News from Africa

News from Africa

KIDEP (Kimili Integrated Development Education Program), our local partner in Africa, invited all girls who are sponsored by MOYO to a one-day workshop. On April 24, 2022, the new school year started with a delay due to Corona. Thanks to the donations from the association, this girl can continue to develop general or – in the secondary schools – vocational training. The girls say thank you – Asante Sana!

MOYO cooked at Dinnerclub Innsbruck

MOYO cooked at Dinnerclub Innsbruck

on Friday, April 22, 2022 the time had finally come! After being postponed 3 times due to Corona, the MOYO association’s African cooking evening took place on Friday in the dinner club in the Schutzengelkirche. Preparations and shopping started on Thursday afternoon, after all more than 60 people had registered for the evening. On Friday from 3 p.m. there was a lot of activity in the kitchen: onions and carrots

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Lusaria und Veronica are telling their stories

Lusaria und Veronica are telling their stories

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL… My name is Lusaria Wanyama, from Nakalira village. I am the first born child in the family of Seven children. I went to school in Nakalira Primary where I did my primary education. My Mother separated with my father when I was still young. Life was not the same. I struggled to get my academic requirements from my father because we were under

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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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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 cooks at the Innsbruck Dinner Club on April 22, 2022

MOYO cooks at the Innsbruck Dinner Club on April 22, 2022

The time has come on April 22, 2022! MOYO – More hearts for girls and women of this world cooks at the Innsbruck Dinner Club. The dinner club is a series of events organized by the Integrationshaus of the Diocese of Innsbruck. According to the motto “Eat with us for the good life for everyone”, people from different cultures come together on cooking evenings, indulge themselves with culinary delights and

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