I am an advisory board member of Education For All Children, a New Hampshire-based, non-profit that basically offers scholarships to Kenyan secondary students who qualify (need, academic achievement, etc.). It was started very recently by a couple from this area who fell in love with Kenya while traveling there. Please see our website.

http://www.educationforallchildren.org/about/

So, the question is, are there any Kenya RPCVs out there who might like to participate as a board member in a purely advisory manner (not that you couldn’t be more involved if you wanted)? If you live in northern New England, even better. (Click title for complete article and contact information.)

Whole Planet Foundation is Whole Foods Market’s non-profit that supports microcredit around the world where WFM sources products. We are expanding our portfolio of projects into Africa and will be hiring a person for this. We believe a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer would be ideal.

The key managers in the organization are RPCVs and know first-hand the transformative experience of Peace Corps service.

More information about the idealist.org job post can be found at: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/366736-107

My name is Melissa O’Brien and I am a freelance writer who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. I was not in the Peace Corps but visited a friend who was, in Kenya, in 1993. It left a huge impression upon me and now that my children are older, I am beginning to move away from my career as a reporter and begin my first fiction novel.

I want to write about a place I visited while I was in Kenya. While the novel will be fiction, it is very important to me to have an accurate description of the region. The location of the book would be in and around Timau, specifically, Kentrout. (Click title to read entire article)

The Education for the Future Foundation: Bodo Initiative invites you to join friends and a diverse community in celebrating the beauty of education and uniting to provide the eager students in Bodo Village, Kenya, with the chance to realize their right to education.

Enjoy FOOD, MUSIC, and SPEAKERS! (Click title for more information)

Africa Rural Connect (ARC) is a new online community that connects individuals with life-long commitments to Sub-Saharan Africa. Hosted by The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), ARC announced today the first round of winning ideas for participants in its online contest on how to help rural Africa. (Click title to read the entire article.)

Joyce Wafukho, is a perfect example of how microfinance really makes a difference. Joyce is a businesswoman in Lugari (western Kenya) who started with a microloan of $730 and has turned it into a construction business worth more than $26,000. Her business, Lugari Hardware Agencies and Construction Enterprises, currently employs 25 people and builds schools and public buildings. Joyce did this with loans from the Kenya Women’s Finance Trust (KWFT). (Click title to read entire article.)