Category Field Report

Field Report, USA

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

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

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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Field Report, Guatemala

KIRF Field Report: Guatemala 2015/2016

On November 12, 2015, KIRF President, Mark Kirwin journeyed to Guatemala with fellow Rotarian Marty Armstrong to deliver medical supplies purchased by the members of the Rotary Club of Ventura to a Clinic that provides medical care and nutritional therapy…

Angela Kirwin
April 13, 2016

Field Report, Nepal

Field Report: Nepal Earthquake Relief, May 2015

As we approached the airport in Kathmandu, after many hours of travel through London and Delhi, I got two impressions: (1) Why were there pallets of what appeared to be aid stacked on the side of the airport, and (2)…

Field Report, Philippines

Field Report: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Disaster Relief in the Philippines

A girl with her census of families who lost their homes and people missing after Typhoon Haiyan Photo: Mark Kirwin Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on November 8, 2013. We watched its approach via the internet, fearing for the people…

Angela Kirwin
January 17, 2014

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

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