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Tralee’s Joan O’Regan (pictured far right) was part of the hugely successful ‘Plant The Planet’ Project in Kenya last week with Brighter Communities Worldwide.
A RETIRED teacher from Ballymullen has just completed a week’s logistical work with Brighter Communities Worldwide in Kenya .
Joan O’Regan, who has been involved with the organisation for a number of years, delivered the Brighter Communities Worldwide ‘Life skills’ programme which includes modules such as Communication Skills, Hygiene, Contraception, Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Menstrual Health.
The programmes aim are to deliver access to good affordable health care, education to strengthen knowledge and economic empowerment to provide income and independence. Priority is given to vulnerable groups such as women and girls and people with disabilities.
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Speaking from Nairobi Joan said; “This was one of the best experiences of my life . It was both humbling and a privilege to be part of this huge group of people, all striving for the one aim, to help create a better world for all. The energy was just electric . To see and be part of this was an experience I will never forget.”
“Every time I travel to Kenya to volunteer for the charity I see more and more improvements . This time I could easily see the impact and the benefits to the community and to individual families of the work of Brighter Communities Worldwide on the ground. I visited homesteads and communities where lives have been completely transformed by interaction with the Charity.”
“Every bit of progress has a knock on effect and improves life in so many ways for so many people and for the community”.
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“My friends and family in Tralee and throughout Kerry and the wider country have been very supportive of my relationship with BCW and have contributed thousands of euros when I go fundraising. They are very generous because they too can see that the donations they give go directly to the people they want to help and is spent in a way that it has most impact on the greatest number of people”.
Brighter Communities Worldwide works with the community leaders in prioritising the issues important to them and working out a way to deliver the programmes to the community.
Each community has ownership of the projects and in this way they are sustainable and achievable. The issues include access to clean water, good affordable health care, an income that can sustain a family so that strong healthy communities can thrive and build sustainable livelihoods.
