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On the occasion of Africa Day, the radio program Tres Mundos, Solidaridad de Radio 5 RNE, interviewed Lola Serra, co-founder and partner of Afrikable, to share with the audience what we have been doing in our project in Lamu to Empower women.
We appreciate their interest in our project and we hope you like it!
Click here, if you want to listen the complete program, in which they interview another Spanish ONGD that works in Ethiopia.
Translator: Celi Pecorelli.
"Afrikable is going to be the experience that will mark my 2017. It has been a reality check that has turned into life lessons and positive energy. The people I shared this month with, the coordinators, women, children and the local people have been one of the greatest discoveries that together with...
"A year ago today I set foot in Lamu for the first time…so many memories, and this second time in June has been just as amazing. When people ask me why did I repeat the experience I can only say it was because I believe in them, and if they ask me: ‘will you come back?’ My answer is still I will,...
"When I arrived to Lamu and especially when my feet touched the sand of the shamba and I heard: “Jambo, Jambo!” and I saw the dimension of the generosity of the human being, I understood what really matters in life. I felt like the most insignificant person of the planet. I understood that I should ...
My name is Simaloi but my family call me Yeyo, which in Masai for mum. I am 11 years old and my mum has been working for Afrikable for two years. Before, I lived in Amboseli. I got up at 5 am and waited for my mum to prepare breakfast, if there was any food left over from the previous day. If there ...
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Afrikable is a Spanish charitable organisation, registered in the National Register of Associations under number 1/1/594088 and in the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID)'s Register of Non-Governmental Organisations under number 2033.
In Kenya our association is called Afrika Able Organization and is registered with Kenya's NGO Coordination Board under number 10976.
