Since 2018, Afri has worked with our partners Development Pamoja and The Kenya Pastoralist Journalist Network (KPJN) to provide solar lights for families and vulnerable members of communities in rural Kenya. Continue reading “Solar Lights for Kenya”
Solar Lights Campaign 2017
Let there be (Solar) Light…
Give a gift of light to a Kenyan family this Christmas…Children and families who do not have electricity will benefit from your gift …
Your Solar light gift will:
Improve health…by avoiding use of toxic kerosene;
Reduce poverty…by reducing cost of energy;
Increase income…by enabling people who do not have electricity to work after darkness;
Reduce global warming…by replacing use of fossil fuels;
Contribute towards Afri’s climate justice work;
Support Afri’s partnerships with Development Pamoja and the Kenya Pastoralist Journalist Network.
€15 …buys one solar light for a family
€30 …buys one solar light for a midwife and one for a family
€60 …buys four solar lights which will benefit midwives, families, schoolchildren and the wider community. Families can use solar lights to enable them to work after dark, to supplement their income and to enable children to study in the evenings.
When you buy your light(s) we will send you a gift card which you can retain or pass on to your chosen recipient.
Will you give a gift that brings light and hope this Christmas?
All the money raised from Afri’s 2016 campaign went to purchase over one hundred solar lights in Northern Kenya and Mogotio on the Equator, north of Nakuru.
Let’s show that after all there IS something new under the sun….
How to purchase your gift:
You can buy your gift in the following ways – you can pay online using our i-donate system – http://www.afri.ie/donate/
Alternatively, post a cheque/postal order made payable to “Afri” to 134 Phibsborough Road, Dublin 7.
If you would prefer to pay by bank transfer please phone us for details.
In order to post out your gift card please include your name and address when you are buying your gift.
Let there be (Solar) Light…
Give a gift of light to a Kenyan family…
Children, families and midwives in Northern Kenya will benefit from your gift of a solar light…
Your Solar light gift will:
Improve health…by avoiding use of toxic kerosene;
Reduce poverty…by reducing cost of energy;
Increase income…by enabling people who do not have electricity to work after darkness;
Reduce global warming…by replacing use of fossil fuels
€15 buys one solar light for a midwife
€30 buys one solar light for a midwife and one for a family to enable children to study in the evenings
€60 buys four solar lights which will benefit midwives, families, schoolchildren and the wider community. Families can use solar lights to enable them to work after dark, to supplement their income.
When you buy your light(s) we will send you a gift card which you can retain or pass on to your chosen recipient.
Will you give a gift that brings light and hope?
Let’s show that after all there IS something new under the sun….
How to purchase your gift:
You can buy your gift in the following ways – you can pay online using our i-donate system – http://www.afri.ie/donate/
Alternatively, post a cheque/postal order made payable to “Afri” to 8 cabra Road, d07 t1w2.
If you would prefer to pay by bank transfer please phone us for details.
In order to post out your gift card please include your name and address when you are buying your gift.
Continue reading “Let there be (Solar) Light…”
Climate Change Bill not a priority for Government
Press release, 4 November 2011
The Justice and Peace organization Afri has expressed dismay at the announcement by the Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan that a Climate Change Bill will not be a priority for the Coalition Government. As Ireland reels from the latest experience of extreme weather events, severe flooding at least partly attributable to climate change, Afri spokesperson Joe Murray said he found it almost incomprehensible that Mr. Hogan could deem the issue not to be a priority.
Mr Murray pointed to the near hysterical reaction of farming and business groups when such a Bill was previously proposed as a clear indication of who dictates policy in Ireland on this issue. “It is clear that Mr. Hogan’s environmental policy now constitutes an abject surrender to these vested interests of industrialized farming and big business, underlined by his decision not to impose statutory targets for emissions reductions,” said Mr Murray. Continue reading “Climate Change Bill not a priority for Government”
Wangari Mathai and Teresa Treacy
Teresa Treacy, a 65 year old woman, sits a prison in an Irish jail as Wangari Maathai is laid to rest in her native country in Africa. Maathai is considered a national and international hero.
‘Operatic Opposition’ to Disastrous Ethiopia Dam
Justice campaigners today took a musical approach to criticising the Ethiopian, Italian and Irish governments, and potential international lenders to an environmentally disastrous dam project in Ethiopia.
Speaking from the ‘Italian quarter’ in Dublin with an opera performance in the background, Debt and Development Coalition Ireland Co-ordinator Nessa Ní Chasaide said,
“The Italian government and international lending institutions, of which Ireland is a member, are considering supporting an environmental disaster in Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya. We urge the Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan to object to any support from international lenders to this devastating project, especially through Ireland’s membership of the European Investment Bank and the World Bank.”
Continue reading “‘Operatic Opposition’ to Disastrous Ethiopia Dam”