Wednesday, March 28, 2012
T-6months and counting
So the ticket is purchased the visa has been applied for and I have started the shots for Hep B and Typhoid and Yellow fever to follow. Trying to ship stuff to take with me to the villages is just an incredible maze. DHL wants $7,000 to ship 8 boxes of supplies @ 50 lbs a box. Virgin Airlines only wants $1250 to take it with me and the cargo arm of Virgin won't even accept stuff to ship from me as I am not a regular shipper. Hmm if i change the p's to t's I am really regular, honest. So the logistics and the lists continue to develop and as I check things off more seem to appear. It is starting to become real as when this project started in October it was 11 months away it is now less than 6 months. D day is September 18, 2012 10:40 pm JFK to London and the following day on to Nairobi.None of this would be possible if I was not blessed by my friends who are just the best (FOKer's I yub u).stay tuned. I can't wait.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
HOW YOU CAN HELP
#1.The only challenge is that this “volunteer” will cost approx. $15,000 for the year. The costs in country are $28 a day which covers room, board, all in country travel, and hospitality fees while in the villages. The balance is for travel, medical insurance, shots (UGH) etc. To make a monetary contribution, please make checks out to K2K or for a tax deduction, make it out to Village Volunteers. This can be sent to K2K c/o Geri Rybacki PO Box 982 Great Barrington MA 01230. All monies will go toward the trip and if there is any surplus that money will go toward the projects I am working on. I am hoping to plant a grove of Moringa trees in each village I work in.
#2 The FOKers aka ( Friends of Karen) are throwing a 60th Birthday/Roast on April 28 here in Great Barrington at the VFW and if you would like to go you can email Marianne at marianne.young@gmail.com for information. The cost is $28 and all proceeds will go toward the trip. Mail your checks for the roast made out to K2K to K2K c/o Geri Rybacki, PO Box 982, Great Barrington, MA 01230.
#3 There are items that I hope to take to distribute as gifts to each of the 5 villages where I will live with things like pencils, school supplies, girl size underwear, office supplies, first aid kits etc. No toys or candy, please
#2 The FOKers aka ( Friends of Karen) are throwing a 60th Birthday/Roast on April 28 here in Great Barrington at the VFW and if you would like to go you can email Marianne at marianne.young@gmail.com for information. The cost is $28 and all proceeds will go toward the trip. Mail your checks for the roast made out to K2K to K2K c/o Geri Rybacki, PO Box 982, Great Barrington, MA 01230.
#3 There are items that I hope to take to distribute as gifts to each of the 5 villages where I will live with things like pencils, school supplies, girl size underwear, office supplies, first aid kits etc. No toys or candy, please
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