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Field Report, Peru

Field Report: KIRF Helping Homeless Earthquake Survivors in Peru

A 7.9 Magnitude earthquake struck Peru on August 15 of this year. The earthquake flattened homes, buildings and churches in the coastal areas of Peru from the town of Cañete to south of the town of Ica. The devastation extended…

Angela Kirwin
October 17, 2007

Field Report, Myanmar

Field Report: KIRF Assisting Karen refugees from Myanmar with medical supplies donated by Ventura dentist and others

The young Asian woman told me that the Burmese military placed land mines in her family’s rice field. So she fled with her family across the border from Burma to the Thailand border refuge camps. They had no money in…

Angela Kirwin
June 15, 2007

Field Report, Thailand

Field Report: KIRF helping children in Thailand orphaned by AIDS and the tsunami disaster

Thank you to everyone who helped with this most recent KIRF humanitarian relief trip. Our trip was a great success! During this trip KIRF help orphaned children infected with HIV/AIDS, in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. KIRF negotiated the final legal…

Angela Kirwin
February 2, 2007

Field Report, Tanzania

Field Report: Drought relief for a Maasai village school, support of schools and conservation programs for the impoverished and helping mamas groups in Tanzania

I traveled to Tanzania this summer to see if we could help with drought relief and deliver school supplies that the acutely underfunded local public schools needed. The trip was in part coordinated through my contacts at the Jane Goodall…

Angela Kirwin
September 15, 2006

Field Report, Thailand

Field Report: KIRF Scholarship Fund for Tsunami Orphans Established

Mission Accomplished! Last month, Mark Kirwin, Co-Founder, returned from a successful trip to Thailand where he established the KIRF tsunami orphan scholarship fund. While in Thailand, he interviewed university officials and met with Senator Mechai Viravaidya, Founder and Chairman of…

Angela Kirwin
June 3, 2006

Tanzania

Helping People Help Themselves in Tanzania

“Helping People Help Themselves” sums up best KIRF’s philosophy and method of disaster relief and sustainable development. We aim to develop long-term self-sufficency that enhances natural resources in the communities we assist. Our humanitarian aid is an act of compassion…

Angela Kirwin
May 12, 2006

Thailand

Mark is off to Thailand May 10th for tsunami relief

Mark Kirwin (co-founder of KIRF) is off to Thailand in a couple of weeks. He will meet with several colleges to see about delivering our educational scholarship funds into a scholarship account for Tsunami Orphans at one of the local…

Angela Kirwin
May 2, 2006

Hurricane Preparedness Tips: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina in Petal, Mississippi

We learned a lot in post-hurricane Katrina Mississippi about what to expect after a major disaster hits and how to prepare for one. Our generous host, tour guide and local KIRF volunteer James Moore – alderman for the woodsy subburb…

Angela Kirwin
January 11, 2006

Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief in Mississippi

Hurricane Katrina was our next disaster relief commitment eight months after we began Kirwin International Relief Foundation (KIRF) with our first disaster relief project in response to the Andaman Sea Tsunami catastrophe in Thailand. Our inititial goal was modest due…

Angela Kirwin
January 10, 2006

Field Report, USA

Field Report: Katrina Youth Project: Ventura’s KIRF Roots & Shoots Holiday Card Exchange

Our Kirwin Family Roots & Shoots initiated a Holiday Card Exchange in December with several hundred elementary school students affected by hurricane Katrina in Picayune, MS to show to show these kids that kids outside of the hurricane disaster area…

Angela Kirwin
January 10, 2006

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