one year on...

One year on since Fiona's passing away suddenly, her legacy is beginning to take shape in many forms.
Rose and Elizabeth have started senior school solely through the money this challenge has raised. We have pledged to continue their education for their full four years of schooling and although we are still short of our target donations and small fundraising events are slowly helping us reach the target and in time we will ensure this is possible for the girls.
Since a visit made by Kate (Jalia's founder), over the christmas period, by we have received hand written cards from each of the girls thanking everyone who has helped make this possible, stating just what it means for them to be educated, along with what they hope to achieve with their education.
Rose hopes to become a Lawyer, whilst Elizabeth is aiming to be a doctor.

In the last week the Brazilian Embassy organised and ran a Swimathon to raise funds for Jalia and the continued support for the education of young females. They too have a donations page and a short film made by her colleagues and friends in Brasilia.

Fiona's Day

and the fund raising page is found here Brazlian embassy swim team

Fundraising is still continuing through Simons TMB virgin page too at Simon Conroys TMB in 33HRS!

All that remains for us to say is THANK YOU for all you have given so far, and lets hope Fiona's Legacy continues to grow in supporting Jalia educate Kenyan girls...

Latest updates from Jalia

Elizabeth and Rose In January 2014 Jalia began supporting two very special girls. Elizabeth and Rose, both 13, were the top two pupils at the Kiangoma Primary School in Nyeri County, Central Kenya. Although both girls did incredibly well at school, due to their family circumstances they were not sure how they would be able to go to high school. These girls have ambitions - Elizabeth would like to be a doctor and Rose would like to be a lawyer. Secondary education is not free in Kenya and many able children miss out because their families cannot afford the fees. Jalia's friends in Kenya put us in touch with the girls and we went to visit them and their mothers in January 2014. We will know by the end of January which secondary schools they will be attending to help them work towards those ambitions. Jalia has promised to fund both girls through all four years of their secondary education. This has all been made possible thanks to the amazing fundraising efforts of Simon Conroy and his family and friends. They raised money as a memorial to Simon's sister-in-law Fiona, an educated and inspiring Kenyan woman who sadly passed away in 2013. To date they have raised £4.5k which we have ring-fenced specifically for Elizabeth and Rose to help them to thrive as strong, educated Kenyan women in Fiona's memory. Further information: Photographs of Elizabeth, Rose and their families Simon Conroy's blog  Donate to Simons efforts here Child Sponsorship Fundraise for Jalia

3mins from Nanyuki, Kenya

As we await news of Rose and Elizabeths school results, we have a short film of what Jalia charity does and can continue to do with ongoing support….

Jalia is a Swahili word meaning 'empathise' or 'empower'. We are a small grassroots charity established in 2010 to provide support for underpriviliged children and communities in Nanyuki, Kenya. 

We believe that all children have the right to an education so that they are better able to empower themselves in the future.
Please donate through Si's Virginmoneygiving page here

Rose & Elizabeth

The latest update from family Conroy is we will be sponsoring 2 girls through their 4 years of senior school education.

Rose and Elizabeth are both from disadvantaged backgrounds in Kenya and are also very bright young ladies. The opportunity for them to attend a Kenyan National school depends on their primary school results, which we are told will be available soon, but the local support team expect good things from the girls…

The total required for 4 years education in a senior National school is around £2646 per student, so that is a total of around £5300 needed…. So far we have around £4000 with gift aid!

Family Conroy have agreed the money will be in place even if we have to give the extra ourselves, so please please if you can afford to donate to this cause we can assure you the money is going directly to help Rose and Elizabeth's future.
We will also be looking into scholarships regarding further college and/or university education so the girls can make the most of this opportunity and "Follow in Fiona's Footsteps"

Click here Jalia Charity to donate directly to Si's challenge event and support the education of these two girls, and thank you for all your support!

Si's TMB in 48hrs!

The link again to the video of Simons great challenge effort....
We have raised around £4000 with gift aid so far, but the total we need for 4 years senior school education for the two girls we hope to sponsor through a National School education is around £5300 in total....
If you haven't managed to donate so far please visit the virginmoneygiving page to donate to Jalia.

http://youtu.be/YSxeITZzx-Q

Updates with Jalia

Si and Jen have had a wee trip away, but in that time they have managed to meet up with Kate from Jalia to discuss the funds raised...
We will be sponsoring 2 kenyan girls throughout their secondary education... all 4 years, hopefully at a national school and their primary school results will be out soon....
More information to follow!

TMB in 33hrs Sept 2013

Just so folks know, Si, Jen, Mark and Orla are meeting with Jalia in a couple of weeks time to discuss  just how the funds raised by Si's challenge should be spend over in Kenya.
The total with gift aid online through VIRGINMONEYGIVING is now over £3500!
Thank you to all who have donated...
We are also aware some cash/cheque donations directly to Jalia are not listed in this figure so know the total is over £4000 now!
THANK YOU!

The video on YouTube works for PC, but may have some restrictions in some countries due to the music used.... If you can't see it and want to, let us know and we will try to send you the video file!

If you haven't and still wish to donate...
Please find the link here....VIRGINMONEYGIVINGJALIA