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SPRING 2009NEWSLETTER FOR THE FUNZI AND BODO TRUST

Baby Idris Will Walk

Last November we wereapproached by a father seriously concerned for hischild who had been born withhis feet facing the wrong way.A lack of money hadprevented the family fromgetting the baby the treatmenthe needed. It was thought hewould never walk and wouldshuffle on his bottom for therest of his life. With our helpthat’s changed and he’s nowhad an operation and isrecovering well- he has littlepots on both feet. Specialshoes are being ordered andhe will learn to walk.

Spear Dance MarksOpening of NewSchool

Several hundred peopleand a host of senior officials turned up for theopening of the re builtFunzi Primary School.Guest of honour was

Richard Cook fromHarrogate’s TransglobeWealth ManagementCompany. Richard, whohas been instrumental inthe formation of the Funziand Bodo Trust, joinedMassai warriors in fullceremonial dress as theyleapt into the air andperformed a traditionalspear dance. Childrenfrom the school sang,

recited poems and evendid a rap song. Allpraising Richard andtelling how the work of the Trust is improvingtheir lives. The newschool was declared thebest in the whole regionby the Chairman of theKwale Council. In 2009we plan to add a lendinglibrary to the school for use by adults and

children. The Trust hasalready prepared the

building and installedsolar lighting for eveninguse. Books will be boughtlater this year.

The Tailors Story

The new ambulance hasalready been playing an

important role in helpingus treat the very sick. TheBodo tailor has endured ahuge gaping wound onhis lower leg for nearlyfour years. The productof a failed operation itbleeds constantly.Thanks to the new clinicat Bodo he’s now gettingdaily visits from our nursewho dresses the woundsand gives him injections.

He’s also been taken tohospital in the newvehicle and undergonetests. It appears he hasdiabetes which hasstopped the woundhealing. We’re nowfunding his treatment totackle both conditionsand he’s expected tomake a full recovery.

The Biggest Challenge is to Come

WAYS TO HELP

Please continue tosave your used stamps and old mobile phones for usto turn into cash for the Charity.

 Also we can recycleused inkjet toner cartridges (the small ones) but not laser cartridges which arethe much larger,heavier ones.

Thank you toeveryone who

continues to support the work of theFunzi and Bodo

Trust 

In just over two years the Funzi and Bodo Trust has achieved more than was ever imagined possible. It has opened two clinics, re-built a school and has a water and roadambulance. Not to mention improving the health and lives of people in variety of other ways. Plans are already in place for more life saving and improving projects. But it won’tbe easy. The opening of the new clinic has doubled our monthly costs and the economicdownturn is seeing giving falling. We will continue to seek grants and organisefundraising. But we must attract more individual and regular giving if we are to maintainand grow this work. At present individual monthly donations only provide half of whatwe need to keep our clinics going. Can you help us? Visit our website atwww.funzi.org.uk to contact us or telephone 0113 2526513 and speak to our ChairmanAshley Peatfield

Current News From Funzi

Baby Idris with his Pots

Special thanks to Richard Cook and

Transglobe Investments, Harrogate for their continued support

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 be installed. This just underlines howfragile life is on Funzi.

Funzi Village

The isolation of Funzi and Bodomakes it hard for people toreach hospital. In the past this

has been the cause of womengiving birth by the roadside, afisherman dying from blood lossafter a shark attack andchildren sick with malariaarriving at hospital too late.Last year’s donation of a water ambulance by the York VikingRotary Club helped ease thesituation. Now thanks to a newcharity called Cross Pollinatewe have a road ambulance.Our Chairman, AshleyPeatfield, was invited to make asix minute presentation and

take questions in front of agroup of Christian businesspeople in London at a Dragon’s

Den style event. In just an hour over £80,000 was donated to sixcharities. The Funzi and BodoTrust received over £14,000 for a new vehicle. Our friends atYork Viking Rotary Clubgenerously donated a further £2,000 and we now have aToyota Noah car , which seatseight people, as an ambulance.

“Dragon’s Den” Breathes New Life into Emergency Operations

The pump which brings drinkingwater to the surface on Funzibroke again . This was despiterepairs made by the Funzi andBodo Trust. Children lined thebeach and waited for hours for clean water to be brought fromthe mainland, two hours away.The Trust helped transport theclean water which had to bebought. It was brought in

buckets by road and car.Following talks with another wellwisher a new pump is finally to

Queues of sick people gathered outsideBodo clinic as it opened its doors for thefirst time. . Two doctors, two nurses, adentist and a pharmacy team were onhand to treat them. Like our first clinic-on Funzi Island- the clinic charges asmall amount for the consultation andprovides free medicine for however longit is needed. The clinic will be open sixdays a week and will eventually offer new services like the routineimmunisation of babies and small

children.. Health education will also be afeature of the work of this clinic. Themainland position of the clinic and thefree medicine will mean people willtravel from a wide area to be treated atBodo. The demand will be even greater as a new sugar plantation has openednearby bringing in new workers. Thesepeople earn as little as 70 pence a dayfor hard labour so they will need theservices of the clinic.

A 10 year old boy on Funzi with apainful eye condition was brought tothe Trust. His family lived in a mudhouse full of holes – stuffed withrubbish to keep out the rain. He wastaken to our fiends at the Kwale Eye

Centre which is a charity run by anEnglish doctor. He had anaggressive condition which leftuntreated would leave him blind.The family couldn’t afford to pay for the treatment. The Trust is fundinghis treatment and our manager, Ali,takes him for regular consultationsin the new ambulance. His eye sightwill be saved and the pain is goingaway.

Children Wait for Hours for a Drink.

Sight Will Be Saved

New Clinic Opens

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see our new web pages, photographs and films at www.funzi.org.uk 

Dr Juma and our Nurse Ali

with the new Ambulance

Much needed treatment

at the eye centre