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Media HighlightMedia HighlightMedia HighlightMedia HighlightMedia HighlightWORLD ON FIREWORLD ON FIREWORLD ON FIREWORLD ON FIREWORLD ON FIRE

Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan incorporated footage from locations across thedeveloping world into her music video “World on Fire”. The video, released in fall 2004,contrasts the cost of entertainment in Western nations to poverty, talent, and good deedsacross four continents in the rest of the world. The video concludes with footage ofTabitha Clinic Deputy Director Collins Ajwang offering reproductive health classes,Tabitha Festo giving porridge to a malnourished baby as part of CFK's home based careprogram, and then a CFK soccer game on a rainy day. Ms. McLachlan donated $148,270(the cost to produce the music video) to selected charities around the world. CFKreceived $30,000 to purchase a new clinic and a six-month supply of medicine. TheOmidyar Foundation then graciously matched Ms. McLachlan's donation.

You can watch the video on McLachlan’s website at

http://www.sarahmclachlan.com

From “WORLD ON FIRE”by Sarah Mclachlan

Hearts are wornIn these dark agesYou’re not alone,In these stories’ pagesThe light has fallenAmongst the living and the dyingAnd I’ll try to hold it inYeah I’ll try to hold it in

Hearts break ... hearts mend ... love still hurtsvisions clash ... planes crashStill there’s talk of saving soulsStill the cold is closing in on us

We part the veil on our killer sunStray from the straight lineOn this short run ...The more we take the less we becomeThe fortune of one man means less for some

The world is on fireIt’s more than I can handleI’ll tap into the waterTry and bring my shareTry to bring more, more than I can handleBring it to the tableBring what I am able ...

Hearts are wornHearts are wornHearts are wornHearts are wornHearts are worn In these dark ages In these dark ages In these dark ages In these dark ages In these dark ages You’re not alone... You’re not alone... You’re not alone... You’re not alone... You’re not alone...

Table of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of ContentsKaribu-Welcome..........................................................................................................Page 2CFK Staff..........................................................................................................................Board Members..............................................................................................................Page 4Mission.............................................................................................................................Page 5Activities......................................................................................................................Pages 6-7Staff Profile-George Ngeta..........................................................................................Page 8Tabitha Medical Clinic..................................................................................................Page 9In Memoriam-Tabitha Festo................................................................................Pages 10-11Binti Pamoja............................................................................................................Pages 12-13Member Profile-Fatuma Roba...................................................................................Page 14Volunteers.......................................................................................................................Page 15Fellowships.....................................................................................................................Page 16Financial Review......................................................................................................Page 17-18Donors........................................................................................................................Page 19-20

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Tabitha's children (l to r):Vallerie, Kemam, and Ronnie with volunteer Claire Weston

It was a tumultuous beginning to 2004. In February, the government of Kenyabegan a massive eviction and demolition campaign in Kibera and four other slumsin Nairobi. This alarming course of events began with no advance warning andeffectively no input from residents, the poorest of Nairobi’s citizens. Over 50,000residents were displaced.

While CFK welcomed the efforts of Kenya’s government to recognize and provideservices to Kibera and the 160 additional slums in Kenya, where over two millionpeople live (55% of the city’s population) on 5% of the city’s total land area, thisconstituted an unlawful slum eradication plan. Evictees were left with no alternativesand no voice in the process. As a response, CFK teamed with 11 other prominentNGOs operating in Nairobi to form a Campaign Against Forced Evictions. Theseefforts, coupled with outcries of citizens and local leaders, resulted in the cessationof evictions and demolitions in Spring 2004. CFK assisted in treatment ofresidents who were affected by the violence that erupted in Kibera in lateNovember due to housing issues.

As an organization, CFK grew rapidly throughout 2004, doubling the size of ourKenyan staff and opening a new youth center and main office. Our Binti PamojaCenter expanded its membership and services by over 100%, thanks in no smallpart to the year-long return of its founders Karen Austrian and Emily Verellen toKibera. Additionally, CFK initiated an innovative recycling program called Taka niPato (Trash is Cash) and further developed the CFK Youth Sports Program,reaching out to more youth in Kibera through our boys and girls soccer leagues.Our clinic developed its home-based care program and laboratory, and CFKwelcomed a total of eight student volunteers to Kibera.

We will always look back on 2004 and remember our friend, colleague and mother,Tabitha Atieno Festo, who suddenly passed away on December 9th. Tabithatouched us all with her quiet strength, compassion and wisdom. We will continueto strive towards her vision for adequate healthcare services in Kibera, especially forwidows and orphans.

Kim Chapman, Acting President and Chair, CFK Board of DirectorsSalim Mohamed, Program Manager - Kenya

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Salim MohamedProgram Manager

Caroline SakwaBinti Pamoja Program Officer

Abdul HusseinYouth Sports Program Officer

Collins AjwangDeputy Clinic Director

George NgetaTaka Ni Pato Program Officer

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Kimberly ChapmanPresident (acting)MPH Candidate, UNC

Beth-Ann KutchmaAdministrative OfficerProgram Officer, UCIS

Matt BugherTreasurerFinancial Officer, International Justice Mission

Emily PierceVice PresidentLegal Aid, Venable, LLP

Peter DixonVice PresidentUNC Junior

Karen AustrianProgram OfficerBinti Pamoja Co-Founder

Emily VerellenProgram OfficerBinti Pamoja Co-Founder

Adriane RussoWebmasterTechnology Consultant

Medina AbakarTaka Ni Pato Program Officer

Joel Juma AnyinyoLab Technician

Jane AtienoSpecial Assistant

John Obura WarahNurse Aid

Macrine Achieng OkelloNurse Aid

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Kimberly Chapman (Chair)MPH CandidateSchool of Public HealthUNC-CH

Judith BlauProfessor of SociologyChair, Curriculum in Social JusticeUNC-CH

Peter CoclanisAssociate Provost for International AffairsUNC-CH

Alan CrossProfessor of Social MedicineDirector, Center for Health Promotion& Disease Prevention, UNC-CH

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Sammy Irengi Gitau, Slum Coordinator, Save the Children, KenyaWilliam Maclean, Chief Correspondent, Reuters, East AfricaBen Mshila, Human Resources Director, General Motors, East Africa

CFK BOARD OF TRUSTEES – KENYA

CFK BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Richard KohnProfessor of HistoryChair, Curriculum in Peace, War, & DefenseUNC-CH

Maurice Mucheneformer CEOMathare Youth Sports AssociationKenya

Donna Schwartz-BarcottProfessor of NursingUniversity of Rhode Island

Rye Barcott(ex officio) Founder, CFKactive duty U.S. Marine Corps Officer

ADVISORY BOARDAndrew Carroll, Director of the American Poetry and Literacy ProjectJennifer Coffman, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, James Madison UniversityDennis Clements, Professor of Medicine, Duke UniversityMary Beth Crocker, Women’s rights and domestic abuse attorneyTimothy Glassco, Attorney, Patton Boggs, LLPChris Howard, General Electric Strategic InitiativesAbigail Kohn, Consultant, Booz Allen HamiltonAlison Kramer, Press Manager, NC Food BankRajeev Narayan, Associate Director of the Kenan Institute, NC State UniversityJames and Florence Peacock, UNC Kenan Professor of Anthropology and wifeRichard and Susan Richardson, Former Provost of UNC-Chapel Hill and wifeGeorge Schutzer, Partner, Patton Boggs, LLPChris Seiple, President, The Institute of Global EngagementRichard Stevens, State Senator, NC General Assembly

YOUTH CENTERSince its inception in 2001, CFKhas maintained its main office andstorage in an eight-room clinic inKibera. This lack of space createdsignificant difficulties as theorganization expanded. Thanks togenerous private support, CFKopened a main office and youthcenter in Kibera in summer 2004.The youth center includes a largehall for meetings and space forCFK’s Dr. Kate H. KohnCommunity Library. The youthcenter was recently wired for

internet connectivity, and CFK thanks the World Bank Book Project for donating apublic address system and books for the community library in honor of their latecolleague, Ingrid de Vries.

SPORTS PROGRAMCFK coordinated 15 community clean-upsand held three, eight-month long soccertournaments for boys in the age brackets ofunder-12, under-14, and under-16. Youthare awarded three points towardschampionship qualification for participatingin each clean-up campaign. A total of 160teams participated in the boys’ tournamentsand community clean-ups. Uniforms andsoccer balls were given as incentives to thewinning teams in each age bracket. In 2004,CFK dispersed a total of 50 soccer ballsdonated by Sportsendeavors and the UNCWomen’s Soccer Team. CFK held four

separate tournaments for girls and facilitated one leadership and training seminarled by UNC Women’s Soccer player Laura Winslow. Additionally, CFK held afive-day coaching clinic for 40 of the most active and involved coaches and teams.

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CFK Board Chair Kim Chapman and CFK ProgramManager Salim Mohamed outside of the CFK YouthCenter

Established in 2001, Carolina for Kibera, Inc. (CFK) is a 501(c)(3) internationalnon-governmental organization housed at the University Center forInternational Studies (UCIS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.CFK has established a youth sports association, girls’ center medical clinic andwaste management program in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Advised byAmerican volunteers and run by Kenyans, CFK’s primary mission is to preventethno-religious violence by using sports to promote youth leadership, ethnic andgender cooperation, and community development. Additionally, CFK works toimprove basic healthcare and education in Kibera.

CFK’s philosophy is grounded in the concept of participatory development.Solutions to problems involving poverty are possible if those affected by it drivedevelopment. Concerned outsiders can help by mobilizing communities, advising,networking, and providing resources. Ultimately, however, the communitypossesses the knowledge and motivation necessary to solve its own problems.

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TAKA NI PATO (Trash is Cash)The objective of Tako ni Pato is to build capacity for effective, environmentallyfriendly and profitable community-run solid waste management systems in selectNairobi slums. The Ford Foundation announced in March 2004 that it would fundthe collaborative program between CFK and three other NGOs for an initial trialyear. Upon receiving the grant, CFK conducted a waste enumeration survey todetermine the proportion of each type of waste found in their respective areas.We identified and worked with seven local youth groups in Kibera, comprisedlargely of unemployed young men and women (approximately 20 per group).

The youth groups attended educational workshops on garbage collection andrecycling, and participated in a number of team building exercises and leadershipand management workshops. CFK then provided basic cleaning materials to eachgroup (i.e. rakes, shovels, spades, gloves) and helped establish four collectioncenters in Kibera. CFK’s objective is to help empower and facilitate each of theseven groups to successfully engage in income-generating waste collection andrecycling.

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Currently Nairobi generates in excess of 1600Currently Nairobi generates in excess of 1600Currently Nairobi generates in excess of 1600Currently Nairobi generates in excess of 1600Currently Nairobi generates in excess of 1600tons of refuse per day. Most of this remainstons of refuse per day. Most of this remainstons of refuse per day. Most of this remainstons of refuse per day. Most of this remainstons of refuse per day. Most of this remainsuncollected. Uncollected waste is disposeduncollected. Uncollected waste is disposeduncollected. Uncollected waste is disposeduncollected. Uncollected waste is disposeduncollected. Uncollected waste is disposedindiscriminately by private contractors, frequentlyindiscriminately by private contractors, frequentlyindiscriminately by private contractors, frequentlyindiscriminately by private contractors, frequentlyindiscriminately by private contractors, frequentlyin or near slum areas.in or near slum areas.in or near slum areas.in or near slum areas.in or near slum areas.

CFK Program Manager Salim Mohamed advising U-12 footballers of the CFK Fairplay Code before a match

PROFILE - GEORGE NGETAGeorge OdhiamboNgeta was born in1976 in Nyanzaprovince of Kenya.The name Odhiambo isJaluo and signifies “birthin the evening.” Ngetais a type of plant foundalong the shores ofLake Victoria. Georgemoved to Kibera fromAwendo village inNyanza province in1995 to live with hisaunt and complete hissecondary school education. After secondary school George completed a nine-month African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuseand Neglect (ANPPCAN) course in basic community organizing.

In 2002, George worked with the Citizen Coalition for Constitutional Change andserved as a civic educator in Makadara division, Nairobi. In 2003, he worked as acommunity mobilizer with Maji na Ufanisi (Water and Development). Georgejoined CFK in 2004 as one of two Taka Ni Pato (Trash is Cash) Program Officers.In this capacity, he has helped mobilize local youth groups in Kibera to begincollecting and recycling trash as an income generating activity.

George is married without children. As the eldest child of eight, he assists in payingthe school fees for his brother and sisters. George enjoys playing football and is adevout Christian currently enrolled in a diploma course in church ministry at Jesusis Alive Ministry, Nairobi.

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“My dream? To work with institutions“My dream? To work with institutions“My dream? To work with institutions“My dream? To work with institutions“My dream? To work with institutionsthat support human life and providethat support human life and providethat support human life and providethat support human life and providethat support human life and provide

hope to the human race.”hope to the human race.”hope to the human race.”hope to the human race.”hope to the human race.”


Originally from Nyakatch village in Nyanza District of western Kenya, Tabithagraduated from high school in Kisii District and became a certified nurse at MasabaHospital. In 1985, she met Henry, her late husband. That same year Henry, amechanic, moved with Tabitha to Kibera to find employment opportunities. Theysettled in Lindi village, and Henry found employment as a welder. Tabitha workedas a caretaker and nursed neighbors in Kibera out of her home.

In 1998, Tabitha’s position was terminated when her employer made a suddendecision to downsize. Shortly afterwards, Tabitha’s husband Henry diedunexpectedly from an illness. Tabitha herself then fell ill and barely survived.During that time, her daughters Vallerie and Joy helped nurse her in bed, fromwhich she could not move for three months. At one point she was evicted fromher home and forced to live in an abandoned vegetable stand in Toi Market on theoutskirts of Kibera.

In July 2000, Tabitha, still jobless, approached Rye Barcott and requested 2,000 KShto start selling vegetables. Rye gave her the money, the equivalent of about $26, andreturned to America the next day. Tabitha sold vegetables in the Eastleighneighborhood of Nairobi and accumulated daily savings in a local women’s merry-go-round for six months. After six months, with over $130 in savings, Tabithadecided to start a medical clinic, which had been her life-long dream. She namedher clinic Rye Medical Clinic and gave it the motto “sacrifice for success.”

Over the next few years, Rye Clinic became one CFK’s cornerstone operations. Theclinic moved twice from its first location in a four-room sheet metal building,finding a permanent home in 2004. Under Tabitha’s guidance and management,services and staff expanded to include a laboratory and a home-based careprogram for people living with HIV/AIDS. Specializing in maternal health, theclinic became one of the few in Kibera to offer in-patient and out-patient primarycare services to residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week. After Tabitha’sunexpected death in December 2004, the clinic was renamed in her honor.

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Founded by the late Tabitha AtienoFesto in 2000, Tabitha Medical Clinicprovides curative, preventive andcounseling services to the low-income earners of Kibera. The clinicspecializes in laboratory services,antenatal care and outpatient care. In2004, the clinic served approximately5,500 residents and delivered 154babies. The majority of patients weretreated for malaria, infections,diarrhea, typhoid, and HIV/AIDSrelated illnesses.

The clinic is fortunate to receive thededicated service of Frederick

Ochenge, a student pharmacist who resides in Kibera. In spring 2004, the clinicwelcomed volunteer Alison Roxby. Alison graduated with an MD from UNC andis currently completing her residency at Stanford. In fall 2004, the clinic welcomedvolunteer Erik Sorstedt, a Swedish medical student from the University ofLinkoping. Erik completed his service at CFK by leaving a significant donation offunds from the Church of Sweden’s Linkoping parish to purchase much neededmedicines.

HOME-BASED CAREToo often, individuals are ostracized by their family and friends once they contractHIV. Many residents in Kibera die without receiving any type of medical care.Home-based care involves freetreatment of opportunisticinfections, counseling, food andclothing. Thanks to grantsfrom Raleigh-based Stop HungerNow, the Tabitha Medical Clinicprovides home-based care to20 families living with HIV/AIDS with the help of 10volunteer community healthworkers from Kibera.

“My work at CFK gave me a“My work at CFK gave me a“My work at CFK gave me a“My work at CFK gave me a“My work at CFK gave me awider perspective of healthcarewider perspective of healthcarewider perspective of healthcarewider perspective of healthcarewider perspective of healthcareand how and what kind ofand how and what kind ofand how and what kind ofand how and what kind ofand how and what kind ofhealthcare you can provide withhealthcare you can provide withhealthcare you can provide withhealthcare you can provide withhealthcare you can provide withlimited resources. It showed melimited resources. It showed melimited resources. It showed melimited resources. It showed melimited resources. It showed mefirst hand that the process offirst hand that the process offirst hand that the process offirst hand that the process offirst hand that the process ofhelping sick people isn’t justhelping sick people isn’t justhelping sick people isn’t justhelping sick people isn’t justhelping sick people isn’t justabout having the latest, mostabout having the latest, mostabout having the latest, mostabout having the latest, mostabout having the latest, mostextravagant diagnostic tools orextravagant diagnostic tools orextravagant diagnostic tools orextravagant diagnostic tools orextravagant diagnostic tools oraccess to the most effectiveaccess to the most effectiveaccess to the most effectiveaccess to the most effectiveaccess to the most effectivedrugs (even though the latterdrugs (even though the latterdrugs (even though the latterdrugs (even though the latterdrugs (even though the latterdefinitely makes it easierdefinitely makes it easierdefinitely makes it easierdefinitely makes it easierdefinitely makes it easiersometimes).” - Erik Sorstedtsometimes).” - Erik Sorstedtsometimes).” - Erik Sorstedtsometimes).” - Erik Sorstedtsometimes).” - Erik Sorstedt

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Tabitha Festo on a home based care visit in 2003

Tabitha struggled for the last twomonths of her life with a burstabdomen and stomach infection thatspread inexorably throughout herbody. She fought until the lastmoment, sweating and in pain formost of her final days this pastDecember.

I read Tabitha her will. I heldit to her as she struggled to signit with an IV in her shaking,pencil-thin arm. Her mainwish was for CFK to take careof her four children, Vallerie(20), Kevin (16), Joy (15), andRonnie (4), and her grandchild

Kemam (2). She wanted to live to see her clinic expand its home-based care programand reach out more to street kids. I see in Vallerie the resolve and grace that hermother had. Much will depend on her, as Tabitha’s extended family ostracized herafter she had refused to marry another Luo man following the death of her latehusband. We continue to solicit donations to help sponsor the education and living costsfor Tabitha’s children under Vallerie’s steady leadership.

Tabitha’s rapid decline and death took us all by surprise, and left us wondering howmuch we take life for granted. We renamed the clinic in her honor on the Ides ofMarch, 2005.

- Rye Barcott

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Tabitha and Henry had three children, two girls and a boy. On the Ides ofMarch, 2001, Tabitha discovered an infant abandoned at the door of the oldRye Clinic in Gatuikira village. The baby boy, Ronnie, became, by the grace

of God, Tabitha’s second son.

The past year has been a year of growth for the Binti Pamoja Center in peereducation, membership, leadership and opportunity. 2004 marked the expansion ofthe center’s programming to include a significant peer education component. Thischange is significant because the program now reaches beyond its 30 members tothe entire Kibera community.

The center now hosts adrama group, which writesand performs originaleducational plays throughoutKibera and Nairobi. Also,the center publishes anddisseminates a quarterlynewsletter on youth issues.The young women involvedin this group receive writingand computer training. Thecenter hosts monthlycommunity youth forums,which are facilitated by themembers, on issues such asHIV/AIDS, healthyrelationships, and drugabuse.

Youth exchange visits provide a chance for the girls to learn and get exposure toreproductive health issue and monthly speakers who act as role models that playmajor roles in member knowledge base and skill development. The Binti Pamojamembers have also begun to provide HIV education at CFK’s football (soccer)tournaments, providing an exciting link with the sports program.

Binti Pamoja members participate in clean-up exercises and organize family eventsthat bring parents together in support of the project. Finally, the members continueto receive intensive peer education training and support as they counsel youthindividually throughout the community.

The membership of Binti Pamoja increased when we added a third group ofmembers to the program. The founding members have “graduated” into an alumnigroup and provide an incredible amount of support and guidance for the newmembers and staff. The leadership of the center has also grown and changed

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Being a girl is the most important person in the family eventhough we have been separated from the rest of the family thatwe are the weaker sex among other creatures...Being a girldoesn’t mean waiting until you get married to learn aboutchoices. I decided to take this photo in order to express how Ifeel about washing clothes. - Fatuma Roba

Fatuma Roba, 18, hasbeen a member of theBinti Pamoja Centersince June 2002 and iscurrently a member ofthe alumni group andscholarship recipient.She writes:

“I am Fatuma Roba, astudent at Langata HighSchool. I am in FormThree and I think I amgoing to finish my FormFour course at Langata.After I finish my highschool I know, since I havefaith in my studies, that Iwill be able to go touniversity or probably acollege which will make mesee my future plan fulfilled.I am 18 years old and the third born in my family. My family is asingle parent since my dad died in the year 1998…Thank God mymother was there for us. She is the father and also the mother in myfamily. She is the one who is working hard to see her children in school,eat well and dress nicely. By doing this my mother is my best friendbecause without her I would not be the real Fatuma you usually see orlaugh with…I like learning, watching movies, traveling and makingfriends. My favorite subjects in school are history and mathematics…Iusually dream of becoming a politician…I am a young upcoming womanand a leader of tomorrow.”

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significantly. As the year progressed, Caroline Sakwa was hired, trained and grewfrom a part-time program assistant to the current program coordinator. CenterCo-Founders Karen Austrian and Emily Verellen stepped down from the dailyleadership of the program and returned to the United States in August. Caroline isa wonderful leader and role model and brings knowledge and creativity to theprogram on a daily basis.

Lastly, this year also saw the development of the Binti Pamoja Scholarship Fund,which provides scholarships for Binti Pamoja members to attend secondary school(which is not free in Kenya). The scholarship involves a partnership with themembers’ families, the schools, and the center’s staff, to ensure that the youngwomen receive necessary support to be successful both in school and in BintiPamoja. To date we have found sponsors for 16 members and hope to expandthe fund in the future. Our sincere thanks to all of you who have contributed andmade education an option for these strong and talented young women.

We are incredibly proud of how far we have come in 2004 and are excited for theyear ahead.

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Binti Pamoja members Emily Abendia and Fatuma Roba engagedin discussion during a weekly group meeting

Each year CFK selects a small class of student and professional volunteers. In 2004,CFK welcomed UCLA MBA candidate Clint Wall, who worked with Binti Pamojaand gave a series of workshops on business development. Architect ArmandoHorsey, gave a workshop on self-defense techniques to Binti Pamoja members andtaught a clinic on US Footy to CFK Youth Sports Association coaches and captains.UNC varsity soccer player Laura Winslow came to Kibera and hosted a two-weekleadership and soccer skills clinic for CFK’s female soccer players. GeorgetownUniversity sophomore Rodd Izadnia volunteered for nearly two months withCFK’s Youth Sports Association. UNCjunior Peter Dixon helped develop CFK’scommunity library, and helped to supervisethe successful construction of the CFKYouth Center. Sociologists Sin Frontiers(SSF) Fellow Olivier Crespel from Spain alsohelped initiate CFK’s first community band.

Lastly, CFK welcomed School ofInternational Training MA candidate ClaireWeston to Kibera for six months. Claireserved as a management consultant andplayed a vital role in streamlining the clinic’soperations. Claire cared for Tabitha once shefell ill and stood by her side until her death.She has since served as the principal mentorand surrogate sister to Tabitha’s four childrenand will be greatly missed when she returnsto the U.S. in spring 2005.

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PROFILE - PETER DIXONPeter Dixon is a junior at UNC from Atherton, CA. In 2003, he served as theDirector of Student Services at the Riekes Center for Human Enhancement, a non-profit organization in northern California. Peter volunteered with CFK in Kibera fortwo months in 2004. While in Kibera, he helped oversee the expansion of CFK’s Dr.Kate H. Kohn Community Library and the construction of CFK’s Youth Center andMain Office. Peter returned to Chapel Hill and assumed the position of CFK VicePresident. He is responsible for leading CFK’s student organization on campus. Peterenjoys trail running and backpacking in his free time. He plans to attend the U.S.Marine Corps Officer Candidates School in Summer 2005.


CFK Vice President Peter Dixon in Kibera

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CFK thanks Sociologists Sin Frontiers(SSF) for its sponsorship of the SSF

Nairobi Fellowship. This fellowship isawarded each year to a student aspiring to

volunteer with CFK in Kibera. In 2004,CFK welcomed Olivier Crespel from

Spain. Olivier, a graduate student, helpedestablish the CFK community band in

partnership with long-time CFK volunteerAbraham Wandue. The 2005 SSF Fellow

is Lyndsey Farrell, a sociology graduatestudent at Boston University.

JAMES AND FLORENCEPEACOCK FELLOWSHIP

Thanks to a grant from the William RandKenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, CFK has

established the James and FlorencePeacock Fellowship. The fellowship is

named in honor of UNC KenanProfessor of Anthropology James

Peacock and his wife Florence. Each fellowship is valued at $3,000 and will beawarded annually to two UNC student volunteers traveling to Kibera. Half of thefellowship will go directly to the recipient in order to defray the cost of travel. The

other half of the fellowship will be earmarked for the project that the volunteerworks with in CFK. In keeping with our philosophy of participatory development,each volunteer will work with CFK staff officers in Kibera to disburse the grant in

the most meaningful way. The first two James and Florence Peacock Fellows areUNC Sophomores Kelley Haven and Aaron Charlop-Powers. They will travel to

Kibera in the summer of 2005.



Clinic Lab Tech Juma Anyiyo with HIV testkit provided by the Kenyan government andadministered for free at the clinic

INCOMEINCOMEINCOMEINCOMEINCOME

EXPENSESEXPENSESEXPENSESEXPENSESEXPENSES

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Private Donors $46,713Sarah McLachlan Fund $30,000Omidyar Foundation $30,000Ford Foundation (CFK, Inc.) $27,000Total Income - CFK, Inc. $133,713Income - Delivered to CFK-KenyaFord Foundation (Taka ni Pato) $23,779American Jewish World Service $15,500Total Income - CFK-Kenya $39,279TOTAL INCOME $172,993

Communication $7,350Festo Hospital & Burial $4,374Festo Children Education $4,000Administration $1,905Transportation $1,630Binti Pamoja $1,047Bank Fees $423Total Expense - CFK Inc. $20,732Expense - CFK-KenyaTaka ni Pato $17,763Personnel Costs $17,398Binti Pamoja $17,033Rent, Upkeep, Utilities $10,194Clinic and Sports Operations $6,340.86Communication, Legal, & Program Support $7,396Security $4,179Administration $444Bank & Accounting Fees $297Total Expense - CFK-Kenya $81,050TOTAL EXPENSE $101,782NET INCOME $71,210

In 2004, CFK’s programs were supported by many generous gifts from concerned individualsand institutions. Grants from the Sarah McLachlan Fund, the Omidyar Foundation, and theFord Foundation made possible much of the organization’s work. Donations fromindividuals, who contributed approximately 27 percent of CFK’s income, further enabledCFK to pursue its mission. Additionally, CFK-Kenya secured funds from American JewishWorld Services and the Ford Foundation that were used to support Binti Pamoja and Taka niPato. Both grants were paid directly to CFK-Kenya and therefore were not reported asincome for CFK, Inc. on IRS Form 990. CFK justified the demonstrated trust of thesedonors with purposeful spending practices. CFK’s American staff is composed entirely ofvolunteers, allowing the organization to lower administrative costs to just 2.25% of totalexpenditures.

CFK’s leadership is confident that the organization is well positioned to fulfill financialcommitments and expand its programs in 2005. In 2005, CFK’s budget for core operatingactivities in Kenya is $25,000 per quarter, or $100,000 per year. CFK-Inc.’s budget hasincreased, with funds added to support the children of Tabitha Atieno Festo and to awardtwo $3,000 James and Florence Peacock Fellowships to volunteers. CFK will once againreceive grants from the Ford Foundation and American Jewish World Services, and will gainfunding from the William Rand Kenan Charitable Trust. These sources of income, alongwith private donations, will guarantee CFK’s financial stability in 2005.

Matthew Bugher, Treasurer

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2005 Budget

Cash on hand $93,635Income

Private donations (projected) $30,000Ford Foundation $27,000William Rand Kenan Charitable Trust $26,000American Jewish World Services $15,500

Total Income $98,500Total Available Funds $192,135

CFK Budget FY 05CFK, Inc. $26,000CFK-KENYA Operating costs $100,000Taka ni Pato $20,000New clinic purchase $22,500

Total $168,500

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Jessica Alpert, Robert and MartaAnderson, Andreas Athanasiou, SarahBaptist, Stephanie Bleyer, Patrick Butler,Jane Bride, Julie Ceigler, Elaine Chernov,Philip Cohan, Marissa Cohen, Bettie andTrusten Crigler, Mary Beth Crocket,Kristin Cunningham, Roberta AnnDunbar, Todd Engels, Carl Ernst, DavidFelsen, Diane Frazier, Josh Schapiro &Ilana Fischer, S. Frommer, JenniferFriedman, Mike Garrigan, C.L. Gerola,Carol Gibbons, Timothy Glassco, RachelGoldstein, John Greally and GeraldineMcGinty, Patricia Higgins, Ikeita CantuHinojosa, Janet I. Hirsch, Debra Hrelja,Jane Ivanov, Reuben Jacobson and MaraKarlin, Jurena James, Dayle Joseph,Gered Kauffman, Paul T. Kayye, LoreleiKelly, Aram Kim, Roy Kim, KathrynKing, John Kirkpatrick, Daryn Kobata,

Carol and John Kopp, Cecille Labuda, Winifred LaForce, Alexander Lee, ReneLemarchand, George Lensing, Jr., Stanley and Diane Levy, Emily Margolis, ShaneMaroufkhani, Kathleen McDermott, Geraldine McGinty, Linda Mier, MichaelLienesch and Ann F. Baker, James Faber and Mary Musacchia, Carol AveryNicholson, Loretta Nikolai, Raymond O’Leary, Tama Olver, Purya Pandav, RajeshPanjabi, Douglas & Cherie Pedersen, Grady and Marilyn Phillips, Jr., Michael Potter,M.S. Quihuis, Janet Realini, Peter Redfield, Ruth Reinsel, Robert Reinsel, JohnSanders, Ilille Sawady, Craig and Eileen Schlusberg, Maman Sidikou, MichaelSnyder, Tyler Stafford, Barbara Stenross, Anita Strangio, David Tafuri, HallieTansey, Marjorie and John Thompson-Longshore, Andrea Turner, Walter and RitaVachon, Mike N. Varanakis, Kenwatd Vong, Simone Wakefield, Gerhard and JanetWeinberg, Aaron Weiss, Beth Wells and Allen Elkin, Gordon Whitaker, AnnWilliams, Judy Wong, Jonathan Hartlyn and Debra Levin

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Clinic Deputy Director Collins Ajwang

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTINSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTINSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTINSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTINSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Ford Foundation, American Jewish World Services, Omidyar Foundation, PattonBoggs, LLP., William Rand Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, Robertson Foundation,RAINBO Foundation, Sports Endeavors, Inc., University Center for InternationalStudies, UNC-Chapel Hill, Reuters Foundation, General Motors Kenya, KodakKenya, Stop Hunger Now, Sociologists Without Borders, Wooster-BarcottFoundation, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, The Painted Bird, Course Crafters, Inc.,Waymaker Productions, Lower East Side Girls Club of New York City, CarolinaPride, UNC Women’s Soccer Team

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Sarah McLachlan, Donald Dixon, Eric and Wendy Schmidt, Abigail Kohn,Thomas Kenan III, Richard and Susan Richardson, Donna Schwartz-Barcott,Roger Marsh, Sally Hunter, Mary Beth Crocket, Michael Holman, William andJeanne Jordan, James E.S. Hynes, Clint Wall, Per-Olof Hansson, Pia Muchiano,Alexander Ragan, Rye Barcott, Doug Sawyer and James Margolis, Terry Barnettand Virginia Carson, David and Christy Bugher, Louis Briskman, Gayle GreenSmith, Peter Dixon

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Virginia Aldige, Kathie Austin, Dan and Ziona Austrian, Guy Austrian, DeborahBall, Cynthia Balmer, Judith Blau, Shira and Murat Boss-Bicak, Preston Boyd,Judith Bruce, Edward Burgin, Jean Chalk, Jean Chrapczynski, Lisa Cilento, JamieClouser, Alan and Marion Cross, Alicia Curtin, Jonathon and Lou Dembrow,Paula DiConti, Abigail Falik, Irene Federwisch and Richard Benedick, CharlesFoskey, Murray Freeman, John Gardner, Peggy Goldstein, David and KarenGorgonzola, Babette Grout, Howard and Jeanne Harper, Anthony and HopeHarrington, Joseph Herzenberg, Laurence and Carol Homolka, Mark Irvings, HaigKhachatoorian, Lynne Kohn, Victoria Krejci, Matthew and Alisa Kupec, WinkieLaForce, JJ Lando, Henry Landsberger, Loren Levine, Alex Little, Michael andPatricia Livingston, William and Sarah McCoy, Joanne McKray, Ralph and BrendaMessera, Sujata Mody, Susan Moeser, Kathy Mulvaney, Alphonse Mutima, Alanand Diane Patterson, David and Lynn Pentecost, David and Lisa Price, John andSusan Rathgeber, Alison Roxby, David Royle, Craig Schlusberg, George Schnack,Steve and Irene Soth, Cynthia Steele, W. Michael Thompson, Janie Waterhouse,John and Susan Wright, Anne Yeagle

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