Written by Devon de Leña
Hello all!
Welcome to our first e-newsletter, Village Volunteers Quarterly 1.1 (Download the PDF).
It has been our longtime goal to share our successes and keep our VV community updated on the progress of programs. I want to thank Devon de Leña, 2007 Kenya alum, for stepping forward to be our E-Newsletter Editor.
There have been wonderful new programs added, improvements and exciting developments on existing programs, and many new projects. If you haven’t been on our website in a while, we update it weekly so be sure to visit us at villagevolunteers.org.
As many of you know, this year has been very difficult for our Kenyan partners, and therefore for Village Volunteers.
Fortunately we are able to send volunteers to Kenya again, and we are thrilled that many alumni are returning to Kenya to volunteer and visit old friends. Our village partners in Kenya are anxious for volunteers, so we encourage you to consider returning or help us spread the word about volunteer opportunities to your friends and community.
While the events in Kenya resulted in difficult times here in our Seattle headquarters, the friendships that we have made over the years have proved to be vital to the organization. Not only is Devon working in the office and developing her Youth Outreach Mentors (YOM) program, but we have also been joined by Kristin Ericson, 2007 Kenya alum, and Kate Harris, a University of Washington student. The time these women have donated to VV has been invaluable and they have been a joy to have in the office.
If you would like to share your ideas or talk about programs, feel free to give me a call or send me a note by email – I would love to hear from you.
Best wishes,
Shana