Special Events on Campus

Please attend the Neighbors in Action Benefit dinner on Thursday, April 10th 2008. On behalf of Outreach Kenya and the INPIRG Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. It is to be held at 8:00 p.m. at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall.

The Neighbors in Action Benefit Dinner will feature a lecture by Ron Pettigrew, the program manager of the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated IU-Kenya Partnership, entitled “Helping Kenya Rebuild: Poverty, Hunger and the IU-Kenya Partnership.” Local businesses will also be donating items for a silent auction, with all proceeds going to Neighbors in Action.

If you are interested in attending this exciting event, please send an email to okdv@indiana.edu or call (812)856-4128 to reserve your tickets. Please note that dress is to be semi-formal. Tickets will cost $25 for students and $30 for the general public.

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Outreach Kenya is a student organization at Indiana University that is partnered with Neighbors in Action, an organization based in Burnt, Kenya. Neighbors in Action provides a variety of services for their community: home-based care for people living with HIV/AIDS, support for over 1,000 orphans and vulnerable children in the care of extended family members through food and uniform distribution, the guarantee of food security for at-risk families through distribution and agricultural training, and education of the local community about HIV/AIDS through peer education and economic empowerment initiatives. All proceeds from the Neighbors in Action Benefit Dinner will be sent directly to Neighbors in Action.

The majority of this violence has occurred in the western part of Kenya, the region in which Neighbors in Action is located. As a result, the mission of Neighbors in Action has been compromised by the need to rebuild infrastructures after buildings have been razed and people have fled. It is more important than ever that Neighbors in Action receive funding so that they may continue in their mission to lessen the impact and burden of HIV/AIDS in their community.