Cancelled: MOYO is cooking on November 12th at the Innsbruck Dinner Club

Cancelled: MOYO is cooking on November 12th at the Innsbruck Dinner Club

With a heavy heart and despite the high number of participants we unfortunately have to cancel the cooking event on Friday, November 12th, 2021. The corona infection numbers skyrocket and neither the dinner club nor the MOYO association want to take responsibility, in addidtion we expect non-reported cancellations (some may not be vaccinated, other concerns to participate despite being vaccinated). We plan a new cooking event in spring and will

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Some Stories of 3 needy girls…

Some Stories of 3 needy girls…

Thanks to the generous donations to the MOYO association, some needy girls were given a basis for an independent life, here are their stories Veronica Veronica got pregnant for lack of basic needs and we need to look for her to come and do the National Examination to enable her join secondary school or any vocational training centre in order for her to be self reliant. Veronica delivered a baby

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Online lecture “Give girls in Africa a chance”

Online lecture “Give girls in Africa a chance”

On June 15, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. the online lecture “Give girls in Africa a chance” took place. Despite the wonderful summer weather, the webinar was enjoyed by numerous participants, even beyond the Tyrolean borders. The initial problems with the live connection from Africa could be solved in the course of the lecture, our viewers received an authentic picture of the conditions and daily problems in Africa. MOYO thanks the

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MOYO at the flea market at the Cyta Shopping Center (30.05.2021)

MOYO at the flea market at the Cyta Shopping Center (30.05.2021)

During the winter the MOYO board team ransacked their attics and basements and diligently collected items for a flea market stand on May 30, 2021 at the Cyta Shopping Center. The sale proceeds will go again to our Africa project. Equipped with 2 thermos flasks of coffee and tea, the MOYO stand was set up at 5 a.m. and sales started successfully at 7 a.m. Everything was available from household

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The association MOYO – More Heart for Girls and Women of this world – is pleased to invite you to an exciting lecture:

The association MOYO – More Heart for Girls and Women of this world – is pleased to invite you to an exciting lecture:

Titel:  „Gebt Mädchen in Afrika eine Chance“Zeit: 15. Juni 2021, 19:00 Uhr Programm:Einleitung: Barbara Messner, Präsidentin Verein MOYO (deutsch)Statusbericht vor Ort:  Sophie E. Kibuywa, Direktorin von Kimilili Integrated Development Education Program (KIDEP) (Livezuschaltung auf englisch)Diskussion und Fragen Ort: Zoom-WebinarAufzeichnung: Der Verein MOYO  engagiert sich in  ausgewählten Projekten, um Mädchen durch einen Schulbesuch eine bessere Chance für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben zu geben. Zusammen mit dem lokalen Partner KIDEP unterstützt MOYO 3

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Further activities on site

Further activities on site

Although COVID paralyzes the country, our local partner KIDEP continues to work tirelessly to give the girls in Kenya a future. Together with another Austrian sponsor “Be so free”, the sanitary situation in the primary schools in Sosio and Nakalira was improved. We remember the pictures from the status report in February: https://moyo-tyrol.org/2020/02/11/moyo-vor-ort-in-afrika/ Thanks to generous donors, the latrines could be modernized (if you can even use this word in

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Many thanks to the donors

Many thanks to the donors

Last Saturday the general assembly of the association including the audit took place. The board team of MOYO – More Heart for Girls and Women of the World would like to take this opportunity to thank them again for the numerous donations, as well as to those people who volunteer in the background. Thanks to the monitarian support, some projects in the Bungoma district could be realized: Primary schools in

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Schools are open again

Schools are open again

The time has finally come: Despite the rising number of corona infections, the Kenyan government has ordered the opening of schools from January 4th under strict hygiene and safety requirements. As already reported in the last blog post, this is a double-edged sword: on the one hand, schools can never meet these requirements, especially since most facilities do not even have running water and sufficient spatial capacities. However, the fact

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Status report from Bungoma

Status report from Bungoma

Although one hears very little or different reports on the topic of Corona in Africa in the European media, here is a short status report from the local partner Kimilili Integrated Development Education Program (KIDEP) on site. The reported numbers of corona infections in Africa seem very low. The reasons for this are: there are hardly any tests, causes of death are also not determined and can therefore hardly be

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MOYO at the flea market at the Cyta Shopping Center (18.10.2020)

MOYO at the flea market at the Cyta Shopping Center (18.10.2020)

During the summer the MOYO board team ransacked their attics and basements and diligently collected items for a flea market stand on October 18, 2020 at the Cyta Shopping Center. The sale proceeds will go to our Africa project. Equipped with 2 thermos flasks of coffee and tea, the MOYO stand was set up at 5 a.m. and sales started successfully at 7 a.m. Everything was available from household appliances,

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