ARCHIVE December, 2008
The WISER Muhuru Bay Advisory Board once again was honored to host Mr. Gavin Bowen and his team from SolarAID to interview and hire five local community members to be the first SolarAID entrepreneurs and franchisees in Kenya. SolarAID has been in Kenya for only two months, now and Muhuru Bay was its first partner Read more
December 19, 2008 in News & Updates by Andrew
The WISER Muhuru Bay Advisory Board recently hosted Solar Cookers International for a full day solar cooking demonstration for the community. In just two hours, the team had cooked an entire meal full of fish, ugali, eggs, potatoes, beans, peanuts, vegetables and even a cake for more than 250 people in attendance with simply the Read more
December 19, 2008 in News & Updates by Andrew
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Durham, North Carolina held an alternative gift fair on December 7th and December 14th. WISER was one of 14 community organizations at the alternative gift fair. If you would like to give a gift that will make a difference, honor your friends and family with a gift to WISER. Please Read more
December 16, 2008 in News & Updates by Hannah Adams
The day after Thanksgiving, WISER broke ground to begin building the first girls’ boarding school in Muhuru Bay. The groundbreaking ceremony was a community festival, or harambee, which literally means “working together for a common purpose” in Swahili. The community has truly embodied the spirit of harambee over the last few weeks, as they pulled Read more
December 3, 2008 in News & Updates by Beth Calloway