2022 Christmas Newsletter
We are pleased to be able to publish our Christmas 2022 Newsletter:
Author Archives: Andrew Barker
KUFL Stall at Jubilee Event
KUFL held a stall at the special Kenilworth market event, celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee, on the 3rd June 2022. The KUFL stall proved very popular, with a steady flow of people, sometimes standing 3 deep, to get a chance to draw their picture on the road and to donate towards Continue Reading →
Presentation of Bikes and Audio Visual Equipment to Umiki Secondary School
On Tuesday 16 February 2021, the first 66 bikes funded by donations via KUFL in the ‘Buy-a-Bike Mayoral Project’ were presented at a public meeting in Uyogo. Many Kenilworth people and further-flung friends of KUFL donated generously to this scheme and the money for 66 bikes was raised very quickly. Continue Reading →
2020 Christmas Newsletter & Video Update
We are pleased to be able to publish our Christmas 2020 Newsletter. See a video, showing some of the projects undertaken in 2020
Water for the Dispensary
The Dispensary is where most of Uyogo Ward’s sick people go first for medical help. Babies are born there. But it has no running water. So, after consultation with Uyogo villagers, thanks to our long-term liaison officer, Lucky Mgeni, KUFL, government water engineers and Uyogo people will together bring water Continue Reading →
Two Primary Classrooms for Kasela
Kasela is a sub-village in Uyogo Ward, which also comprises Igembensabo and Uyogo villages. In 2019 the government of Tanzania announced free primary schooling for all children. This meant that village schools were expecting a much larger than usual enrolment in primary school in January 2020. However, no extra classroom Continue Reading →
‘Buy-A-Bike’ Appeal
Kenilworth Mayoral Charity Fund 2020-21 Appeal Running November 2020 to May 2021 A £50 bike or a £25 bike frame helps girls go safely to school in Uyogo, Kenilworth’s link town in Tanzania One of the two local charities I am helping to raise money for is the Kenilworth-Uyogo Friendship Continue Reading →
Advancement of Education
The friendship link has built new classrooms and teachers’ houses in Uyogo village and in two other villages in Uyogo Ward, called Kasela and Igembensabo. We built nurses’ houses for the original mother and child clinic, dedicated to the late Eric Deal, a founder member of the group. We also Continue Reading →
KUFL Support from Kenilworth School (Urban Sounds for Uyogo)
Urban Sounds for Uyogo (USU) is part of a week-long Africa Week run each year in Kenilworth School, organising a range of events in which Kenilworth School pupils participate, showcasing their talents to raise funds for charities working in Africa. “It is a privilege to support the work of KUFL Continue Reading →
