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Press release
Centre Narovinu
22^nd May 2017

On the occasion of the Day of Africa on May 25 2017 AFRO TRAM will pass through Prague. This event starts a month of the campaign of strong stories from long distance adoption.

Thursday May 25, 2:15 PM, Vozovna Střešovice (Patočkova 4, Prague 6). Tram will leave at 2:30 PM and will be seen in the city centre until 5:30 PM.

15 years of Distance Adoption Project - more than 4,000 children got a chance for a better future! The project helps not only to particular children, but also to the whole families and communities. After 15 years of experience we say: It Makes Sense! Our children have graduated, now they have a job, they have become responsible parents, they are helping as volunteers and spreading the help within communities...

This project and the Day of Africa we perceive as extremely important and symbolic these days! Every day, starting from May 25, we will publish one strong story of adoptive parents, children from the program and volunteers. One of the stories about how the project specifically helps is available at: centernarovinu.org/it-makes-sense-15-years-distant-adoption-project

Campaign will be ended by Multicultural Festival „Narovinu Afrika Fest“ on June 18 2017 on the boat Cargo on Prague „Náplavka“. Symbolically on the occasion of the Day of the African Child celebrated on June 16. Every child on this planet deserves a chance for dignified life!

For 15 years, the Czechs have been helping to diminish tendencies towards intolerance, xenophobia and racism (originated from fear of migration) via long distance adoption. Solidarity and willingness to help is the only way out of the current world situation.

We wish you beautiful days and thank you for paying attention to our activities!
Kind regards, Simona Heřtusová

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Thank you all! With your online shopping on Givt.cz, you have contributed to the Island of Hope on Rusinga Island in Kenya with the sum of 1,341 CZK. Specifically, we used the money for the purchase of textbooks for high school on Rusinga Island.

The contribution was collected from 45 purchases. The highest amount credited from your purchase was 157 CZK, the lowest 1 CZK. People who contributed to us were buying mostly on these e-shops: Dáme jídlo, Mall, Stoklasa, Zoot, Booking, Lékárna and Pilulka.

More than 2,600 non-profit organizations and 800 e-shops are involved in the Givt.cz project. The portal has already reallocated more than 945,000 CZK to included organizations.

Thank you for helping us to help. We will be happy if you keep your favour to us also in the future.
More at bit.ly/Centrum_Narovinu

Saturday May 20 2017, 8 pm, Malostranská beseda, Malostranské náměstí 35/21, Praha 1

The phenomenal party is dedicated to the Centre Narovinu, and the earnings will be sent to the community centre The Island of Hope on Rusinga Island in Kenya – specifically, we will support the purchase of furniture (wooden tables and chairs) to a new dining room for 500 children.

Come to have fun and contribute to the good thing! A seat ticket costs 500 CZK. Ticket orders via e-mail: simona.hertusova@adopceafrika.cz.

Thank you and we are looking forward to meeting Sandra Nováková, Filip Rajmont and their guests.
More at: facebook.com/barovani

Volunteers wanted
Who is in the team of Center Narovinu? We are introducing Hanka, Lenka, Jitka
Club of Friends of Adoption
We are looking for an adoptive parent for Gilack
Why have I applied for my internship at Narovinu Centre?
News from the community centre on Rusinga Island, Western Kenya
What is new in fundraising?
From adoption to Fair Trade Shop
Fair-trade shop helps children from the community centre Island of Hope in Kenya
Journey to Island of Hope and visiting my adoptive son Cindy
Partnership between Czech and Kenyan schools

Bulletin – February 2017 (printed version for download)
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On Sunday we installed an exhibition in the cafe Prazirna (Roaster; Lublaňská 676/50, Prague 2). Come and enjoy a good cup of coffee, view an exhibition of the Island of Hope and maybe even buy some photos of Jan Sibik and Daniela Matulová.

Earnings supports children from the community center Island of Hope. The exhibition will run until 05/03.

Follow the monthly business trip to Kenya by Dana Feminová – as usual the travel is full of meetings, consultations, and various appointments. Route plan: Nairobi – The Community center Island of Hope on Rusinga Island – Coordinators meeting in Mombasa – Nairobi.

» Photo gallery

Let me invite you to my debut photo exhibition "Outlook on Life" in Prague City Center. You will see impressive photos from unique places of the Earth.

Alina Ushcheka
(Gloria Mundi)

Venue: X-Foto Gallery, Hybernska 24, Praha 1

The opening starts on Friday 6^th January at 6 p.m. End of the exhibition: 26^th January 2017.

You can buy all the photographs. Photos will be sold at the exhibition with all proceeds dedicated to charity Centrum Narovinu.

See you at the exhibition opening!

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The video spot supports Island of Hope, a self-sufficient and self-sustainable community center, which we have been creating on Rusinga Island in Kenya. The project was launched in 2003. Nowadays, it is daily visited by over 400 children and it consists of an orphanage for 72 children aged 3 to 18, Montessori kindergarten for 90 children, elementary school for 300 children, educational center with a library, workroom for making soapstone products, health clinic for approximately 10 000 patients from the area, and a farm with an irrigation system, fruit trees, as well as fish and poultry breeding. We are also in the process of building a boarding high school for 120 students.

The Club of Friends of Island of Hope is looking for new volunteers, sponsors, and friends who would like to take an active part in creating this development project and thus help it head towards self-efficiency and self-sufficiency. Pass it on, thank you!

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Again this year, Park Lane International School organized a traditional Christmas market in support of children from the community center Island of Hope on Rusinga Island in Kenya. The market took place on Saturday December 10^th  and a part of it was a sale of Christmas gingerbread cookies which Park Lane students made with the help of Fresh and Tasty company.

The Kenyan children were given 814,-  Kč, the amount collected from voluntary contributions.

Saturday 10th December 2016
10 am – 3 pm
Valdštejnská 151/6a, Prague 1

We are looking forward to your participation in our Winter Market on 10th December, 2016.

Narovinu Centre will participate with its Fair stall – during the whole day you will be able to buy Christmas presents with their own story and thus support children from the community centre of Island of Hope at Rusinga Island, Kenya. We look forward to meeting you. More information at: www.centernarovinu.org/fair-trade-shop

My world – my energy, such is the subtitle of the calendar of the Europe Easy Energy Company for the year 2016. It is dedicated to twelve children of Kenya, whose education is sponsored by the company through our organization. We bring the twelfth December story of Bilia.

Bilia, 17 years old

E as the electrical engineering, that is my motivation and energy.

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Fresh coffee and tea, soapstone products, jewellery, T-shirts, bags… You will find all of that and more in our Kenyan Fair Trade shop!… We will be happy if you remember our gifts with a story again this year when buying presents for your beloved ones, business partners, or employees. Besides making them happy you will also bring joy to the children from the community center Island of Hope.

The profit will be used for the completion and operation of a high school – an administrative building with a teachers´ room and offices, another building with 2 classrooms and more teachers´ rooms, and 2 more buildings which will serve as girls´ and boys´ dormitories.

The community center Island of Hope runs a kindergarten, an elementary school, an orphanage, and a health center, taking care of more than 500 children in need and 10 000 patients from the Rusinga Island community.
» More information about the project

We offer gift packs of different prizes and designs – from smaller options in cellophane bags to larger gift packs in cardboard boxes or baskets lined with wood wool. The packages include fair coffee and tea from Kenya, imported without intermediaries directly from the manufacturers, and a soapstone product, coming from a manufacturing workshop of the Island of Hope on Rusinga Island in Kenya,which supports the sustainability and self-sufficiency of the project.

The Fair coffee is high quality 100% Arabica. Kenyan coffee is generally regarded as one of the highest quality coffee there is. It has received an AA classification – one of the highest possible levels of certification awarded by the Coffee Board of Kenya. It comes from the area of Mount Kenya, where it is grown at an altitude of 1700 meters. Gentle roasting brings out its strong aroma, which reflects the wildness of Africa, as well as a specific, delicate flavor with hints of cherries and almonds.

The Fair tea from Kenya is high quality black tea grown in the tea gardens located in the mountain areas around Nairobi. Thanks to the ideal climatic conditions in which it grows, it is generally regarded as one of the highest quality tea in the world. Its strong, very pleasant aroma, and delicious taste is excellent with lemon, honey or milk.

And who makes the soapstone products in Kenya? Rough-hewn bowls are hand-made by stonemasons from Kisi tribe occupying the Tabaka village region, the only place in Kenya where soapstone is mined. These stonemasons have lectured the women from our community, the members of the Luo tribe on Rusinga island, on how to further shape the bowls, how to smooth, paint, decorate, and polish them. So, the stonemasons supply us with rough semi-finished products which are then finished by the women from the Island of Hope. So far 12 women have worked in the workshop, two of which we would like to introduce to you now:

Eunice Awuor Oreso is 23 years old and she is married with two sons. Eunice comes from a place called Gunda in the western part of Rusinga Island. Eunice graduated from high school but was unable to go to college because her parents did not have enough money to cover her tuition. Eunice makes money by selling second hand clothes while her husband works as a shop attendant. The family lives in a three-room mud house, they fetch water from the lake, use firewood for cooking, and kerosene for lighting.

Tracy Akinyi Otieno is 24 years old and she is married with two children – a daughter and a son. Tracy completed elementary school but could not study any further because of the birth of her first child. She also comes from Gunda located in the western part of the island. Tracy makes money by selling water to people on the island while her husband works as an occasional labourer and fisherman. The family income is very low. The family lives in a two-room mud house, they fetch water from the lake, use firewood for cooking, and kerosene for lighting.

Gift boxes
The gift boxes contain fair Kenyan coffee (200 g), fair Kenyan tea (200 g), and a soapstone animal statue for luck, alternatively a small soapstone bowl or a candlestick, depending on your choice. It is packed in a gift cardboard box, lined with wood wool.

1A / Gift box – coffee, tea, statue – value of 490,- Kč
1B / Gift box – coffee and statue – value of 420,- Kč
1C / Gift box – tea and statue – value of 390,- Kč
1D / Gift box – coffee, tea, soapstone bowl/candlestick – value of 500,- Kč

Gift pack in a cellophane
The gift packs contain fair Kenyan coffee (200 g), fair Kenyan tea (200 g), and a soapstone animal statue for luck, alternatively a small soapstone bowl or a candlestick, depending on your choice. It is packed in a cellophane bag, lined with wood wool.

2A / Gift pack in cellophane – coffee, tea, statue – value of 420,- Kč
2B / Gift pack in cellophane – coffee and statue – value of 320,- Kč
2C / Gift pack in cellophane – tea and statue – value of 270,- Kč
2D / Gift pack in cellophane – coffee, tea, soapstone bowl/candlestick – 440,- Kč

Additionally, just like last year, we will be happy to prepare other packages tailored according to your ideas and wishes – we can add other products from Kenya or gift certificates of different values (starting from 100,- Kč), which support health, education and the children from the community center Island of Hope. Also, we can offer you different sizes of coffee and tea packages – 100 g, 250 g, or 500 g. Do not hesitate to contact us!

Thank you very much for your support! We look forward to our cooperation.
We wish you beautiful autumn days.
Simona Heřtusová

Centrum Narovinu
Simona Heřtusová
Mobile phone 608 301 270
Sokolská 1802/32, Praha 2, 120 00
simona.hertusova@adopceafrika.cz
www.adopceafrika.cz, www.facebook.com/CentrumNarovinu

My world – my energy, such is the subtitle of the calendar of the Europe Easy Energy Company for the year 2016. It is dedicated to twelve children of Kenya, whose education is sponsored by the company through our organization. We bring the eleventh November story of Bridget.

Bridget, 17 years old

Trees supply the energy for me and for my country.

» More info (Czech)

My world – my energy, such is the subtitle of the calendar of the Europe Easy Energy Company for the year 2016. It is dedicated to twelve children of Kenya, whose education is sponsored by the company through our organization. We bring the tenth October story of Sharon.

Sharon, 18 years old

Energy to work on our family farm gives me the smile of others.

» More info (Czech)

Jan Sibik and Daniela Matulova for the Narovinu Centre
Café Muzeum Vinohradska 1, Prague 1 (new building of National Museum)

The preview will take place on Sep 21^st, at 6 pm.
Discussion with the photographer Jan Sibik and Ken Okongo – the project coordinator in Kenya.

My world – my energy, such is the subtitle of the calendar of the Europe Easy Energy Company for the year 2016. It is dedicated to twelve children of Kenya, whose education is sponsored by the company through our organization. We bring the ninth September story of Tabitha.

» A January story
» A February story
» A March story
» An April story
» A May story
» A June story
» A July story
» An August story

Tabitha, 4 years old

Tabitha is the source of energy, her smile will charge you for the day.

» Photogallery

Monday 5.9. from 18:00 – meeting in Brno
Traveller´s Club – Hedvábná stezka, Veleslavínova 183/14, Brno-Královo Pole

Wednesday 21.9. from 18:00 – meeting in Prague
Café  Muzeum, Vinohradská 1, Prague 1 – new building of National Museum

We are preparing a special Christmas offer for you this year – do not forget our fair-trade shop when you choose presents for your friend, employees or company partners. We offer direct trade presents with a story that please somebody and also support projects in Kenya.
What makes our Kenyan coffee and tea special?

Centrum Narovinu in cooperation with its partner, organization Mezi světy s. r. o. (Between the Worlds Ltd.), are currently the only suppliers of Kenyan coffee importing raw coffee beans and tea on the direct route from Kenya to the Czech Republic, without using middlemen and wholesalers. We pay attention to freshness and way of processing of Kenyan raw materials that go straight to Fair & Bio Organic Coffee Roasting Plant in Kostelec nad Labem. On the top of that this Czech fair trade roasting plant was the first one to employ workers with disabilities.

Kenyan coffee and tea are grown around Africa's second highest mountain "Mount Kenya", at an altitude of 1700 m. Thanks to the local climate and ideal growing conditions this coffee and tea are rightfully considered the highest quality products of it skind.

Location of Mount Kenya.

In Fair & Bio Organic Coffee Roasting Plant in Kostelec nad Labem the imported Kenyan coffee is roasted in three different ways: light, middle, dark.

Preparation of raw – green coffee in Kenya for transport to the Czech Republic.

And what kind of coffee should we drink, pure (one variety) or blend?

The answer is quite simple – have you ever seen an experienced winemaker to mix quality vintage wine and wine from carton? Purpose of coffee blending is not the desire to achieve „balanced“ flavour as often stated in leaflets. It is only marketing propaganda that hides the true intention – to reduce prices and increase revenues.

Káva se totiž dělí na 2 základní druhy:

Arabica:
This variety is highly susceptible to temperature changes, it grows at higher altitudes around 1300 – 1700 m and it is very sensitive, so the beans are harvested by hand. Farmers are waiting for the first harvest for 4 – 6 years. They are then rewarded by really good quality of coffee.

Robusta:
Robusta thrives at places where arabica would not grow. Plants are stonger and more resistant so the beans can be harvested by machines and the first harvest is possible after two years. The taste of coffee is neither interesting nor very good that is why it is roasted by using so called „Italian way“ which basically means that the beans are burned.
The original taste is replaced by the taste of burn which is the one we know from the most commercially used coffee brands.

Black Tea

Tea is bought from manufacturing Cooperative Ndima in Nyeri whose members are small farmers who are also suppliers of the tea leaves. The Cooperative is also a holder of Fair Trade certificate.

Collection of tea leaves around Mount Kenya area.

Wholesome effect of coffee and black tea for human body

The recommended maximum daily intake of coffee should be between 250 – 300 mg of
caffeine, ie. 3 – 5 cups. Coffee beans contain antioxidants which have positive effect on diabetes (type 2), act as a protection of the cardiovascular system, reduce the risk of stroke, increases the activity of the metabolism and hence contribute to weight loss and last but not least caffeic acid has chemopreventive effect. Thanks to caffeine there is a proven increases of dopamine in the brain, and thus drinking of coffee creates a feeling of happiness and satisfaction.

The optimal consumption of black tea is between 1 – 3 cups per day. Black tea also reduces the risk of heart diseases due to reduction of cholesterol in blood. Black tea gives us energy thanks to its higher amount of caffeine compared to other varieties of tea and as well as in case of coffee it was found that it contains anticancer substances.

100% of earnings will support the community center „Island of Hope“ on Rusinga Island

Products from Kenya are delivered from first-hand manufacturers and growers directly to the above mentioned Coffee Roasting Plant and then straight to particular households. All earnings then fund the activities and running of the community centre „Island of Hope“ on Rusinga Island which takes care of orphans and children from poor families. Community centre provides them with basic education, health care and love.

Leisure time and games, „Island of Hope“, Rusinga Island.

Evelína Milfortová

My world – my energy, such is the subtitle of the calendar of the Europe Easy Energy Company for the year 2016. It is dedicated to twelve children of Kenya, whose education is sponsored by the company through our organization. We bring the eighth August story of Moureen.

» A January story
» A February story
» A March story
» An April story
» A May story
» A June story
» A July story

Moureen, 16 years old

I give energy to others in the stories that I invent itself.

» Photogallery

You can support further development of our Community centre Island of Hope at the Rusinga Island in Kenya by donating books in English, used computer/notebook in good condition, sewing machine and musical instrument.

You can bring it or send it to Centrum Narovinu at Sokolská 32, Praha 2 (subway station I.P. Pavlova), from Monday till Friday 9:00 -17:00 or we can agree on other time as well. Collection is till 31^st August 2016.

Thank you in advance for your support and help.

Even this year we are there! Meet us on Sunday 24.7 and at the weekend 30. – 31.7 in an African village, where you can buy products from fair-trade shop at our stand or you and your children can join workshops.

You will prepare for a trip to Africa – put on African clothes, make African jewels, decorate a dress of an African woman or draw an African mask... We are looking forward to meeting you.

» More about the festival

A picnic with a Kenyan student Diana, her adoptive parent and Centre Narovinu. Diana came for an invitation of her adoptive parent to Prague.

Come and met her, ask her what you are interested in, share experience with her adoptive parent who visited her last year in Kenya or just relax in a pleasant atmosphere. You can also bring a snack. We will meet in a park between a church and Staré purkrabství. In case of bad weather we will hide in the café of Staré purkrabství.