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Written by Laura Salazar
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Friday, 07 September 2007 |
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As I mentioned in our last newsletter, The Vanity Fair July 2007 issue is a special on Africa--especially how people live and work there now in contrast to how they lived and worked during the last century. Binyavanga Wainaina's article "Generation Kenya" can give us a whole new way for FAF to interact with our friends and colleagues in Kenya. He talked about how banks were considered only for the privileged, saying that until recently a customer needed a letter of introducation to open an account. I found this when I was a Fulbright Scholar in Trinidad and Tobago in 1992. Wainaina wrote this about a new bank in Kenya.
Equity is Kenya's largest bank. It recently hit the million-customer mark. It controls one-third of the country's bank accounts. It targets as customers the vast majority of Kenyans who, until recently, did not have bank accounts at all. It has invested millions of dollars in building a sophisticated I.T. system. It is commonly thought to be the bank of the people. They call you Sir! They are nice to you! You can see the manager! You can get a small loan in one day!
There is much to be learned in "Generation Kenya."
Laura Salazar
FAF Executive Director
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Last Updated ( Monday, 24 September 2007 )
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Written by Laura Salazar
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Friday, 24 August 2007 |
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FAF will contribute to the Safety Harbor, Florida's, Earthday celebration through the donation of a watercolor painting by Laura Salazar of bromiliads in her front yard. "My Florida" will be auctioned off to support peace, clean water, the Safety Harbor Museum of Regional History and the Pinellas Mammography Voucher Program. Wow, that's a lot to support, so go and bid high!
www.earthdance.org/safetyharbor
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Written by Laura Salazar
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Friday, 24 August 2007 |
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FAF will contribute to the Safety Harbor, Florida's, Earthday celebration through the donation of a watercolor painting by Laura Salazar of bromiliads in her front yard. "My Florida" will be auctioned off to support peace, clean water, the Safety Harbor Museum of Regional History and the Pinellas Mammography Voucher Program. Wow, that's a lot to support, so go and bid high!
www.earthdance.org/safetyharbor
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Written by Laura Salazar
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Monday, 30 July 2007 |
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TAKE YOUR BAG IN.
Our sales of grocery bags is going strong--with 50 bags sold! More are coming. Remember you can buy them at First United Methodist Church, Dunedin, FL, the Fulton Street Artisan's Market in Grand Rapids, MI, or you can order them on line. They sell from $4.00 to $10.00 depending on the stye. Most are $5.00.
To help you remember to take that darn bag into the grocery store, we are distributing stickers that say "TAKE GROCERY BAGS IN to slap on your dash, or wherever you may look before you leave your car. I hate it when I get to the checkout and then remember that my bags are in the backseat.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 30 July 2007 )
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Written by Laura Salazar
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Thursday, 05 July 2007 |
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Here are excerpts from letters sent by Coastal Grove 6th graders to twelve year olds in the Good Samaritan Home and from GSH students to Coastal Grove boys and girls. We will have to figure out a way to include drawings, as they are lovely--flowers, geometric patterns, and self protraits. Laura Salazar
I am 12 years old. I love playing football, also. I love dancing, too. . . I am very glad to be your friend. Maybe we can meet each other someday. N. in Coastal Grove.
How is it going in Kenya? The weather is great in Blue Lake. I can't really turn in the air but I can do a backhand spring but I can't quite land it correctly. I know a bit about the solar system and planets. . . . I like to learn, ride my bike, skateboard, and play guitar. E. in Coastal Grove.
I love my cat named Jimmy. Right now there is heavy raifall. Around the slum is muddy and untidy. I also like playing instruments like piano. I do practice for one hour. T in GSH
I am eleven years old. I have a sister and a brother. My mother and father are dead. I speak Kiswahili and English. In Good Samaritan I like sheep and goat and pigs. M in GSH.
I live with Aunt Mercy as my parent. She is old. She recues more than 200 children in Good Samaritan. We have 3 babies Faith, Ruben and Jackie. S in GSH
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 July 2007 )
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