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To: Irish politicians
Support a Dublin drugs programme and a Namibian orphanage
Promote the concept that all children deserve to be treated equally
Why is this important?
Nicholas O’Brien and Lorcan Byrne have decided to cycle the length of Africa, over 12,000 kilometres to raise funds for KCCP and for Orphanage Orlindi in Namibia. They will travel through ten countries. They set out on the 6th January 2019. This will take them between five and six months and they are doing this in order to raise money for two charities.
ORPHANAGE ORLINDI (Namibia)
Known as the ‘place of safety’ was established in 1995 by Claudia Namises. Currently there are between 28 and 35 children aged between 0 and 18 living in the house. The Orlindi House of Safety attends to the problems of disadvantaged girls and boys. The children’s hostel defines itself as a temporary home with a familiar atmosphere. At the same time, great emphasis is put on nutrition, hygiene and education. The focus is also put on scholastic support as well as useful recreational activities. There are two house mothers in the hostel. It is the aim of Orlindi hostel, to prepare the children for their future life, to procure them a place in a surrogate family and to help them find a way into normal life again. See www.katuturaprojekte.com/index.php?content=whk&#whk-orlindi
KILBARRACK COAST COMMUNITY PROGRAMME
The second heroin epidemic badly affected Kilbarrack in the 1990s. In Kilbarrack local community activists joined forces with the statutory agencies to try and tackle the problem. FAS (now the Department of Social Protection) played a leading role in helping drug mis-users, their families and the community by funding ‘special status’ (drugs rehabilitation) Community Employment programmes. The programme started in July 1997 and year on year the services have been expanded (with the help of the Health Services Executive) and now includes drugs and alcohol rehabilitation, the Reach-Out Project (which helps young people with cannabis issues), Youth Matters (providing a range of youth services), Community Counselling, Family Support, Parent and Toddler and much more. See www.kccp.ie
If you wish to donate you can do it through: www.gofundme.com/WhenWeGoSouth?
ORPHANAGE ORLINDI (Namibia)
Known as the ‘place of safety’ was established in 1995 by Claudia Namises. Currently there are between 28 and 35 children aged between 0 and 18 living in the house. The Orlindi House of Safety attends to the problems of disadvantaged girls and boys. The children’s hostel defines itself as a temporary home with a familiar atmosphere. At the same time, great emphasis is put on nutrition, hygiene and education. The focus is also put on scholastic support as well as useful recreational activities. There are two house mothers in the hostel. It is the aim of Orlindi hostel, to prepare the children for their future life, to procure them a place in a surrogate family and to help them find a way into normal life again. See www.katuturaprojekte.com/index.php?content=whk&#whk-orlindi
KILBARRACK COAST COMMUNITY PROGRAMME
The second heroin epidemic badly affected Kilbarrack in the 1990s. In Kilbarrack local community activists joined forces with the statutory agencies to try and tackle the problem. FAS (now the Department of Social Protection) played a leading role in helping drug mis-users, their families and the community by funding ‘special status’ (drugs rehabilitation) Community Employment programmes. The programme started in July 1997 and year on year the services have been expanded (with the help of the Health Services Executive) and now includes drugs and alcohol rehabilitation, the Reach-Out Project (which helps young people with cannabis issues), Youth Matters (providing a range of youth services), Community Counselling, Family Support, Parent and Toddler and much more. See www.kccp.ie
If you wish to donate you can do it through: www.gofundme.com/WhenWeGoSouth?