Kenya is currently affected by a devastating drought and Drew saw firsthand that people find it difficult to feed their children, to keep their cattle alive, to survive. WFP is feeding more than 3 million people in Kenya alone and Drew are attractive to the world to join it ". We really need to help us strengthen our disaster is happening now. "
Drew has recently returned to Kenya with the American magazine "Condé Nast Traveler", whose coverage will be presented this month. (Click here to see article).
Drew is an actor, director and producer with decades of experience in Hollywood (after all, she started at the age of two years!) And is used to make important decisions. But the decision three years ago to give U.S. $ 1 million to help eliminate hunger and promote education in Kenya was the largest ever made, says Drew. The challenge was great.
"I thought, nearly one billion hungry people, what ever I could do as an individual? It all seemed impossible." But the WFP Ambassador Against Hunger have learned what works. He likes to give the WFP school feeding program in Kenya, where he visited for the first time in 2005.
"A simple healthy meal at school is so important. I saw how it changed his life forever. And right now is so important to the safety net for families in crisis during this drought."
In recent years, it has financed projects have helped renovate about 25 schools around Nairobi, with new kitchens make, food storage, energy efficient stoves and latrines for boys and girls . This summer, Drew Barrymore spent a second installment of funds to build wells, so that children did not have to walk miles to get water for their meals at school. In the last wild animals sometimes attack vulnerable children on the way to the mud river.Recently Kiltimany she visited a village of about four hours drive north of the capital Nairobi. His money helped build a drilling a well with a solar tower, where residents buy water for pennies to pay for maintenance of the property.
For the first time, makes the village women not to go four hours each way to get water instead, they can get water directly into their village. A very pregnant woman clutching her stomach, she thanked Drew does not have to make the long journey to the water.
"It 'so exciting and' -. so real it can not really see the results, what I did with the WFP," Drew said, smiling.The village has given Drew enthusiastic welcome. They made Drew as an honorary doctorate, her face painted in traditional colors, and the march of the village meeting place in the well. It 'was a magical moment when two people from different walks of life gathered to celebrate the next generation to change the future of the village.In another village, near the town of Isiolo Kakili, his "Drew Barymore Education Fund" to build a new elementary school. All the people turned to see Drew. He visited the existing school decrepit classrooms, which was actually more of sticks and mud from walls real. Asked students what they wanted to be when they grow up and said, "doctors, teachers, farmers." They have high expectations that are now possible with a large investment in the new winner of the schools, education and food provided by WFP.
WFP and Drew works closely with the community and a hush fell over the crowd, when plans for the new building has been posted. You can just sense of excitement. Parents know that it means their children can learn in a safe, dry place for office and good food at least once a day to ensure that their children can focus.
And his work does not stop at Kakili and Kiltamany: 10,000 children in 25 schools will receive nutritious school meals for a year. Also called is asking friends and fans to join and donate to help increase the number of children to feed: USA $ 5 to feed a child in school for a month.
Drew has recently returned to Kenya with the American magazine "Condé Nast Traveler", whose coverage will be presented this month. (Click here to see article).
Drew is an actor, director and producer with decades of experience in Hollywood (after all, she started at the age of two years!) And is used to make important decisions. But the decision three years ago to give U.S. $ 1 million to help eliminate hunger and promote education in Kenya was the largest ever made, says Drew. The challenge was great.
"I thought, nearly one billion hungry people, what ever I could do as an individual? It all seemed impossible." But the WFP Ambassador Against Hunger have learned what works. He likes to give the WFP school feeding program in Kenya, where he visited for the first time in 2005.
"A simple healthy meal at school is so important. I saw how it changed his life forever. And right now is so important to the safety net for families in crisis during this drought."
In recent years, it has financed projects have helped renovate about 25 schools around Nairobi, with new kitchens make, food storage, energy efficient stoves and latrines for boys and girls . This summer, Drew Barrymore spent a second installment of funds to build wells, so that children did not have to walk miles to get water for their meals at school. In the last wild animals sometimes attack vulnerable children on the way to the mud river.Recently Kiltimany she visited a village of about four hours drive north of the capital Nairobi. His money helped build a drilling a well with a solar tower, where residents buy water for pennies to pay for maintenance of the property.
For the first time, makes the village women not to go four hours each way to get water instead, they can get water directly into their village. A very pregnant woman clutching her stomach, she thanked Drew does not have to make the long journey to the water.
"It 'so exciting and' -. so real it can not really see the results, what I did with the WFP," Drew said, smiling.The village has given Drew enthusiastic welcome. They made Drew as an honorary doctorate, her face painted in traditional colors, and the march of the village meeting place in the well. It 'was a magical moment when two people from different walks of life gathered to celebrate the next generation to change the future of the village.In another village, near the town of Isiolo Kakili, his "Drew Barymore Education Fund" to build a new elementary school. All the people turned to see Drew. He visited the existing school decrepit classrooms, which was actually more of sticks and mud from walls real. Asked students what they wanted to be when they grow up and said, "doctors, teachers, farmers." They have high expectations that are now possible with a large investment in the new winner of the schools, education and food provided by WFP.
WFP and Drew works closely with the community and a hush fell over the crowd, when plans for the new building has been posted. You can just sense of excitement. Parents know that it means their children can learn in a safe, dry place for office and good food at least once a day to ensure that their children can focus.
And his work does not stop at Kakili and Kiltamany: 10,000 children in 25 schools will receive nutritious school meals for a year. Also called is asking friends and fans to join and donate to help increase the number of children to feed: USA $ 5 to feed a child in school for a month.
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