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    partnering with Kenyan farmers and families

Fall Fundraising Success

Fall Fundraising Success
The Mill at New Glasgow Emily Wells Farmers Helping Farmers It has been a wonderful fall of fundraising for Farmers Helping Farmers. Three Oaks Farmers Helping Farmers Run for Kenya 2015 On September 26th, Tammy Craig and Mike MacKinnon along with their students hosted the 6th Three Oaks Farmers Helping Farmers Run for Kenya –…
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Two Exciting New Projects

Two Exciting New Projects
Farmers Helping Farmers Kenya vet students Starting in 2015, Farmers Helping Farmers is thrilled to be partnering on two new projects. Through Vets without Borders Canada and with support from the Canadian government, dozens of Prince Edward Islanders will travel to Kenya over the next five years to offer expertise in accounting, horticulture, farm management,…
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Lending a Hand in Kenya

Lending a Hand in Kenya
Ten young Islanders spent two weeks in July following in the footsteps of a group of P.E.I. farmers who first travelled to Kenya 35 years ago. The youth group landed in Nairobi on July 9th.  Over their two weeks in Kenya, they spent several days with Kenyan teens at Buuri Secondary School.  Shortly after arriving,…
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Fall Membership Drive

Dear Friend of Farmers Helping Farmers – We hope you have been able to take part in our 35th Anniversary Celebrations so far this year. Here are some of the highlights : We hosted a standing-room only performance of the African Children’s Choir in June In July, 10 P.E.I. youth travelled to Kenya as part…
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Gold Cup Parade Debut

Gold Cup Parade Debut
Farmers Helping Farmers had a float in the Gold Cup Parade for the very first time.  It was a team effort pulling together a display featuring the work of FHF.  Members of the P.E.I. Kenya Youth Tour appeared on the float.  It was exciting to hear the crowd saying "Farmers Helping Farmers" and then bursting…
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Summer Interns to Kenya

2015 Summer Interns: Kenya. Maggie, Mira, and Sarifa look forward to supporting dairy farmers in Kenya this summer! This summer, six veterinary students will be interns with Vets without Borders in Uganda and Kenya. Meet the three interns who will be working on with dairy farmers in Mukurweini, Kenya. VWB helps improve dairy cow health…
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Exciting New Partnership for UPEI and Farmers Helping Farmers

Exciting New Partnership for UPEI and Farmers Helping Farmers
An exciting new partnership between UPEI and farmers in Kenya - as Farmers Helping Farmers Celebrates 35 Years! Farmers Helping Farmers is about to open an exciting new chapter in its ongoing relationship with the University of Prince Edward Island and farmers in Kenya. The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) has been awarded $500,000…
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PEI Youth Kenya Tour

Lending a Hand in Kenya Ten young Islanders will spend two weeks in July following in the footsteps of a group of P.E.I. farmers who first travelled to Kenya 35 years ago. And along the way, they'll take part in a number of projects connected to Farmers Helping Farmers. The P.E.I. Kenya Youth Tour 2015…
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A Holiday Gift With A Difference

Vernon and Bertha Campbell give the gift of a dairy cow every Christmas. Not to Island family or friends, but to a family in Kenya. And what makes this gift even more special is the way that it keeps on giving, thanks to the work of Farmers Helping Farmers. "It seems that both Vernon and…
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