A New Dawn
with a little so much can be done
Newsletters
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Newsletters in French are also available for you to download.
2020
Ivory Coast, Dabou
We are very pleased with the prison-feeding program, run by Pastor Akpa.
For over 3 years now, we have been able to assist this remarkable man of God whose heart is primarily focussed on reaching out to meet the needs of prisoners who live in deplorable and often hopeless conditions.
2019
We have had another very fruitful and rewarding year! Due to your generous donations we have once again been able to meet the commitments to all our projects. We continue to be able to support a total of 51 children, spread over Rwanda, Nepal and Kenya. Also, 28 impoverished families have received monthly support and, and over 70 medical cards have been funded.
2018
We have had another busy and fruitful year, with good news from all fields of work, and also the commencement of a new branch of work within a prison in Dabou, Ivory Coast. We continue to be able to sponsor a total of 51 children, spread over Rwanda, Kenya and Nepal. There are 20 Nursery School children, 18 Secondary School children, 11 Primary School children, and 2 students at college level, (nursing and hotel management.)…
2017
At the present time, in Rwanda, Kenya and Nepal, thanks to generous donations, New Dawn is able to sponsor 20 Nursery School children, 14 Primary School children, 16 Secondary School children, (3 in boarding school) and 2 students studying at college level, (nursing and hotel management)…
2016
2015
We have had another very busy, rich and challenging year since our last newsletter was circulated, and we have made trips to Kenya and Rwanda, in January and February 2015. We also hosted a special “Nepal open-day” in our home in early June 2015, to inform local supporters about the on-going crisis since the two earthquakes…
2014
We made a six week working visit to the “Arise and Shine” Kogony Orphanage and Community project in Kisumu Kenya in January/February 2014. During this visit we were also able to visit and encourage another orphanage project in Molo, Kenya…
2013
The “Arise and Shine” Orphanage and Community project, Kisumu, Kenya The alignment of the construction of the new road linked to the upgrading of the Kisumu Airport, which was threatening the “Arise and Shine” orphanage site in 2012 and causing huge dismay to all people affected, has been confirmed. In spite of all the efforts made to try to have it redirected, it will, in fact, run through the orphanage site, totally obliterating everything…
2012
On May 25th 2002 we not only celebrated our wedding but also embarked on our first fundraising project by asking our family and friends, to make donations for an orphan school we wanted to support in Uganda, instead of giving us wedding presents…
2011
We recently returned from a two month long working trip to the “Arise and Shine” Kogony Orphanage and Community project in Kisumu, Kenya. (January/February 2011) It was a joy to spend time with Nancy and Jonas and the 25 resident orphans (and 3 distant orphans.) The children are growing up so fast and met us with huge beaming smiles…
2010
What a year of achievements it has been for the “Arise and Shine” Kogony Orphanage and Community Project, situated in Kisumu on the edge of Lake Victoria. Thanks so much to the continued investment and support from Edinburgh Direct Aid (EDA), standing shoulder to shoulder with our New Dawn Association team, huge infrastructure improvements are taking place or are in the pipeline…
2009
We returned to France at the end of February 2009 from a three month (including Christmas 2008) working visit to the Kogony project, our second visit in the last 12 months, working beside Nancy and Jonas, the Kenyan leaders of the project. The time we spent with them was extremely productive and encouraging…
2008
After having to postpone our planned trip at the very last minute, due to the violence following the December elections in Kenya, we were able to rearrange our visit and spend the month of April 2008 with the Kogony project in Kisumu. For us it was a rich time of work and learning…
@ New Dawn Association 2017