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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

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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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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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

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

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

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