Thanks for a sucessful event!

On wednesday May 4th Agaptivity arranged an event where the pub Plektrum was host. Non less than five different artists/bands supported this event by entertaining the guests. This was the first really warm day of the year. Thus it took a while for people to start showing up. But eventually there was a great evening and a joyful atmospere.

Therefore we at Agaptivity want to thank everybody for making all this come true.
Thank you!
Därför vill Agaptivity tacka alla som gjorde det möjligt - Tack!
(All below will get a thank you on our homepage)

Plektrum Bar

Thanks for having and
thank you for wanting to continue making more of these great nights.
Agaptivity is looking forward to this cooperation.

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Plektrum Bar

Oskarstorget 1, Örebro

Örebros Rock Club! Live performances - 2 levels   
Open 9pm - 2am 
everyday!




The Artists

Thank you all for making this a memorable experience.
A special thank you to Per "Pelle" Fors - if it wasn't
for your efforts gathering all the artists none of this would have happened.
Thank you Tobias Andersson, Pelle & Marie, Max & Peter, Åstadens Poporkester and
Jonas Amcoff even if you had to cancel.
Thanks also to the auido engineer Pelle Hedman for 
sorting up and controling all the wires and the sound!

Tobias Andersson 

Tobias on Facebook

Pelle & Mari

Pelle on Facebook. Marie on Facebook

Max & Peter

Max & Peter on Facebook

Åstadens Poporkoster

Åstadens Poporkester on Facebook

Jonas Amcoff

Jonas Amcoff på Facebook

Pelle Hedman

Ljudtekniker

Pelle Hedmand on Facebook

And last - but definitely not least - an extra thank you to Agaptivity's Project Coordinator Caroline Silvarö. This was all you idea and initiative. So, without you nothing would have happened at all.

Kind regards

Ted Sjovall

Chairman

Agaptivity

The sordid reality

Last year the orphans got a piece of land donated. There we could build a simple home but also dig a well and a latrine. This was really a blessing for them.

At the beginning of this year really came to understand the meaning of Kenya being one of the most corrupt nations in the world. One day we received a panicked and alarming message that they were to be expelled from their land. It turned out that the daughter of the widow who donated the small piece of land had sold it to a landlord. Due to not having the "correct" documentation and else the orphans were immoderate threatened to be thrown out. We then got some help from a lawyer friend of Wycliffe and managed to lengthen the deadline for eviction. However before the deadline the demolition crew showed up and started doing their work. The message was clear - leave! We then realized there was nothing more to do, here it is only money that talks and there was no way possible for us to fight against this corruption.

Thus the kids, once again, lack a place to live and call a home. They lack access to water and they lack a latrine. This is not good to put it mildly. They are in a very exposed situation in all ways. They spend daytime outdoors and spend nighttime indoors in the simple facilities of Wycliffe's church.... They have to go many kilometers to fetch water that is not clean. Some kids drink of that even though it is not puryfied. And since there are no means  they cannot afford to - no possibility - purify it with chlorine. 

Besides it is two-three days since they last had a meal.... Again....

An orphan drinking unclean water..... :(

I do not think I have to enlarge upon this further.... We need all help we can recieve. Big as small - all is welcome. Small means make a big difference.

Thus we need help in order for them to buy: Food, sanitary items and chlorine for water purification. They also need mosquito nets since their previous got lost or damaged during the demolition.

Mosquito nets is an investment against malaria. Chlorine is an investment against cholera etc.

Regarding a new home, a well and a latrine Agaptivity will apply for help from different foundations. Until then we do need help with the most fundamental for the well being and survival.

Support us. Visit our support page here. There you can apply for membership too.

Wycliffe's words down below.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards

Ted Sjovall
Chairman
Agaptivity

"So hard after walking maby kilometers to access water that is contaminated but still orphans drink & use where there is no food like 3 days now water is the option but still with no chlorine we will end up daily in hospital with typhoid,bihazia,cholera and other waterborn diseases.With floods that carry waste. 

Flood that carries human wastes,mosquitos breeding and courses unhealthy smell and muddy baf environment is the reason of mosquito nets to avoid malaria What makes us have hope is life and Agaptivity 

Food is life and who can sleep & woke up for 3 days without anything to drink or eat unless fasting but incase of orphans who are kids,as others through away remains in dust been here we have nothing to call a plate of a meal."

If ever now is the time

We need your help. The orphans are now in on their third day without food. And as if that wasn't enough Wycliffe's youngest child Maria, just a baby...., has turned sick in malaria and is now hospitalized. Read Wycliffe'r words at the end of this post.

Wycliffe's daughter knocked out.

Wycliffe's wife Jemimah in tears.

The hospital bill is now at 246 dollar but will increase by the day. It's not as here were one can get discharged from the hospital and pay later, here the will be held in hospital till the bill is payed. The costs of medicine is another 67 dollars. Thus totally 313 dollar but tomorrow that amount will be bigger....

As before 21 dollars is enough to cover food and sanitary items for one day for 74 individuals.

We hope that we as soon as possible can raise at least 433 dollars to get Maria out of the hospital and supply the orphans with food for a few days.

So, if you ever have thought about helping out, now is a perfect time for doing that.

It is also our hope that you who decide to help out now also can consider becoming a member of Agaptivity and support us in the time to come.

In the following few days Agaptivity will post a report, a summary of the year gone by since the first of April 2015. The reason we haven't posted anything on the blog for some time now is due to us working hard to get some bigger contributors as well as we have been working hard struggling with the bureaucracy and corruption in Kenya. The past year has truly been like riding a roller-coaster.   

We're looking forward to your contribution. Contribute like this:

IBAN and SWIFT 
(Europe - EU/ESS/ Switzerland)

IBAN: SE12 8000 0845 2594 4336 0970

SWIFT: SWEDSESS

PayPal

For Sweden residents more info here.

You become a member using this form.

We are looking forward to and hoping for you support.

Kind regards

Ted Sjövall

Ordförande

"For 2 days with malaria,diarrhea,vomiting and conversion it has not been easy for me and she is so much diadrated and lost 3kg weight. We are at Avenue Hospital in Kisumu. The bill as for now is 24,800 Ksh minus drugs which are 6,750 Ksh. Maria is in drip now. She is in ICU. This is just my pain,i have to share. we can't stop crying...i dont know why me? why us?"

A new hero

We have a new hero. Before that there was another, the secretary of Agaptivity, Bertil Hjelm. After the recent twist and turns with authorities in Kisumu Kenya and the reoccurring lack of food he made an effort of sharing Agaptivity's workings and quite directly he got a most amazing response.

Within a few hours 593 USD was donated!

The donor wish to be anonymous. This person has one wish, or request, and that is that Agaptivity will work for, when the opportuinty is there, to install solar cells so that they will have elecitricity at the center. This is really an inspiring idea that we, of course, will work for. Today they have to cover long distances to fetch firewood for cooking. Electricity from an neverending source of energy will be a blessing for them. Therefore we will now look into proceedings and ways and means for this. Thus we have put aside 350 dollars for this cause. 

Yesterday we sent 243 plus another 47 dollars that we're donated. This gives both Agaptivity a welcome pause but more so for the orphans that now will have food and sanitary items provided for, for about 12 days.

We are looking for more heroes. The hero-limit is however not at 593 dollars. It is much smaller than that. ALL who contribute to the aid of the orphans in Kisumu Kenya are heroes.

Be a hero you too. You will find info on how to donate and becoming a member here.

Kind regards

Ted Sjovall

Chairman

Agaptivity

A starving child is a frightful sight

To all of you who can help, who have thought about it but not yet gone through with it. This would be a great time for it.

"A starving child is a frightful sight. A starving vampire, even worse." - Wycliffe, February 3rd

Help here: www.agaptivity.org/support.html. html

Kind regards

Ted Sjovall

Chairman

Agaptivity

Government, authorities, threats, hunger and malaria

I will not try to hide the fact that I'm somewhat cautious and reluctant regarding government and its authorities. And there are parts of this world where there really are just reasons for questioning there behavior and methods. So too in Kenya. Apparently. 

As mentioned before Wycliffe had them coming up against him, government authorities and some sort of human rights activists due to the orphans not yet having attended school. The reason for this was obvious. There were simply no money for the transportation - having to walk 40 - 50 kilometers is simply just not an option.

What about the threat? Well, they said both they were going to close the center where the orphans live and also to arrest Wycliffe!?

What would all this mean? Well, the orphans would be thrown out on the streets again. Or would the government take care of the children? Would the government provide them with food, water and shelter? Would the government pay for the school fees and cost of transport to the school? Well, what do you think?

THAT THEY have a roof over their heads, THAT THEY have had access to water and food, THAT THEY have been able to attend school. THAT depends on two things:

1. Wycliffes self-sacrifice of love and care for these children who otherwhise would have been outcasts and unwanted.
2. Agaptivitys contributors, its members and donors

A few days ago we did manage to solve the crisis. We got the money for the orphans to attend school and also money for them to have food.

YET - despite us showing we could manage they left Wycliffe with a warning.

And now they seem to threat to cash in that warning. Why? Well, the kids have been without food again for three days.

HONESTLY - wouldn't it be better if the government could step in and support with food and water instead of closing the center and throwing Wycliffe in jail?

THAT THEY have had any security at all is NOT to thank the government for. It solely depends on Wycliffe and YOU who have been there aiding them through Agaptivity.

Now they need you again.... How I wish there could be more people supporting them.

We need help. The children need food and Wycliffe acutely need help with the malaria that has been afflicting for the past 5 days.....

"Now i am in pain,sick and stressed and orphans have no peace because they are hungry." - Wycliffe, 2 februari

Don't let the government and authorities get their will and making things worse. Don't let them throw out the orphans to the streets were they will meet an uncertain destiny.... Don't let them throw Wycliffe in jail, sick in malaria, where he could face something worse.... THAT is not fair. It is only crazy, crazy, wrong and simply put pure evil! Where are the "human rights" in all this? Nowhere!

Please help. Info here.

Wycliffe's desperate words down below....

Kind regards with hopeful wishes

Ted Sjovall

Chairman

Agaptivity

Wycliffe's words today, February 2nd:

"Nothing to be happy about when Orphans are tired that cant even wake up,have missed a thing to be called food for 3 days now. This is the warning i was given by the government. This makes me more sick than how am feeling. It is my plea that should there be food money please help us,help Agaptivity orphans. Pray for me too 5 dats now i haven't visted doctor and my health is deteriorating.I feel no hope. Pray for me, support us."

Wycliffe's words January 25th:

"I woke up today a optimistic and hopeful human being. At 9am i received guests from government ministry of education,right activists and human rights department.Am accused of running a orphanage center where i dont value orphans education while the rest of children are in school since schools opened. There is nothing u can do about it. No,the center may be soon get closed permanently and i maybe taken to jail because  the government want children to be in school and these orphans have not attended school for access to education and they are suffer malnutrition.no food. Uncle to avoid the dabder of the center closed i propose to get food and take the orphans back to schools. Help if you can. Thx."

In and out

What comes in goes directly out. What comes in goes directly to the needy in Kisumu Kenya, without any middle hands. Minimal expenses. All work voluntary. No middle hands. Agaptivity is charity as it should be.

Unfortunately the flow is to low for things to flourish. In December they were without food for 7 days. Recently they were without for 6 days. Now they are without again.

Then we have the risks for diseases. Wycliffe's been sick in malaria, again, for a few days. He is really sick and needs hospital care and drugs. However, there's no money.

That is how their life is. And this is how things are for us who daily carry them in our heart and mind. We long for the day when we can relax with the confidence they have their basics taken care of, food, water, sanitary, the small costs for their education and a buffer for when things like diseases hits. We are not talking huge amounts of money.

Right now there's need for money for food and to cure Wycliffe's malaria. Please help out making sure there's money coming in so we can hand it out to them.

Big or small - everything makes the difference. Make a difference you too.

Payment info here. 

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Ted Sjovall

Chairman

Agaptivity