URGENT APPEAL for SUPPORT

"Women, men, boys and girls are dying in the communities, they are starving…and need help today" – Diana, Mafanikio Kenya (GRA partner).

This is an urgent appeal from Growth Reaching Africa and Mafanikio Community Based Organisation on behalf of the communities we work in rural Kenya. Drought, food shortages and extremely high food prices have resulted in a major food crisis in East Africa. The United Nations has described the current emergency as the world's greatest ongoing humanitarian disaster.

Please help by donating what you can - every € will help reach our emergency fund target of €2000 which will buy 23 bags of maize and 15 bags of beans to be divided in three rural communities - Kiukuni, Kavani and Makuli. Your contribution, whether €10 or €100 or €1000, will 100% directly go to saving lives and GRA's partner in Kenya with deliver food and assistance directly and immediately!

HOW TO DONATE:

By cheque payable to:
"Growth Reaching Africa"
Post to:
GRA,
C/o Maria Butler,
Riversdale,
Forenaughts,
Naas,
Co. Kildare

By transfer/lodgement directly to:
Account Number: 24242050;
Sort Code: 93-10-47;
Account Name: Growth Reaching Africa.

By Credit Card:
See attached

Please contact us for any information or offers to help!
EMAIL: gracharity@gmail.com (Maria Butler, GRÁ Founder and Chair)
Phone: +353-87-9359009 +1-516-476-3421
www.gracharity.com

Growth Reaching Africa (GRÁ) is an initiative that invests in education and development for young people, families and communities in rural Kenya. GRÁ focuses on learning, empowerment and promoting human dignity.

GRÁ is the Gaelic (Irish native language) word for love, which is the foundation of solidarity, development and dignity. GRÁ has several projects in Kenya including GRÁ Feeding Programmes; GRÁ Education Programmes; Community Development and Growth; Water Projects and Volunteer Work-camps.

GRÁ Feeding Programmes operate in four schools and are vital at this time as food insecurity and rising food prices threaten life in rural Kenya.

The GRÁ Education Programme continues to expand. Through our Secondary and Third- level Scholarships Programmes, we sponsor young girls and boys to attend and complete secondary school and third level University.

GRÁ runs growth projects including employment schemes, construction projects and community development initiatives. Community participation and cross learning are the cornerstones to GRÁ’s partnerships in Kenya.

GRÁ is determined to continue supporting education and local community development in the coming years but we need your support and help.

Have you got the GRÁ (love)?
This year, we are calling for YOU to show that you have the GRÁ (love) and become a Friend of GRÁ! You can become a Friend of GRÁ in 2010 by hosting a fundraising event; joining the GRÁ Mini Marathon Team; or sponsoring a child. Please contact us for details

 

Thanks to you supporters and Friends of GRÁ for your ongoing support and GRÁ (love),

Sincerely Maria Butler
Founder and Chair of GRÁ Charity