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Field Report, Nicaragua

Field Report: Assessing Conservation Tourism Potential in Playa Gigante, Nicaragua with Trail Mapping and a Howler Monkey Census

While we were in Playa Gigante in June this year helping out with the construction of the new Gigante Community Health Center, we wanted to see if there were any eco-tourism opportunities in town to help out the local women…

Angela Kirwin
August 28, 2013

Field Report, Nicaragua

KIRF Field Report: Gigante Community Health Center in Playa Gigante, Nicaragua

Volunteers pushing up the water tower for the Gigante Community Health Center. Photo: Angela R. Kirwin It is always amazes me how fast our summers go by. It seems like just yesterday that we were in Nicaragua working with Project…

Angela Kirwin
July 30, 2013

Field Report, Nicaragua

KIRF Field Report: Women’s Sports & Health in Playa Gigante, Nicaragua

Playa Gigante, Nicaragua We returned to Playa Gigante, Nicaragua in December, this time with our kids, to help out two local non-profits that are doing a lot to keep this part of the world beautiful and the locals healthy and…

Angela Kirwin
February 2, 2013
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Field Report, USA

KIRF Field Report: Hurricane Sandy Relief in New York City

On Friday, December 7th, Mark Kirwin, founder of KIRF and member of the Rotary Club of Ventura, with Steve Doll, who is also a member of the Rotary Club of Ventura, traveled to New York city to help the on-going…

Angela Kirwin
December 12, 2012

Nicaragua

Empowering Young Women Through Softball in Playa Gigante, Nicaragua

Mark Kirwin at Playa Gigante Surf nomads discovered the perfect surf breaks of the west coast of Nicaragua about 30 years ago. From Playa Colorado to Playa Popoyo, surfers from all over the world have made the Pacific coast of…

Angela Kirwin
December 11, 2012

Field Report, Haiti

KIRF Field Report: Oranges de Bainet, Haiti

Mark Kirwin at the unfinished primary school in Oranges de Bainet, Haiti Right after the 2010 earthquake, KIRF helped supply food staples to a remote village in Haiti called Oranges de Bainet. Since that relief trip, I have been in…

Angela Kirwin
July 30, 2012
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India

KIRF’s Sewing Centre in Shekhwara Village in Bihar, India

Most people understand that the best way to help people who are in economic need is to help them in a way that allows them to help themselves become financially self-sufficient. Doing things this way not only assures that the…

Angela Kirwin
July 22, 2012

Myanmar

Refugee, migrant and IDP children in Burma get school supplies from KIRF

KIRF has been getting needed school supplies and some food aid to IDP (“internally displaced people”) children in conflict areas in the Eastern Karen State of Burma and to child refugees in northern Thailand since 2008. We have been able…

India

IHC fiscal miss-management has hurt hundreds of non-profits, including KIRF India

[KIRF India’s students and staff at Kirwin James International School, Shekhwara August 2011] We are very saddened to hear of the sudden closure of IHC (International Humanity Center) and the tragic consequences for hundreds of non-profits; including KIRF India. Please…

Angela Kirwin
February 15, 2012

Field Report, New Zealand

Field Report: KIRF’s Earthquake Relief in Christchurch, NZ

On February 22nd this year a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand. The earthquake destroyed or rendered un-inhabitable most of the downtown commercial district in Christchurch and the neighboring harbor city of Lyttelton (where it toppled the once famous…

Angela Kirwin
April 21, 2011
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