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KIRF gets media coverage in Ventura County Star “Ventura family fulfilling needs worldwide”

KIRF got some publicity yesterday (finally!). Journalist Alicia Doyle wrote a nice full page article about our “KIRF work” that was published in the Communities section of the Ventura County Star newspaper. The article wrote about our “client-driven/ informal aid…

Angela Kirwin
February 19, 2009
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Field Report, USA

Field Report: DC Homeless Children: Helping the Homelss Children’s Playtime Project in Washington, DC for the National Day of Service

Four volunteers of the Kirwin International Relief Foundation (KIRF) headed to Washington, DC on January 16 to provide assistance for homeless children to heed President-Elect Obama’s request for Americans to do a community service project to honor the spirit of…

Angela Kirwin
February 13, 2009

Thailand

“Giving where we are needed” and KIRF work

I’ve been meaning to post this quotation by John Records, a homeless activist, that describes why I enjoy doing “KIRF work“. I read it in the Sun Magazine last month in the Letters section. Here it is: “We may have…

Angela Kirwin
February 6, 2009

Ventura Family Witnessed History and Helped Homeless Children in Washington, DC

Ventura, California (February 3, 2009): Ventura volunteers Mark, Angela, Kai and Makani Kirwin of Kirwin International Relief Foundation (KIRF) headed to Washington, DC on January 16 to provide assistance for homeless children to heed President-Elect Obama’s request for Americans to…

Angela Kirwin
February 5, 2009

KIRF in DC for family service project

Our family is doing a service project while in Washington, DC to attend President-Elect Obama’s inauguration. We don’t have tickets to anything other than the flights to get there and the airfare and hotel is over our budget. But that…

Angela Kirwin
January 14, 2009

Myanmar

Photos from Burma of KIRF school supplies at IDP camps

We just got two envelopes of photos taken inside of Burma of two IDP (Internally Displaced Person) refugee camp schools with the new school supplies we sent them via our local partners. We paid for textbooks, writing supplies, art supplies,…

Angela Kirwin
August 21, 2008

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quote for the day re: helping others

“It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.” by HH Dalai Lama (from the…

Angela Kirwin
August 6, 2008

Myanmar

KIRF is getting disaster relief supplies into Burma (Myanmar)

Field Report by Mark Kirwin Mae Sot, Thailand June 10, 2008 The tragedy in Burma from Cyclone Nargis that his on May 2nd is far worse than what we have been lead to believe. During the last few days, I…

Angela Kirwin
July 21, 2008

Field Report, Myanmar

Field Report: KIRF getting disaster relief supplies into Burma (Myanmar)

The tragedy in Burma from Cyclone Nargis that hit on May 2nd is far worse than what we have been lead to believe. During the last few days, I have interviewed Burmese refugees and seen footage of the tragedy that…

Angela Kirwin
June 10, 2008

Field Report, Mexico

Field Report: KIRF Delivers needed Supplies and Gifts to Orphanage and Battered Women’s Shelter in Tijuana for Christmas

I walked from one room to the next, up a short flight of stairs, he jumped into my arms from the top of the stairs, little arms and legs wrapped around me as he gave me a huge hug. He…

Angela Kirwin
December 23, 2007

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