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FREEPORT RESIDENT Sukie Rice, left, talks with Dorothy Musimbi Selebwa of Kakamega, Kenya, in this 2004 file photo. Selebwa had come to the United States to help raise support for an orphanage in Kakamega for children whose parents have died of AIDS. Rice and other Mainers at the time joined together to raise support for the program.
FREEPORT RESIDENT Sukie Rice, left, talks with Dorothy Musimbi Selebwa of Kakamega, Kenya, in this 2004 file photo. Selebwa had come to the United States to help raise support for an orphanage in Kakamega for children whose parents have died of AIDS. Rice and other Mainers at the time joined together to raise support for the program.
DURHAM — Durham Friends Meeting and Friends of Kakamega will host the annual Kenyan Orphan Project Benefit Dinner on Saturday, June 29.

A chicken barbecue or veggie kabob dinner with strawberry shortcake is planned at 5:30 p.m. at the Durham Friends Meetinghouse, 532 Quaker Meetinghouse Road at the corner of Route 125.

Tickets are $12 in advance or $14 at the door, with discounts for teens, seniors, children and families.

Friends of Kakamega is a non-governmental organization that founded by group of Quaker women that provides schooling and sponsorships for orphaned children in Kakamega, Kenya.

To reserve a ticket call 353-6354 or email pastor@durhamfriendsmeeting.org.

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Friends of Kakamega is a Mainebased nonprofit organization that finances the building and running of the Care Centre in Kakamega (kitchen, dining hall and dormitories), finds sponsors for the children, and organizes a yearly service trip for Americans to visit the Care Centre.

According to the website, www.FriendsOfKakamega. org, the Kakamega Orphans Care Centre provides a home for children deemed most needy by the women in their villages.

The Care Centre opened in January 2005 and now houses up to 50 children aged 6 to 17 with house parents, a pastor/ counselor and support staff. Living at the Care Centre is a miracle for the children, who often arrived sickly, traumatized and hopeless. It offers a cooperative family environment, where children receive healthy meals, loving care, medical attention and the opportunity for an education.


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