A Member or the Member’s agent, except that a proxy may be given by a Member or the agent by fax, e-mail or its equivalent. A proxy shall not be valid for more than 11 months unless a longer time is expressly provided therein, but in no event shall a proxy be valid after three (3) years from the date of execution. A proxy shall be revocable at will. A proxy shall be revoked by the death or incapacity of the Member. The presence at any meeting of any Class A Member who has given a proxy shall not revoke the proxy unless the Member shall file written notice of revocation with the Secretary of the Lorna Foundation prior to the voting of the proxy. A person named in a proxy as the attorney or agent of a Class A Member may, if the proxy so provides, substitute another person to act in that person’s place, including any other person named as an attorney or agent in the same proxy, provided any such substitution shall not be effective until an instrument effecting it is filed with the Secretary of the Lorna Foundation.

Section 17: Adjournments: Any meetings of the Lorna Foundation Class A Members or Directors may be adjourned to any time, from time to time, and such business may be transacted at such adjourned meeting as might have been transacted at the original meeting from which such adjournment took place. No notice shall be required of any such adjournment. Such adjournment may be made notwithstanding that no quorum is present.

Section 18. Resignation and Vacancies: Any Class A Member may resign at any time by giving a written notice to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Secretary, or the Board of Directors. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein. If any Class A Member should tender his, her or its resignation to take effect at a future time, the Directors shall have power to appoint, at any time, a successor to take office at such time as the resignation shall become effective. Any vacancy resulting from resignation or any other cause may be filled by the Directors at any duly constituted meeting thereof. The annual general meeting or a special general meeting of the Class A Members shall be held at such location, and on such day, as the Directors shall appoint. Class A Member of good standing may participate in an annual or special general meeting of the Members by means of teleconference facilities such that all persons participating in the meeting can hear one another. Any Class A Member so participating in such a meeting is deemed to be present at the meeting. At every annual general meeting, in addition to other business that may be transacted, the report of the Directors, an audited financial statement and the report of the auditors shall be presented. Elections shall be held to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors and auditors shall be appointed for the ensuing year. The Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) shall have the power to call at any time a special general meeting of the Class A Members of the Lorna Foundation upon receipt of a written request for such a meeting signed by not less than three Class A Members. Notice of annual or special general meetings of Class A Members shall be given personally, by fax or by email not less than seven (7) days before the date of the meeting, or by mail not less than fourteen (14) days before the date of the meeting. Such notice shall be deemed to be given when sent by fax or email, or deposited in the Canadian mail with first class postage prepaid, to Members at their last known postal address, email address, or fax number, as maintained in the Lorna Foundation records. Notice of any meeting at which special business will be transacted should contain sufficient information to permit the Class A Member to form reasoned judgement on the decision to be taken. Notice of each meeting of Class A Members must remind the Members of their rights to vote by proxy.

Section 19. Effect Of Death, Resignation or Deprivation of Class A Membership.

All the rights, powers and privileges of any Class A Members of the Lorna Foundation shall cease upon his or her death, disability or resignation or upon deprivation or suspension of his or her membership according to law. Any Class A Member may withdraw from the Lorna Foundation by delivery of a written resignation to the Secretary of the Lorna Foundation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein. If any Member should tender his, her or its resignation to take effect at a future time, the Directors shall have power to appoint, at any time, a successor to take office at such time as the resignation shall become effective. Any vacancy resulting from resignation or any other cause may be filled by the Directors at any duly constituted meeting thereof. A Class A Member may be removed with or without cause by a vote of three-quarters (3/4) of the Members present and entitled to vote, provided there is a quorum, at an annual or special general meeting, provided that such Member shall be granted an opportunity to be heard at such meeting.

ARTICLE V: DIRECTORS

Section 1. Powers

All corporate powers shall be exercised by the Board of Directors, except as otherwise expressly provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws. The Directors shall act only as a Board and the individual Directors shall have no power as such.

Section 2. Number and Qualification: There shall be such number of Directors, not less than three, as may be fixed by the Directors at the Annual Meeting thereof for the forthcoming year. Directors must be Class A Members of the Foundation.

Section 3. Term of Office: The term of office for each Director shall be one (1) year (or until the end of the term of his or her predecessor if he or she shall have been elected to succeed a person who shall not have completed his or her one-year term). Each Director shall continue in office until the next Annual General Meeting following the expiration of his or her term and until his or her successor shall have been elected and shall qualify, or until his or her death, resignation or removal. When, for any reason, a person ceases to be a Class A Member, he or she shall also cease to be a Director.

Section 4. Resignation and Vacancies: Any Director may resign at any time by giving a written notice to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Secretary, or the Board of Directors. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein. If any Director should tender his or her resignation to take effect at a future time, the Class A Members shall have power to elect, at any time, a successor to take office at such time as the resignation shall become effective. Any vacancy resulting from resignation or any other cause may be filled by the Class A Members at any duly constituted meeting thereof.

Section 5. Removal of a Director: Any Director may be removed from office as a Director by a vote of a majority of the Class A Members, in office at the time of such removal, taken at a duly constituted meeting of Class A Members.

Section 6. Annual Meeting: The Annual Meeting of the Directors shall be held immediately after the Annual Meeting of Class A Members. Special Meetings may be called at any time by the Secretary or, in his or her absence, whoever is acting, upon written request by the President, or by not less than one-third (1/3) of the Directors.

Section 7. Notice of Meetings: The Secretary shall give to each Director not less than ten (10) days written notice of the time and place of the Annual Meeting, and not less than five (5) days written notice of the time and place of Special Meetings. Notice in each case shall specify the time and place of the meeting, and in the case of a Special Meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof.

Section 8. Waiver of Notice: Any meeting of Directors, or any action otherwise properly taken thereat, shall be valid if notice of the time, place and purposes of such meeting shall be waived in writing (including facsimile, telegraph or e-mail), before, at or after such meeting by all Directors to whom timely notices were not sent as provided in the By-laws .

Section 9. Quorum: A majority of the total number of Directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but a smaller number may adjourn until such time as a quorum may be obtained.

Section 10. Voting and Action by Majority Vote: Each Director shall be entitled to one vote on all matters submitted to the Board. Except as otherwise expressly required by law or by these By-laws, the act of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. Proxies are not permitted.

Section 11. Organization of Meetings: At each meeting, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) shall act as Chairman of the meeting The Secretary of the Lorna Foundation, or in his or her absence a person appointed by the Chairman of the meeting, shall act as Secretary of the meeting.

Section 12. Consent in Lieu of Meeting: Any other provisions of these By-laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting, if prior to such action a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board or Directors, or all of the members of such committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the Secretary and entered upon the records of the Lorna Foundation.

Section 13. Meeting by Means of Conference Telephone: Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting

pursuant to Section 15 By-laws of the Lorna Foundation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 14. Compensation: The Directors shall receive no compensation for serving as Directors, but may be reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses duly incurred in attending meetings and otherwise in connection with the Foundation’s affairs, upon submission of a statement to the Treasurer with supporting receipts, vouchers, etc.

ARTICLE VI: COMMITTEES

Section 1. Creation, Membership, Etc.

The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions

passed by a majority of the whole Board, may designate from among its members one or more standing committees, which committees shall possess and exercise such power, duties and authority in the management of the business of the Lorna Foundation between meetings of the Board of Directors as the Board shall determine and set forth in such resolution or resolutions. Members of each standing committee shall be appointed annually to serve for one year or until their successors have been appointed. A majority of the members of each committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting thereof and, except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the act of a majority of the members of each committee present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee. Each committee shall, to the extent not otherwise determined by the Board of Directors or provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, elect its own chairman and determine its own rules. Each committee shall submit to the Board of Directors at each meeting thereof a report of the actions, if any, which such committee may have taken since the previous meeting of the Board of Directors, which actions shall be subject to revision or alteration by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall fill any and all vacancies on the standing committees and may, from time to time, appoint alternate members of such committees to serve in the temporary absence or disability of any member. Such designation of a member or such appointment of an alternate member may be terminated at any time, with or without cause, and any member or alternate member of such committee may be removed, with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Prohibited Actions: Anything in Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, no committee shall have authority to authorize or take any of the following actions, all of which are reserved to the Board of Directors:

(1) Make, alter or repeal any By-law of the Foundation;

(2) Elect or appoint any Member or Director, or remove any officer, Director or Member;

(3) Submit to Members any action that requires Members’ approval; or

(4) Amend or repeal any resolution previously adopted by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Scholarships/Grants/Bursaries Committee

The Grants Committee is a committee of the Lorna Foundation. This committee is charged with ensuring that all funds disbursed from the Lorna Foundation are to be utilized in a manner consistent with the Lorna Foundation By-laws. Its duties shall be to evaluate requests for funding from qualified students and entities in Kenya. The Grants Committee shall develop guidelines for qualifications, application procedures and evaluation criteria. These guidelines shall be consistent with the Objects/Purposes of the Lorna Foundation as specified in the By-laws and approved by the Board. This committee shall make recommendations to the Board regarding all requests for funding. However, the Board may set guidelines that enable the committee to act between meetings of the Board. The Grants Committee shall consist of a minimum of three voting Members of the Foundation. At least two members, including its Chair, shall be Directors of the Board.

Section 4. Donations Committee: The Donations Committee is a committee of the Lorna Foundation. Its duties shall be to seek and promote the giving of donations to the Foundation and to advise the Board in such matters. Activities of this committee may include the preparation of promotional strategies and materials. The Donations Committee shall consist of a minimum of three voting Members of the Foundation. At least one member, its Chair, shall be a Director of the Board.

Section 3. Audit Committee: The Audit Committee is a committee of the Lorna Foundation. Its duties shall be to review the annual report of the Auditor, review policies and procedures that substantially impact the finances of the Lorna Foundation, monitor conformance thereto, and recommend such changes as it considers desirable. The Audit Committee shall consist of a minimum of three voting Members of the Foundation; at least one member, its Chair, shall be a Director of the Board. No member of the Audit Committee shall be either an Officer of the Lorna Foundation or a member of the Investment Committee.

Section 5. Investment Committee: The Investment Committee is a committee of the Lorna Foundation. Its duties shall be to monitor the investment of funds of the Lorna Foundation and to make recommendations pertaining thereto. The objective of this committee shall be to obtain a reasonable rate of return on investments with a minimum risk of capital fund depletion. The Investment Committee shall consist of a minimum of three voting Members of the Foundation, including the Treasurer as Chair and at least one other Director of the Board.

Section 6. Investment Advisory Committee: The Investment Advisory Committee is a committee of the Lorna Foundation. Its duties shall be to review the annual report of the Investment Committee, review policies and procedures that substantially impact the finances of the Lorna Foundation, monitor conformance thereto, and recommend such changes as it considers desirable. The Investment Advisory Committee shall consist of a minimum of two voting Members of the Foundation and a minimum of three external investment professionals. The Chair of the Investment Advisory Committee shall be one of the three investment professionals.

Section 7. Country Office (Kenya): Country Office (Kenya) is the local coordination and administrative office for the Lorna Foundation operations in Kenya. The Country Office (Kenya) shall be headed by Director, Country Office (Kenya) who will be a member of the Board of Directors. Its duties shall be to liaise with all levels of the Kenya Government, international organizations and NGOs operating in Kenya, diplomatic missions stationed in Nairobi, local businesses, local learning institutions, churches, local NGOs, political and community leaders to provide information, provide support, and to follow up on grants and scholarships awarded to the students through the Lorna Foundation. Country Office (Kenya) shall be charged with ensuring that all funds disbursed from the Lorna Foundation are to be utilized in a manner consistent with the Lorna Foundation By-laws. Its duties shall be to evaluate requests for funding from qualified students and entities in Kenya. The Country Office (Kenya) shall develop guidelines for qualifications, application procedures and evaluation criteria. These guidelines shall be consistent with the Objects/Purposes of the Lorna Foundation as specified in the By-laws and approved by the Board. The office shall make recommendations to the Board regarding all requests for funding. However, the Board may set guidelines that enable the committee to act between meetings of the Board.

ARTICLE VII: ADVISORY BOARD

Section 1. Creation, Membership, Etc.

The Board of Directors, by a resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board may create an Advisory Board, which Advisory Board shall possess and exercise such power, duties and authority as the Board shall determine and set forth in such resolution or resolutions. Members of the Advisory Board shall be appointed annually to serve for one year or until their successors have been appointed. A majority of the members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting thereof and, except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the act of a majority of the members of the Advisory Board present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board shall, to the extent not otherwise determined, by the Board of Directors or provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, elect its chairman and determine its own rules. The Advisory Board shall submit to the Board of Directors at each meeting thereof a report of the actions, if any, which the Advisory Board may have taken since the previous meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall fill any and all vacancies on the Advisory Board.

ARTICLE VIII: OFFICERS

Section 1. Number: The officers of the Lorna Foundation shall be a Chief Executive Officer (Executive Chairman), one or more Vice Chairmen as the Board of Directors shall determine, a Secretary/Legal Counsel, a Treasurer, and such other officers as may be elected in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this ARTICLE VIII.

Section 2. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications

Each officer, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this ARTICLE VIII, shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting, and each such officer shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer may occupy two or more offices at the same time except that no one shall at the same time occupy the offices of the Chairman and Secretary No officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity.

Section 3. Election and Powers of Other Officers

The Board of Directors or the Executive Committee (if one shall be appointed) may elect other officers or agents including one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such powers and perform such duties as may be provided by these By-laws, or as the Board of Directors may determine.

Section 4. Removal: Any officer may be removed by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof.

Section 5. Resignation: Any officer may resign by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, to the Chief Executive Officer (Executive Chairman), or to the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein.

Section 6. Vacancies: A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of that office by the Board of Directors.

Section 7. Benefit/Compensation to Directors (Trustees) & Members

(i)Board of Directors (Trustees) shall receive no compensation for serving as a board member (Trustee), but may be reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses including hotel and travel costs duly incurred in attending meetings and otherwise in connection with the Lorna Foundation’s affairs, upon submission of a statement to the Treasurer with supporting receipts, vouchers, etc.;

(ii) Members (including Board of Directors) may be paid a reasonable rent or hiring fee for property let or hired to the Lorna Foundation; (iii) Members (including Board of Directors) may be paid an indemnity in respect of liabilities properly incurred in running the Lorna Foundation (including the costs of a successful defence to criminal proceedings); (iv) Members (including Board of Directors) may be paid interest at a reasonable rate on money lent to the Lorna Foundation; (v) Members who are not Directors (Trustees) may be employed by or enter into contracts with the Lorna Foundation and receive reasonable payment for goods or services supplied; (vi) Any Director (Trustee) or (any firm or company of which a Director/Trustee is a member or employee) may enter into a contract with the Lorna Foundation to supply goods or services in return for a payment or other material benefit but only if:

(a) the goods and services are required by the Lorna Foundation;

(b) the nature and level of remuneration is no more than is reasonable in relation to the value of the goods and in accordance with this By-laws;

(c) no more than one half of the Directors/Trustees are subject to such a contract in any financial year;

(d) whenever a Director/Trustee has a personal interest in a matter to be discussed at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee the Director/Trustee concerned must:

(i) declare an interest at or before discussions begin on the matter; (ii) withdraw from the meeting for that item unless expressly invited to remain in order to provide information; (iii) not be counted in the quorum for that part of the meeting; (vi) withdraw during the vote and have no vote on the matter; (vii) this Section may not be amended without the prior consent written consent of the Board of Directors.

Section 8. Executive Chairman: The Executive Chairman shall be the principal executive officer of the Lorna Foundation, and shall, subject to the direction and approval of the Board of Directors, supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Foundation. He or she shall perform all duties specified in these By-laws, all duties incident to the office of the chief executive officer, and such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. The Chairman shall be a member ex officio of all committees.

Section 9. Vice Chairman: The Board of Directors may from time to time elect a Vice Chairman who shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as the Board of Directors or the Executive Chairman, may from time to time determine.

Section 10. Secretary/Legal Counsel: The Secretary/Legal Counsel shall record or cause to be recorded in books provided for the purpose all the proceedings of the meetings of the Lorna Foundation, including those of the Members, the Board of Directors, and all committees of which he or she shall be designated Secretary or of which a secretary shall not have been appointed; he or she shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-laws and as required by law; he or she shall be custodian of the records (other than financial) and of the seal of the Foundation and see that the seal is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the Foundation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these By-laws; he or she shall see that the books, reports, statements, certificate, and all other documents and records required by law are properly kept and filed; and in general, perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary/Legal Counsel and such other duties as the Board of Directors, or the Chairman may from time to time determine.

Section 11. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall be responsible for the receipt, custody, and

disbursements of the Lorna Foundation’s fund and other assets, shall administer the Lorna Foundation’s insurance program, shall be responsible for the preparation and submission of reports required by taxing and other governmental authorities, and shall have charge of the investment of the Lorna Foundation’s funds, subject to the direction or approval of the Board of Directors, or, if appointed, the Executive Committee or the Finance Committee. The funds, assets and records in the hands of the Treasurer shall at all times be subject to the inspection, supervision and control of the foregoing persons and committees. At the expiration of his or her term of office, the Treasurer shall turn over to his or her successor all such funds, assets and records. The Treasurer shall give such bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties as the Board of Directors may require. In general, the Treasurer shall perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer, and such other duties as any of the foregoing persons or committees may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE IX: MISCELLANEOUS

Section 1. Grants, Contracts, Etc., How Executed: The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to make, enter into, execute and deliver any grant, contract or other instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Lorna Foundation, and such authority may be general

or confined to specific instances. Unless authorized so to do by these By-laws or the Board of Directors, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Lorna Foundation by any grant, contract or engagement, or to pledge its credit or to render it liable pecuniary for any purpose or in any amount.

Section 2. Checks, Drafts, Etc: Bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties as the Board of Directors may require. In general, the Treasurer shall perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer, and such other duties as any of the foregoing persons or committees may from time to time determine.

Section 2. Checks, Drafts, Etc: All checks, drafts or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Lorna Foundation shall be signed or endorsed by such one or more officers, agents or employees of the Lorna Foundation as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, if appointed, the Executive Committee or the Finance Committee. Each of such officers or employees shall give such bond as the Board of Directors or such committees may require.

Section 3. Deposits: All funds of the Lorna Foundation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Lorna Foundation in such banks, trust companies, mutual funds, or other depositories as the Board of Directors, or, if appointed, the Executive Committee or the Finance Committee, may from time to time designate, or as may be designated by any officer, agent or employee of the Lorna Foundation to whom such power may be delegated by the Board of Directors or by either of such committees, and for the purpose of any such deposit, all checks, drafts, and other orders for the payment of money which are payable to the order of the Lorna Foundation may be endorsed,……(continued……page…15)

assigned and delivered by any officer of the Lorna Foundation authorized by, or in such other manner as may from time to time determined by resolution of, the Board of Directors or either of such committees.

Section 4. Indemnification: The Lorna Foundation shall, and hereby does, indemnify each of its present and former Directors and officers and agents and any other person who may serve or have served, against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by her or him in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding in which he or she is made a party by reason of being or having been a Director, officer or agent of the Lorna Foundation, provided the Director, officer or agent acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Lorna Foundation, and provided further that if such indemnity is with respect to a criminal proceeding, the Director, officer or agent had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful.

Section 5. Dissolution: If the Lorna Foundation is dissolved the assets (if any) remaining after provision has been made for all its liabilities must be applied in one of the following ways:

by transfer to one or more other bodies established for exclusively charitable purposes within,
the same as or similar to the Objects;

directly for the Objects or charitable purposes within or similar to the Objects;
in such other manner consistent with charitable status as stipulated by CRA policy, and
in a manner consistent with Income Tax Act and any other relevant law; and

a final report and statement of account must be sent to CRA.
Section 6. Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Foundation shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31.

Section 7. Seal

The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the full name of the Foundation and the year of its incorporation.

ARTICLE XI: AMENDMENTS

Section 1: Any of these By-laws may be amended or repealed and new By-laws made at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any meeting of the Members.

CERTIFICATE OF IDENTIFICATION

The undersigned, being duly appointed as the Secretary/Legal Counsel of the Lorna Foundation by the action of the persons named to serve as the Directors of The Lorna Children’s Foundation Kenya Fund (LCF-Kenya) a Canadian non-profit corporation, hereby certifies that the annexed By-laws constitute a true and complete copy of the By-laws adopted by the Directors.

WITNESS the signature of the undersigned and the corporate seal of said Corporation this

21st day of November 2011.

__________

Samuel R. Baker, Q.C., Secretary

Development aid reaches an historic high in 2010

from Yona Maro

In 2010, net official development assistance (ODA) flows from members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD reached USD 128.7 billion, representing an increase of +6.5 % over 2009. This is the highest real ODA level ever, surpassing even the volume provided in 2005 which was boosted by exceptional debt relief. Net ODA as a share of gross national income (GNI) was 0.32%, equal to 2005, and higher than any other year since 1992.

Bilateral aid for core development programmes and projects (i.e. excluding debt relief grants and humanitarian aid) rose by +5.9% over 2009 (see Chart 2). New lending (+13.2%) increased faster than grants (+6.8%).

Bilateral ODA to Africa was USD 29.3 billion, of which USD 26.5 billion was for sub-Saharan Africa. These amounts represent an increase in real terms of +3.6% and +6.4% respectively over 2009. However, excluding debt relief grants, bilateral ODA fell very slightly (-0.1%) for Africa but rose (+1.7%) for sub-Saharan Africa.

The report is from the OECD Development Assistance Committee.
http://www.oecd.org/document/61/0,3746,en_2649_34447_47515235_1_1_1_1,00.html


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KENYA: KISUMU NGO DONATES FOOD AND DRUGS WORTH 5 MILLION TO HUNGER VICTIMS

By Dickens Wasonga.

The Kenyans for Kenya initiative over the weekend got a boost when a Kisumu based non-governmental organization donated food and medicine worth Sh.5 million to help those currently faced with starvation in the northern parts of the country.

OGRA foundation, a Kenyan local NGO in partnership with Direct Relief International responded to the Kenya Red Cross Emergency appeal by making a donation worth Sh.4.5 M which included drugs, medicines and food to hunger stricken families in areas such as Turkana North and Central and Lokolir which are the worst hit by the food crisis.

Part of the food donated and presented to the Red Cross Kisumu regional office by the foundation’s C.O.E Dr.Hezron Makobewa included 150 bags of maize.

Mr. Ken Wafula, the national chairman of the NGO council who received the donation before handing it over to the Red Cross Society in Kisumu appealed to all active NGO countrywide to support the food initiative.

Wafula noted that it was a pity Kenya which is blessed with fertile farming lands was in dire need of food attributing the current food scarcity to poor and bad governance.

” It is shameful that our people should go hungry in a country that can grow enough food to feed everybody and even export the surplus. We fail to plan well.In times of plenty, our farmers get stuck with their produce in the farms.Most of the yields even rot and poor markets is the order of the day’ he said.

The NGO boss called on the government to allocate more money into agriculture and give subsidies to farmers to boost food security.

The Red Cross Society’s deputy secretary general Dr.James Kisia said the situation was still dire in north Turkana where malnutrition rates were at between 37-38 per cent with emergency rates being at 15 per cent in most of the hardest hit areas.

” In the worst hit areas , 9 year old children weigh as a low as 3kgs.” In areas of Wajir, Isiolo, Marsabit and Mwingi malnutrition rates is over 20 per cent.These are not just figures.They have profound effect on the development of this nation.” said Dr.Kisia.

The appeal which was launched after reports indicated millions of people across the country were facing starvation due to prolonged drought sought to raise over 600 million shillings and has seen an overwhelming support from many Kenyans.

” We feel greatly humbled by the response. We have seen pouring of assistance even from regions where hunger is hardly an issue, people who are very compassionate.” said Kisia.

OGRA Foundation also responded to the humanitarian crisis three years ago which resulted from the disputed results of the2007 general election by donating both food and medicine through its partnership with the Kenya Red Cross Society.

The intervention saw the restoration of the health care to hundreds of both vulnerable and general population in western parts of Kenya.

ENDS.

Kenya: Barclays and Friends of KCDN visiting Kenyatta National Hospital

from odhiambo okecth

Friends,

Plans are almost complete for our visit to Kenyatta National Hospital’s Maternity Unit.

In a discussion this morning with the Branch Manager of Barclays Bank Haile Sellassie Avenue Branch Ms Jane Nganga, we agreed that we will make this visit on the 28th May 2011 as from 1.00pm.

We want to appreciate the Barclays Group fraternity and Haile Sellasie Avenue Branch members in particular for stepping forward to joining us in this noble initiative. We also want to appreciate the following people for their kind support;

Odhiambo T Oketch Ksh. 2,000.00
Lee Makwiny Kshs 2,000.00
Everlyne Gaya Kshs 2,000.00
Aggrey Mmbaya Kshs 5,000.00
Grace Shiro Mwangi- Baby Clothes- delivered to City Hall Annexe Room 116 already
Barclays Bank Haile Sellassie Avenue Branch

It is important to note that Barclays Bank Haile Sellassie Branch have been strong Friends of KCDN in the KCDN Child Support Initiative. Under Ms Irene Wasike, the Bank was of great support to the Girl Child when she engineered support that gave them sanitary towels for one year. They also made some cash support that helped the children in the KCDN Child Support Programme acquire books and stationery.

The visit to KNH is the brain child of Ms Evelyn Gaya, a volunteer with KCDN and it is our wish that many more people will join us infront of City Hall Annexe at 12.00pm on 28th May 2011 to enable us move as a team to Kenyatta National Hospital with our support.

I have talked with the KNH PRO and all arrangements are in place.

If it is to be, it is up to me. A Clean Kenya Starts With me. A Peaceful Kenya is my Responsibility.

Peace and blessings,

Odhiambo T Oketch
CEO KCDN Nairobi
Nationwide Coordinator – Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign
PO Box 47890-00100,
Nairobi Kenya .
Tel; 0724 365 557 0735 529 126
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USA & East Africa: Health in East Africa / Rotary and Aga Khan University launch strategic partnership to improve maternal and child health in East Africa

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New scholarships for nursing students, professional development for educators

EVANSTON, Illinois, Improved maternal and child health in East Africa is the goal of a new strategic partnership between the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, a global humanitarian service organization, and Aga Khan University (AKU), a private, non-denominational university promoting human development through research, teaching and community service.

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Under the partnership, the Rotary Foundation – the charitable arm of Rotary International — will provide grants to Rotary clubs to establish volunteer teams to support the professional development of nursing faculty at AKU’s East Africa campuses in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The teams will work with local Rotary clubs and AKU to carry out community service projects linking the classroom lessons to existing clinics and health care programs. Rotary grants will also fund nursing and midwifery scholarships for students admitted to AKU’s Advanced Nursing Studies (ANS) program. Scholarship recipients will have the opportunity to be mentored through the program by local Rotary clubs.

The Aga Khan University’s ANS program was established in response to requests from East African governments to help upgrade nursing skills and build healthcare human resource capacity in the region. Through continuing education programs, graduates are able to work in their communities to provide better quality health care services as well as lead policy development at the national level. The result is better qualified regional healthcare professionals who are helping to build accessible, responsive and sustainable healthcare systems in East Africa.

“Our Rotary clubs in East Africa are eager to partner with the top-notch professionals at Aga Khan University to help ensure that mothers and their infants receive the best health care possible,” says Samuel F. Owori, of Kampala, Uganda, a member of the Rotary International Board of Directors. “This partnership represents an immense contribution to the health and well-being of families throughout our region.”

“This partnership will enable a greater number of qualified students from poor communities to benefit from our programs.” states AKU President Firoz Rasul. “Partnerships such as this one build much needed capacity in the developing world, but more importantly, they enable innovation and the creation of knowledge to address local health problems.”

Rotary Foundation Chair Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar adds that the partnership “is an important step toward meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health.”

The UN Millennium Goals call for a 75 percent reduction in maternal deaths — and a two thirds reduction in the death rate of children under age five — by 2015.

The UN says developing countries account for 99 percent of the more than 350,000 women who die each year from complications during pregnancy or childbirth. In sub-Saharan Africa, a woman’s risk of maternal death is 1 in 30, compared to 1 in 5,600 in developed countries. The same region records the highest childhood mortality rates, with one in seven dying before their fifth birthday. Worldwide, more than 9 million children under 5 die each year.

Aga Khan University operates in eight countries across East Africa, the Middle East, South and Central Asia and Europe (www.aku.edu ). The University’s curricula in nursing, medicine and educational development reflect the unique needs of the communities and countries where it operates, so that students and graduates can immediately apply their knowledge where it will have the most impact. Through a needs-blind admissions policy AKU selects the most promising students who will become leaders and thinkers in the region; cultivating in them an ethic of service and the skills to help communities improve their quality of life.

AKU is one of nine agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (www.akdn.org), a group of private development agencies with mandates ranging from health and education to architecture, culture, microfinance, rural development, disaster reduction, the promotion of private-sector enterprise and the revitalization of historic cities.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. There are 1.2 million Rotary members in 34,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Rotary clubs have been serving communities worldwide for more than a century.

The Rotary Foundation, under its new Future Vision plan, seeks to forge strategic partnerships with established organizations with expertise in any of Rotary’s six areas of focus: peace and conflict prevention/resolution; disease prevention and treatment; water and sanitation; maternal and child health; basic education and literacy; and economic and community development. The foundation grants support major international projects with sustainable, high impact outcomes.

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EU & EAST AFRICA: KSHS 3.6 BILLION FOR FISHERIES ALONG LAKE VICTORIA REGION.

By Agwanda Jowi

European Union has disbursed over three million Euros (Sh. 3.6 billion) for the management of fisheries along Lake Victoria region in a four year project that will benefit East Africa countries.

The funds are part of the 30 million Euros disbursed by European Union under 9th European development fund aiming at strengthening fisheries management in Africa Caribbean Pacific countries.

The project funded under, ACP 2 aims at improving fisheries management in the ACP countries so as to ensure that fisheries resources occurring in the waters within the jurisdiction of these countries are sustainable exploited.

ACP 2 regional manager Koanne Mindjibika says during a workshop with stakeholders in Kisumu that the programme that will tackle over 32 regional and national fisheries projects will lead to alleviation of poverty and improved fish security within the East Africa region.

The regional manager says that the East Africa region project will be implemented under five components both targeting improvement of fisheries.

Kenya assistant director of fisheries Michael Obadha says the first phase of the project will cost over 1 million Euro and second phase due to start in November this year will cost over 2.3 million Euros.

Obadha says so far over 40 beach management unit have benefited from the programme in terms of training and 280 more will under go a similar training as the projects get underway.

He says that the ACP2 will address the gains in the ACP1 and introduce new aspects that were not addressed in the first component of the programme.

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UK & Kenya: UK government has decided to channel its school funding in Kenya directly to textbook publishers to avoid graft

Writes Leo Odera Omolo

OWING to the alleged excessive graft which is deeply rooted in the Kenyan society, the British government through its donor agency has now decided to channel its funding of free primary education outside of formal Education Ministry channels.

A section of the Kenya press reported at the weekend that the British donors have now decided to purchase textbooks worth Kshs 600 million for primary schools from this month directly from the publishers without involving the Ministry officials.

“Through its Department of International Development, it the first time the UK accessed schools children directly since it announced its withdrawal of funding to the Ministry of Education’s free learning program in Kenya more than a year ago,” The DAILY NATION reported on Saturday.

The action was taken following allegation o corruption at the Ministry in which a colossal amount of money close to the tune of Kshs 103 million is believed to have been lost. Several top Ministry officials have since appeared before the courts in connection to graft, abuse of office and other corruption related criminal offences.

Since the UK authorities has also assisted some high school students through a Kshs 4 billion scholarships fund run by the Equity Bank.

The latest text project is for 250,000 pupils countrywide Some 1,200 low cost private schools have also been selected for the new funding program.

The schools will ere identified through the Kenya Independent Schools Association. More than one million textbooks will be supplied during the one year program, says the report.

Each one of the pupils will receive textbook per schools. Books were selected based on the choice of the schools, but they had to be on the list of those approved by the Education Ministry.

According to the report, seven publishers will supply the books. However, some publishers have complained that some of their books were excluded and not selected, yet they are on the list of those approved by the government.

The report quoted one publisher Gacheche Waruinge of Phoenix Publishers as complaining that the mode of identifying the publishers should have carried out competitively. “ There should a media advertisement to ensure all publishers were made to be aware of what was happening.”

He proposed that the selection should ave been done through the Kenya Publishers Association, but the chair person of the association Nancy Korima said it was difficult for her association to meddle in the process since it was a private arrangement.”We had no way of influencing the process since the agency had their on way of doing it,” she added.

The British agency stopped funding the school children under the Free Primary Education project in 2009.

The issue sparked heated exchange in the government prompting the Prime Minister Raila Odinga to slam a suspension of Education Minister Prof. Sam K.Ongeri, a decision which was immediately rescinded by President Mwai Kibaki splitting the shaky coalition government right in the middle.

The Prime Minister had also issued the suspension to the former Minister for Agriculture William Ruto in connection with massive maize scandal. Both were immediately reinstated by the President. But the government launched investigations which resulted in several top officials at the Ministry headquarters being suspended while some were arraigned in courts on charge of misappropriation of funds and theft.

So far the cases of charged officials are still pending in courts, Nobody has been convicted of related offences while other are still serving suspension.

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Kenya: Barclays Bank; Moving From Talking to Tasking

from odhiambo okecth

Friends,

Now this is what we call; Moving From Talking to Tasking.

Barclays Bank spent Kshs 30m last year supporting various organizations who are working with marginalized communities in providing for them alternative clean energy eg Solar, Hydro, Bio Gas as well as re-cycling of waste plastics.

We are also happy that Barclays did support KCDN in 2008 when the then Haile Sellassie Branch Manager and staff members visited us. The Manager later supported the provision of Sanitary towels to the Girls who were then in the KCDN Child Support Initiative. Visit http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com for more details.

We at KCDN must take this opportunity to congratulate their kind gesture to the many CBOs they are working with. We are looking forward to initiating a structured partnership between KCDN and Barclays Bank that will see their involvement in the Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign.

The Clean-up Exercise in Nairobi is set for Saturday 26th Feb at Huruma and Mathare area. We have the follwing support so far;

Rivers of Peace – 100 seedlings that we will plant on the day.
Area Ward Managers- Huruma and Kiamaiko- Basic tools- rakes, wheelbarrows, spades etc
Local CBOs- voluntary work force- Note- no one will be paid to clean his/her neighbourhood

We are appealing to all Friends of KCDN, Institutions, Religious Bodies, Schools and all People of Goodwill to give us their support as they participate all across Kenya.

We are also happy to announce that the residents of Malindi under Mr. Titus Kangangi are organizing themwelves for the Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign. We know we will make some difference on 26th Feb all across Kenya.

Again, this is what we are championing at KCDN; Moving From Talking to Tasking.

A Clean Kenya Starts With Me.

Peace and blessings,

Odhiambo T Oketch
CEO KCDN Nairobi
Nationwide Coordinator – Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign
PO Box 47890-00100,
Nairobi Kenya.
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Board; Mr. Rashid Juma [Chair], Mr. Odhiambo T Oketch [CEO], Mr. Elijah Agevi, Mr. Gichane Muraguri, Ms Kethi D Kilonzo,Hon Lewis Nguyai, Mr. Oduor Ong’wen, Mr. Lameck Siage, Dr Grace Ongile, Mr. Sam Olendo, Mr. Felix Kibet- US and Ms Brigitte Frey- Switzerland

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From: Gichuhi, Regina: BB Kenya
Subject: RE: More Teams join the Nationwide Clean-up Campaign
To: “odhiambo okecth” Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 10:53 PM

Odhiambo,

You will also be happy to know that last year, we donated Kshs.30m to various organizations who are working with marginalised Communitiues in providing for them alternative clean enegy eg Solar, Hydro, Bio Gas as well as re-cyclying of waste plastics.

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Barclays Africa
Corporate Affairs
Barclays Bank (K) Ltd.

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Postal address: P.O.Box 30120 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya

USA: 2011 Annual Letter

from Bill Gates

I am writing to share my third annual letter about the work our foundation and its partners are doing. The world has already accomplished so much to improve the lives of poor people, and I see exciting opportunities to do even more. For example, the miracle of vaccines gives us the ability to save millions of children and to eradicate polio from the earth. But in these tough economic times, there is a risk that governments won’t maintain their commitment to these goals. The key to building on the progress we have made is bold leadership.

You can read my letter at www.gatesfoundation.org/annualletter

Every one of us can be an advocate for people whose voices are not often heard. I am optimistic that, together, we can create a world in which all people have the chance to lead a healthy and productive life. Thank you for taking the time to learn more.

Sincerely,

Bill Gates
Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives.

KENYA: USAID TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN NATION.

By Agwanda Jowi .

THE US Agency for International Development has disbursed Sh. 120 billion to improve health care system in Western Kenya.

The five year project under AIDS, Population and Health Integrated Assistance (APHIAplus) will cover all districts in Nyanza and Western provinces.

The project aims to improve and expand sustainable facility based services for HIV, TB, reproductive health, family planning, malaria and maternal child health.

Western Kenya APHIAplus director Dr. Ambrose Misore says they will work closely with the government and a wide variety of non governmental agencies to strengthen health care services throughout the two provinces.

Misore says that studies have shown that diseases such as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis are causing greater suffering and death in Western Kenya than any other part of the country.

He says that they will also improve and expand civil society activities to increase healthier behaviors, including prevention programs that target at risk populations.

Speaking during the launch of the program in Kisumu, Misore announced that the [project will also improve home and community support program for people and families infected and affected by HIV/Aids, including orphans and other vulnerable children.

He says that this is the USAID’s largest health investments to Kenya under the

US president Barrack Obama’s Global Health Initiative.

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KENYA: SCIENTISTS LAUNCH A FREE BILHARZIA STUDY AMONG KENYAN COMMUNITIES

By Dickens Wasonga.

The Kenya Medical Research Institute in collaboration with the America’s Centers for Disease Control have launched a five year period study to compare school and community based mass drug administration delivery strategies for control of bilharzia, along lake Victoria’s riparian districts, where prevalence rates are high.

Speaking during the launch at a Kisumu hotel, the principal investigator, Dr. Pauline Mwinzi of KEMRI, said the study to compare Bilharzia control strategies in the western Kenya region will target over 150 communities and is expected to bring people together towards ensuring a Bilharzia -free communities.

The research study will determine the best combination of strategies for controlling the water borne disease, which affects commonly communities living along the shores of lake Victoria, where prevalence rates are as high as 75 per cent.

Speaking at the function, the investigator said the operational studies will include 150 communities where the prevalence of schistosomiasis is over 25%, and 75 communities where the rates are moderate and at between 10-25%.

The scientist said identified communities will be randomized into two arms, and further into 6 arms, half of which will receive community wide treatment, and the other half school based treatment, with variations over the years, to determine the best frequency and strategy for mass drug administration.

In year 5, a final evaluation of communities in all study arms will be performed.

The primary outcome will be comparison of schistosomiasis prevalence and intensity levels, among treatment arms, to identify the best strategies for mass drug administration.

Bilharzia is a neglected parasitic disease caused by several species of fluke.

Although it has a low mortality rate, schistosomiasis can damage internal organs, and, in children, impair growth and development. It is the second most socio-economically devastating parasitic disease after malaria.

This disease is most commonly found in Asia, Africa, and South America, especially in areas where the water contains numerous freshwater snails, which carry the parasite.

Infections, in the Lake Victoria basin in Western Kenya, are associated with lake water contact. Seven districts in the region have been picked for the study and includes Bondo, Rachuonyo North, Homa Bay,Rarieda, Kisumu east and west and Nyakach.

Previous studies demonstrated an association, between school proximity to the lake, and the prevalence of the disease, suggesting that the lake is the primary source of schistosomiasis transmission in this area.

The researchers said here, prevalence levels can go up to 100% and school children are the most affected.

Currently, the WHO recommended strategy for control is school based mass drug administration with praziquantel, the first line drug of choice.

Dr. Mwinzi said that the drug, which is administered orally, will be distributed by the community health workers and given, to a person, one dose per year.

She said the drug was available and cheap, but lacks the demand, since very few people who have the disease visit health facilities to seek treatment.

‘’This is what we target to reverse. The current strategy, which is school based, also does not reach all other people at risk of these infections, including fishermen and entire communities, who use the Lake for livelihood’’ she added.

Apart from Kenya, four other countries namely Mozambique, Niger, Uganda and Tanzania will also be taking part in the study in Africa.

The scientists said the five year study will cost Ksh.120 million, to be provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

ENDS.

Kenya: World AIDS Marathoner providing dinner dances for 750 orphans

From: Richard Brodsky

you are invited to dine & dance with 750 orphans at Kendu Bay (ancestral home of President Obama’s great-grandfather) and Kisumu, Kenya on November 29 and 30. The orphan dinner dances are being sponsored by the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation thanks to the generosity of

Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group, LLC
Five Towns Community Chest
Omar Rodriguez / Associated Food Stores of Long Beach, New York &
UN General Realtors Group, LLC, Owen and Ethel Robinson

If other donors would be interested in co-sponsoring an orphan dinner dance for 375 orphans, a donation of $500 would be required. It would make a nice Thanksgiving gift, early Chanukah or Christmas present knowing that you and someone you love opted to provide 375 orphans a nourishing meal instead of adding a piece of jewelry to a collection. Imagine what that jewelry item would say if it could speak, ‘Why did you pick me? I cannot place a smile on a child’s face nor can I provide an evening of dining or dancing for a single orphan.

Register Now for the 2010 World AIDS Marathon, co-sponsored by the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation and Kisumu World AIDS Marathon Group, and you will also be entitled to roundtrip transportation to two orphan dinner dances from Kisumu, Kenya to local Kenyan orphanages

Hi November 22, 2010

To all my friends and sponsors, we’re really much more than just a marathon, the Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of people affected by HIV and cancer, especially children. Please consider making a donation to the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation so my wife Jodi and I can continue to visit Africa and sponsor orphan dinner dances for the Kenyan orphans. It costs about $4 per child to provide a nourishing meal with music and dancing. Perhaps you would like to join Jodi and me and experience firsthand the joy of knowing you are really making a difference in the lives of hundreds of orphans.

The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation has sponsored orphan dinner dances for 1,950 Kenyan orphans since 2006.

If you would like to co-sponsor an orphan dinner dance kindly submit a $500 donation online by Thanksgiving. To commemorate your generosity I will send you an 18 X 24 poster with photos of the Event with your name on the poster to acknowledge your gift, or if you choose you may provide someone else’s name on the poster. Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated and may be submitted by

– mailing a check to the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation,
1247 Mara Court, Atlantic Beach, NY 11509

– visiting the Foundation’s website and clicking on the
PayPal link for World AIDS Marathon or

– visit the World AIDS Marathon website
and click on the Donate link

The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation has committed $1,000 in prize money for the World AIDS Marathon. This is a very small amount of money as Kenyans are used to participating in running events where the prize package is much greater. It took me awhile to understand why is prize money being provided as this money is being taken from money that could be given to charity. The fact is for Kenyans to succeed, many of them turn to running and the successful Kenyan runners are very charitable and giving when it comes to helping people living in Kenya. If anyone would be interested in donating $500 or $1,000 in prize money, an 18 X 24 poster acknowledging your donation will be presented to you. See two photos above with text instructions in red on how to donate.

Special thanks to NY State Senator Dean Skelos for writing me a very nice note this week. It is these types of letters of support which make me realize ‘Failure is not an option’ and my job is to finish the marathon. I never did quite understand why G-d permitted HIV and brain cancer to change my life as there are millions of people who he could have chosen who were more well known, more religious, more tolerant, etc. Honestly, I think rather than being chosen; it was more of a random choice. I promise to do my part and keep running if you promise to help support people whose lives have been affected with HIV and cancer, both in Africa and America.

The rest of this news release is the same as another news release I sent out recently so if you have been reading my news releases, you need not need further.

The stigma of AIDS is much worse in Africa than in America as families often times throw the person living with AIDS out of the home. That’s another reason why Jodi and I travel to Kenya to show that AIDS has not destroyed our family and when someone is living with a so-called-life-threatening illness, that is the time for families to come together.

Living in America, I do not consider my being HIV-positive to be a life threatening illness since I have access to the AIDS medicine and follow-up medical care. I also have access to clean drinking water and adequate nutritious food. Clearly, this is not the case for Africans and to the small extent that I can help get the word out about the plight of people living with AIDS, and the problems of malaria, tuberculosis and poverty facing Africa, I feel compelled to help because I realize had I been born in Africa, my children might be three of the 11,400,003 orphans living in sub-Saharan Africa who have lost one or both parents to AIDS. I also am extremely grateful that I am surviving terminal brain cancer for 7 years and I made a promise if my life was spared, I would do everything to help others living with HIV or cancer; hence the three orphan dinner dances the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation co-sponsored with Associated Food Stores of Long Beach, New York; ASAP Screenprinting of Gainesville, Florida, and KenShop Bakery of Kisumu, Kenya.

Many groups such as FACES brought their own banners.

An ecstatic Jodi Brodsky after finding out she finished 4th for the female runners for the full marathon. Richard Brodsky and Alie Eleveld, both congratulating Jodi.
Richard Brodsky finished dead last but then again I was the oldest runner.

The World AIDS Marathon and related Events were attended by over 1,950 people. Pictured below is 1 of 15 athletes with disablities; the real heroes of the day.

-300+ runners signed up for the Marathon and Half Marathon and there were 254 finishers.
-250 children participated in the 5k Childrens Walk.
-700 orphans participated in orphan dinner dances at Reach-Out Orphan Support Center, Hope Initiative and St. Claire’s orphanage.
-700+ people (exact number to be determined) were tested for AIDS

15 wheelchair athletes completed the marathon / half marathon and were each awarded 1,000 shillings, about $13. Not a bad deal considering the entry fee was only 50 shillings, about 65 cents and all participants received an Event t-shirt. The balance of the $1,000 prize money was awarded to the top 5 male / female participants of the half and full marathon. Special thanks to Bank of Africa for also providing 60,000 kenya shillings, $800 in prize money. The winning wheelchair participant for the full marathon finishing in a time of 03:06:09 was Pius Otieno Ochieng, pictured above, and for the half marathon, Mildred Auma, in a time of 01:51:49, took home the GOLD. First place winners for the following races were:

Marathon (male) Peter Kipkoech 2:27:56
Marathon (female) Helen Chenonges 3:12:23 repeat winner from 2008
Half Marathon (male) Elijah Tirop 1:06:08

Half Marathon (female) Susan Kiplagat 1:27:26

All runners also received a Certificate of Completion. We were very fortunate to have Douglas Wakiihuri, pictured below, winner of the New York City and London Marathon in the late 1980s presenting prizes to some of the runners.

After the marathon, Jodi and I jogged 4 miles to St. Claire’s Orphanage where the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation co-sponsored an orphan dinner for 86 orphans with KenShop Bakery of Kisumu, just kidding about the 4 mile jog. The photo below at St. Claire’s was taken by Ibrahim Oiro Odero

December 2, 2009. We had a chance to say good-bye to Joseph Ochieng, (above, standing 4th from left) board member of the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation, and six of the 25 orphans he cares for pictured in the green shirts. The two runners dressed in blue were part of a team of Uganda runners who traveled with their coach, William Mungadi, standing third from left.

Farewell lunch at Kiboko Bay Resort, left to right, Joseph Ochieng, Rispah, Jodi and Richard Brodsky and one of my favorite people in Kenya, Beldina Opiyo-Omolo, Public Health Specialist with Millenium Cities Initiative. Beldina is clearly in the minority as she returned to Kenya after graduating from an American college to help her fellow Kenyans.

Prior to Jodi and I visiting Kisumu we spent a day in Nairobi. Saturday, November 28, Jodi and I had the opportunity to visit the local Nairobi Hebrew Congregation and pray that we would run a successful race and we will have the opportunity to run in many more World AIDS Marathons and raise a lot of money for AIDS and cancer charities. We stayed at the President of the Synagogue’s home, Dr. David Silverstein, personal physician to former President of Kenya, Daniel Moi. Jodi and I were fortunate to be there for the Sabbath, and even more fortunate as I was the 10th and final Jewish male to be present so the service could proceed and the Torah was taken out of the ark and read. Part of the charm of the congregation is that it has no Rabbi and each of the 10 +/- regular male members take turns conducting the service. This week the service was conducted by a Jew from Cocina, a Jewish Community in India. Kenya’s only Synagogue even has a website where you can read more about its history and Interfaith relations. These photos were taken from earlier years as it is not permitted to take photos in the Synagogue on the Sabbath.

It was very difficult raising money for this year’s marathon and orphan dinners but Jodi and I decided it was important for us to run the marathon and let the orphans know that we represent people in America who really do care about the orphans in Africa. If you’ve already given a donation to the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation, thank you very much. It is not too late to make your donation now. For $100, you can have your name placed on the commemorative 2010 Event t-shirt, see below, and the shirt will be mailed to you. Special thanks to ASAP Screenprinting of Gainesville, Florida for providing FREE Commemorative Event t-shirts and sweatshirts. Sweatshirts are available for a $125 donation. If you would like an Event t-shirt or sweatshirt kindly submit your donation so it is received before Christmas.

One last way to raise money for the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation. While visiting a friend’s home I came across a forest of flowers which a florist in America typically charges about $8+ per stem. In the picture below there must be about 100 stems of the flower. If anyone could ever find out about selling these flowers, if they have any on their property, to a local flower exporter and donating a portion of the proceeds to the Richard M. Brodsky, your donation will help feed the orphans of Kenya.

Special thanks to a lot of people

I would like to thank President-Elect Barack Obama; President Clinton; Stephen Lewis, former United Nations Special Envoy for HIV / AIDS in Africa; Senator Ted Kennedy; Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy; Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi; and Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray for their support for the Foundation’s work which includes its annual World AIDS Marathon held in Kisumu, Kenya as well as the 5k AIDS / Cancer / Survive / Run / Walk in America. These letters can be viewed by visiting the website link, view letters. The American Medical Student Association, AMSA, has also created a story line of the Foundation’s work which can be viewed on FACEBOOK. The One Campaign has also been very supportive of my work. If you are interested in hearing me speak and seeing photos of the Foundation’s work in America, the One Campaign and the American Medical Student Association have covered my speaking fee in the past.

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

The Foundation donates money to various AIDS projects in Kenya, AIDS and cancer research projects in America and to organizations providing aid to people living with HIV and cancer. To make a donation to the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation you can mail a check to the Foundation’s address, Richard M. Brodsky Foundation, 1247 Mara Court, Atlantic Beach, NY 11509, USA, or visit the Foundation website and click on the PayPal donate link. Alternately you can make your donation via the World AIDS Marathon website, by clicking on the Donate link. A $100 donation will entitle you or your company to have your name on the 2010 World AIDS Marathon commemorative t-shirt and a $250 donation will entitle you to a logo on the shirt. In addition, the shirt will be mailed to you.

For more info about the Foundation’s mission and the World AIDS Marathon, please visit Foundation website & World AIDS Marathon website. There are some great photos of the 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2004 World AIDS Marathon which can be viewed by visiting photos 2009 photos 2008, photos 2007, photos 2006 and photos 2004.

October 24, 2010, FREE 5K AIDS / Cancer Run Walk for HIVers, Cancer Survivors & Friends

The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation will be sponsoring its second annual FREE 5K Run / Walk for HIVers, Cancer Survivors & Friends in Oceanside Park, October 24, 9 AM. The purpose of the run is to get people living with HIV and cancer running or walking. As a brain cancer survivor who is also HIV-positive, no one knows the benefits derived from running more than me. Wouldn’t it be great if we could get participants living with HIV or cancer to run or walk a few miles.

To encourage participants, the Foundation will be providing $45 in toiletry / gift items to everyone, Even if you are healthy, please accept the items and give them to someone living with HIV or cancer during the week. We will also be serving a sumptuous breakfast and everyone who signs up by October 10 will have their name placed on the Event t-shirt. Also, there will be thousands of dollars of FREE raffle prizes given away.

To sign up for the Free Running Event, click here, and then click on the link in the 5th paragrapgh. Events are a great opportunity to collect toys for children.

Please consider making your annual contribution to the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation as the Foundation’s work has become my life’s work. There are no other Presidents of Foundations who are HIV-positive and have brain cancer whose main fundraising activity consists of running marathons. But if running marathons can help raise awareness that hundreds of thousand lives can be saved each year if access to the AIDS medicine is free for people who cannot afford the AIDS medicine, then I have no choice but to continue running marathons.

We are always looking for volunteers so if you’ve managed to read this entire newsletter, we could really use your help. Please contact me, Richard, at the contact information below.

Richard M. Brodsky Foundation
1247 Mara Court
Atlantic Beach,NY 11509
Contact: Richard Brodsky
Phone: (516) 770-7724 (516) 432-1254
E-Mail: RichardM.Brodsky@gmail.com

Very Truly Yours,
Richard Brodsky,
Richard M. Brodsky, President of Richard M. Brodsky Foundation

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Google and Zawadi Africa scholarships

from Ombat Sandan Marach

As part of our ongoing commitments to supporting education in Africa and to diversifying the engineering talent pool, we are encouraging African women to pursue careers in computer science and technology. We’ve partnered with the Zawadi Africa Educational Fund to grant five Kenyan women full scholarships to complete degrees in computer science, computer engineering and/or ICT. The Google Zawadi Scholars will pursue studies at top universities in Kenya and South Africa, and they’ll each have the support of a Google engineering mentor. Selection criteria include excellent academics, extracurricular involvement, leadership potential and financial need.

Visit Google Zawadi Africa Scholarship for more information
http://www.zawadiafrica.org/

Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

from Ombat Sandan Marach

Access to knowledge is our passion. When it comes to higher education for promising scholars, we do not want anything to stand in the way. That is why we are pleased to announce the Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities. Google is committed to helping the innovators of the future make the most of their talents by providing scholarships and networking retreats for computer science students with disabilities. This scholarship aims to help dismantle barriers that keep students with disabilities from entering computing, encourage them to excel in their studies and become active role models and leaders in creating technology.

Multiple scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates’ academic performance and demonstrated passion for computer science. A group of Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD students will be chosen from the applicant pool. Applications will be reviewed by a committee of researchers and engineers. The scholarship recipients will each receive a EUR 7,000 (or equivalent) scholarship for the 2011/2012 academic year.

In June 2011, all scholarship recipients will be invited to visit Google’s Engineering Centre in Zurich for an all-expenses-paid networking retreat. It will include workshops with a series of speakers, panels, breakout sessions and social activities, and will provide an opportunity to meet and share experiences.

Eligibility requirements

Candidates must be:

* A student enrolled in a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD programme (or equivalent) in 2011/2012.
* Enrolled at a University in Europe. Citizens, permanent residents, and international students are eligible to apply.
* Studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Informatics, or a closely related technical field.
* A person with a disability. The term persons with disabilities is used to apply to all persons with disabilities including those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.

How to apply

Please complete the online application and submit all requested documents by 20th January 2011. All application documents must be in English. Scholars will be notified in April 2011.

You will be required to submit the following:

* Up-to-date copy of your CV.
* Answers to the following short essay questions (suggested word count is 400-600 words per question):

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o Describe a significant technical project you have worked on. If you have worked on a major independent research project (such as research for a Master’s or PhD programme), please describe that work here. Give an overview of the problem and your approaches to the key technical challenges. If this was a group effort, specify your individual role and contributions.
o What are you passionate about? Tell us which barriers you have had to overcome to be successful in your studies and in your life and how did you fulfill your passion? Feel free to think broadly and examine the many ways you overcame barriers and fulfilled your passion.
* Academic transcripts.

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o Bachelor’s: A copy of your current academic record.
o Master’s and PhD: A copy of your previous and current academic records.
* Enrollment confirmation for 2011/2012 or confirmation of graduation date.
Please include with your application an official enrollment confirmation or a confirmation of your graduation date issued by an official authority of the university e.g. your departmental administrator or a professor.
* Recommendation letters.
Two strong referral letters from individuals who are qualified to evaluate your accomplishments, e.g. from a professor, adviser or supervisor.

USA: FEDERAL GRANT ALERT: HUD Offers $15 Million to Help Low-Income Families

from Federal and Foundation Assistance Monitor offers@cdpublications.com

QUICK SUMMARY: HUD is offering $15 million for 1,800 grants to keep low-income families together. New this year, vouchers are available for families/youths displaced by domestic violence or those in imminent danger of losing their housing because it is considered inadequate.

DEADLINE: Dec. 1.

FUNDING FOCUS: Vouchers are used to promote unification of families for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the separation of children from their families. Vouchers may be used for youths 18 to 21 years old who left foster care at age 16 or older and lack adequate housing, too.

ELIGIBILITY: Public Housing Authorities.

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