Help for Orphans International Founder Sarah Ehrlich Speaks at Special Washington Function; HFOI Fundraising Benefit to Take Place July 14
Last month Sarah Ehrlich, Executive Director of Help for Orphans International (HFOI), described and updated the recent education and school progress made for orphaned children in Kenyan villages to attendees of "A Conversation and Luncheon with Women of Color and Senator Hillary Clinton". HFOI will host its annual fundraising benefit on July 14, 2007 in Southampton, NY.
New York, NY (PRWEB) July 11, 2007 -- Sarah Ehrlich, Executive Director of Help for Orphans International (HFOI), was in Washington, June 12, 2007, for the special function, "A Conversation and Luncheon with Women of Color and Senator Hillary Clinton." Ms. Ehrlich described and updated the recent education and school progress made for orphaned children in Kenyan villages to the attendees.
Since its inception, HFOI is best-known for providing in-depth teaching programs throughout orphanages in Africa and India.
In the last eighteen months, HFOI has implemented teaching programs, complete with textbooks and resources, to schools in nine Kenyan villages including Kisumu, Mbita, and Kisii. In addition, the construction of a new school has been planned in the Masai Mara. Designed by AB Architekten, the building will be built in ecological harmony with its equatorial location, allowing maximum use of the sun's energy by way of rooftop photovoltaic cells. The structure will incorporate indigenous timber and clay materials. The finished building will comprise some 8000 square feet.
"The work is so far from finished," Ms. Ehrlich explained. "We need the involvement of so many to maintain our present projects and to implement new projects, all of which are so desperately needed."
To date, more than 30 million children are orphaned throughout Africa, due to famine, persistent civil wars and AIDS.
HFOI will host its annual fundraising benefit on July 14, 2007 in Southampton, NY. Proceeds from the benefit will go directly to assist the completion HFOI's educational projects in Kenya. More information about the benefit, including tickets and donations, can be found at: www.helpfororphans.org and http://www.hamptonsbenefit.com.
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