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Sikhs in Kenya
exhibit Sarbat Da Bhala spirit through donations
WSN Network
MOMBASA:
Members
of The Sikh Supreme Council and Members of Siri Guru Singh Sabha
Mombasa donate to Internally displaced persons in Likoni area. While
handing over donations to the affected persons the third Vice
Chairman of Sikh Supreme Council (Kenya)
who is also the Chairman of Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Mr. Surjit Singh
Sagoo called on Kenyans to pray for peacein the country, Coastweek
reported.
Sagoo together
with other members of the council held prayers for the displaced
persons after donating items worth Shs.100 ,000. ($ 1,500) He said
the council’s head quarters in
Nairobi
was involved in a similar exercise in centers where displaced
persons are taking refuge.
A similar
donation worth Shs.1.5 million ($ 22,000 approximately) is going on
in Nairobi and is more extensive because they are also providing
free medication, he said. And Former Young Catholic Women’s
Association (YCWA) Mombasa Branch Chairperson, Mrs. Hellen Anayu,
said the Government should issue directives on how displaced
children would be enrolled in other schools.
“We are waiting
for a word from the Government and keep on trusting in God that
peace will return to our country”, she said. The YCWA Centre in
Likoni has been hosting 50 children who are part of 100 displaced
families in the post election skirmishes. Women and children stay in
the centre while men only, come for meals and take shelter
elsewhere. The centre manager, Mrs. Joyce Salanu, said volunteer
teachers have been offering lessons to the pupils in one of the
halls since Monday.
Mrs. Salanu,
however, said learning was not adequate due to lack of teaching
materials. “What we are doing now is to keep the children busy but
for real learning they must go to school”, she said.
23 January 2008
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