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KIRF Field Report: Fires Pandemonic Relief

In 2018, KIRF assisted victims of the Paradise fire with gift cards so the could purchase items as needed. This work continued in 2019 and 2020, assisting victims of the Carr fire in 2019 and a fire near Simi Valley California. It…

Angela Kirwin
February 18, 2021

Cambodia

Cambodia: Beautiful people, ancient splendar, lush forests, chronic poverty and the “NGO Economy”

Stephen Kirwin and Cambodian friends mark Kirwin and his brother Stephen traveled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia after doing tsunami relief in Thailand in May 2005. This was the most efficient way to help out in Cambodia, considereing the airfare from…

Angela Kirwin
February 15, 2021

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Observations of a Volunteer Mediator at Climate Change Talks in Bonn

31 May – Day 1 This is May 31. I am now here in Bonn after quite a journey getting here through the trains, etc. Wonderful country, Germany. Four hours of sleep, just ran a wonderful hill getting ready…physically and…

Angela Kirwin
February 11, 2021

Field Report, Thailand

KIRF FIELD REPORT: Helping Make Sure No Special Needs Child is Overlooked on Koh Samui, Thailand

While traveling in southern Thailand, Kai Kirwin, son of KIRF co-founder Mark Kirwin, and his friend Kyle Crooke found out about a new but underfunded boarding and day school for special needs children in need of help. The Special Needs…

Angela Kirwin
February 11, 2021

Preparing for a Natural Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

After last week’s minor 3.0 earthquake near our main office just off the coast of Carpinteria, I mentally reviewed if our family was prepared for a natural disaster. Since Ventura is a coastal community in California, the biggest natural disaster…

Angela Kirwin
February 11, 2021

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Aid Work Jobs: So you want to a paid teaching job

A friend of mine asked if I knew of any aid work jobs. She is an unemployed teacher with years of experience but since she moved recently to a new school district she did not have tenure and a protected…

Angela Kirwin
February 11, 2021

Field Report, USA

KIRF Field Report: Thomas fire families we helped in Ventura County, California in 2017

Original date: March 4, 2018 As the flames lit up the night sky on December 4th, we watched with horror as a massive wall of red flames burned up over the ridge line above our town to the…

Angela Kirwin
March 5, 2018

Field Report, USA

KIRF Field Report: Hurricane Harvey Relief in Houston, Texas 2017

It’s always hard to make a choice of who to help when disaster strikes. While driving to work one day, I heard interviews on NPR of survivors who had experienced the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. The pain in those voices…

Angela Kirwin
December 30, 2017

Field Report, USA

KIRF Field Report: Flooding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2016

Ruined trailer park flooded near the Comite River, Louisiana. Photo: Mark Kirwin Louisiana Relief 2016 As we were driving down roads stacked high on each side with ripped out drywall, furniture and moldy house hold goods, an elderly gentleman told…

Angela Kirwin
October 17, 2016
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Have fun and help raise funds for KIRF’s Disaster Relief in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

KIRF Co-founders Angela Kirwin and Mark Kirwin are volunteering this weekend at the Ventura Marathon. It begins and ends at the Ventura Pier and runs along the coast. Feel free to register for one of the races or fun walks–or…

Angela Kirwin
September 9, 2016

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