Some 600 vulnerable children from Thika District benefited from bed kits that were distributed by Rotary Club of Thika in March 2009.
Donated by Sleeping Around the World- a Canadian charity- the distribution was led by RC Thika President Mugo Kirika and co-ordinated by Rtn Eleanor Harrison.
Other Rotarians, Rotaracts and Rotary Community Corps and other volunteers worked tirelessly to make the event a success.
“It’s very fulfilling to put a smile on so many children”, said Kirika after the event.The children, with expectations showing on their faces, arrived at Garissa Road Primary School where the distribution was taking place early enough to receive what one of them called ‘sleep’.
“I came to receive sleep’ is what one boy who only gave his name as Mwangi said as other children laughed cheekily.
The 600 beneficiaries between age 6 and 12 were from different schools within Thika district while others came from childrens’ homes around Thika town. The needy were audited by teachers and their names forwarded to rotary. Each kit consisted of a mattress, a mosquito net, a t-shirt and a pair of shorts, a towel, slippers, a bed sheet and a school bag.
Children were also treated to lunch through the school’s feeding programme. Eleanor, who has been at the forefront in organizing gave a vote of thanks for making the event a success. It was another day out for Rotary Club CThika.
Donated by Sleeping Around the World- a Canadian charity- the distribution was led by RC Thika President Mugo Kirika and co-ordinated by Rtn Eleanor Harrison.
Other Rotarians, Rotaracts and Rotary Community Corps and other volunteers worked tirelessly to make the event a success.
“It’s very fulfilling to put a smile on so many children”, said Kirika after the event.The children, with expectations showing on their faces, arrived at Garissa Road Primary School where the distribution was taking place early enough to receive what one of them called ‘sleep’.
“I came to receive sleep’ is what one boy who only gave his name as Mwangi said as other children laughed cheekily.
The 600 beneficiaries between age 6 and 12 were from different schools within Thika district while others came from childrens’ homes around Thika town. The needy were audited by teachers and their names forwarded to rotary. Each kit consisted of a mattress, a mosquito net, a t-shirt and a pair of shorts, a towel, slippers, a bed sheet and a school bag.
Children were also treated to lunch through the school’s feeding programme. Eleanor, who has been at the forefront in organizing gave a vote of thanks for making the event a success. It was another day out for Rotary Club CThika.
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