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Flashback to 2012 — News and Reports from the Society

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Visit to Our Projects 2012

Visit to Kulesa.
From the end of February through March 2012 a small group of our society's members visited part of the projects receiving support in the Kenyan highlands, the Tana River region, and near the Indian Ocean coast. This included renewing our contacts to the local population, and the distribution of donations and food for those affected by the current drought.
The English version of their travel report including a variety of new images is available here: » Read the full story.

2012 Agenda

Saturday, June 23, 2012; in Freudenstadt:
FREUDENSTADT AFRICA FESTIVAL
11:00 a.m. thru 6:00 p.m.: Information stand and society tent near Protestant Town Church, Freudenstadt.
6:00 p.m.: Church service with the society's chairman and other participants. Venue: Protestant Town Church, Freudenstadt.
Note: At the time of this writing, the Africa Festival has already ended. A selection of images shot there can be viewed by following the link on Our Participation in Freudenstadt's Africa Festival 2012.

Saturday, August 11, 2012, starting 12:30 a.m. (provisional date subject to change; visit this web site again before planning to attend):
VOLUNTEERS' ANNUAL FAMILY & BARBECUE FEST 2012
Members, friends of the society and their families are invited to gather for the volunteers' family & barbecue fest. For information on how to participate you may contact the society's office.

Friday, October 26, 2012, 7:30 p.m.:
20th ANNIVERSARY OF Foerderkreis Kenia Freudenstadt e.V. — MAIN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION / CHARITY CONCERT
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This year, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of our society. You are invited to join in!
Additional detail is available under the following link:  » Program of 20th anniversary celebrations.
Under the auspices of Freudenstadt's mayor, Mr. Julian Osswald, the main anniversary celebration will take place Friday, October 26, 2012 in the large spa hall in Freudenstadt's Spa Building. The festivities will start at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Eberhardt Renz, Retired Bishop of the Wurttemberg Lutheran Church, is planning to attend the event.
The musical program planned for this evening includes: ENTRANCE: FREE. All visitors interested in the society's work are invited to join in and will be given an opportunity to contribute donations in order to support the society's projects in Africa.
Please bring in all your friends and acquaintances! All visitors are welcome!

Note: In the meantime, the 20th anniversary celebrations were successfully concluded. A selection of pictures snapped on this occassion is available here: Images from the charity concert.

Saturday, November 10, 2012, at 2 p.m.:
2012 ANNUAL MEETING of the society's members (members will receive all necessary details beforehand, including meeting place directions and the agenda).

Detailed up-to-date information on the anniversary program will be published on our Internet homepage.

Christmas 2012 — Call for Donations

(Excerpt from our printed Christmas 2012 Newsletter; translated from the original German version)

"BUILDING BRIDGES OF TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING"

Chairman.
Dear friends of our society:
Our motto "Building Bridges of Trust and Understanding" was one of the cornerstones of the society's anniversary celebrations. For a period of already twenty years we have been supporting numerous individuals in Kenya trying to alleviate great hardships in a variety of situations which our partners are having to cope with (hunger; illnesses; social problems; etc.).
Recently I had the opportunity of reading a story on an African Christian speaking out the following words of wisdom on the Christian faith: "Faith is like viewing past the horizon"; and: "We are living in a tradition where spirituality is taking precedence over the material world".
Mutual trust is both one of the consequences and foundations of this spirit. Living through these ideas, enables us to build bridges of trust and understanding which are interconnecting Africa and our continent.
In this sense, your donations may also turn into a blessing for both sides.
Following these ideas, we wish all of you a peaceful and merry Christmas.
Your society's governing board.

Financing our aid projects in Africa is possible only after having received a sufficient amount of funding.
If you are willing to support the society's work, you may always send us your donations, see the following page for additional detail: Ways to donate.
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Our Participation in Freudenstadt's Africa Festival 2012

Office of Foerderkreis Kenia Freudenstadt e.V., Germany. English version first published July 10, 2012.
Freudenstadt's market place — the main venue of Freudenstadt's Africa Festival.
Freudenstadt's market place — the main venue of Freudenstadt's Africa Festival.
Glimpses of the 2012 Africa festival.
Glimpses of the 2012 Africa festival.
Society flag near our information stand: this year we are celebrating our society's 20th anniversary.
Society flag near our information stand: this year we are celebrating our society's 20th anniversary.
Visitors who were patronizing our society's café-and-information tent.
Visitors who were patronizing our society's café-and-information tent.
Part of our society's café-and-information-tent team.
Part of our society's café-and-information-tent team.
Our society's guests were also visiting other stands at the Africa festival.
Our society's guests were also visiting other stands at the Africa festival.
Additional impressions from the Africa festival (market place).
Additional impressions from the Africa festival (market place).
Discussions at the society's information stand.
Discussions at the society's information stand.
Some visitors who were attending the movie on our society's work in Africa.
Some visitors who were attending the movie on our society's work in Africa.
Presentation of movie on our work in Africa.
Presentation of movie on our work in Africa.
The service in the Protestant Town Church, Freudenstadt, was held by our society's chairman.
The service in the Protestant Town Church, Freudenstadt, was held by our society's chairman.
Some of the congregation participating in the service.
Some of the congregation participating in the service.
Musical highlight during the service: African drum music by Mr. Martin Ngnoubamdjum — a prelude to our charity concert of October 26, 2012!
Musical highlight during the service: African drum music by Mr. Martin Ngnoubamdjum — a prelude to our charity concert of October 26, 2012!
Society member participating in the service.
Society member participating in the service.
Final view of our society stand's visitors.
Final view of our society stand's visitors.



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