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LATEST KIRF NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE:
- Ventura, CA (May 16, 2008)
KIRF returning to help refugees in Northern Thailand
KIRF founder Mark Kirwin will be returning to Northern Thailand in June to help with the current humanitarian crises caused, in part, by Hurricane Nargis on May 3, 2008. Please check back for more details soon.
- Bangkok, Thailand (March 20, 2008)
First Tsunami Orphan Awarded a KIRF University Scholarship
 "I cannot express the amount of joy I have reading your report. We are so very glad that KIRF was able to help," Mark Kirwin said upon hearing that the first tsunami orphan will get a scholarship to college. A few days ago the Population and Community Development Association (PDA), a renown sustainable development and public health organization based in Bangkok, Thailand, announced that the first tsunami orphan received a scholarship to the Rajabhat Phuket University, courtesy of KIRF. The selected scholar is a 19 year old girl from the Phang Nga province. She lost her father and the sole family wage earner at the time to the tsunami. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree.
It has been about three years since Mark's brother Dr. Paul Kirwin of Yale University began raising funds for an educational scholarship to benefit tsunami orphans. After many negotiations and trips back and forth to Thailand, a young women will get a better chance at life and go to college this Fall. More information about the KIRF Fund for Tsunami Orphans >
Senator Viravaidya and Mark Kirwin in Bangkok at PDA's headquarters setting up the KIRF Educational Fund for Tsunami Orphans. Photo: KIRF Collection
- Lima, Peru (March 16, 2008)
KIRF delivered school supplies to an acutely underfunded school in the Andes and financed micro-loans to benefit women in Lima
 KIRF founder Mark Kirwin with volunteer and experienced aid worker Patrick Rea really made a positive difference for the students of a K-12 school high up in the Andes. They did this by delivering culturally appropriate textbooks, reference books and art supplies requested by the teachers of this acutely underfunded school. In addition to this effort, KIRF assisted a battered women's shelter non-profit in Lima. KIRF financed a new micro-loan program for the women and puchased reams of cloth to help them start a clothing manufacturing shop. Because the Lima non-profit was short on living supplies, KIRF also delivered food staples and vitamins for the women and their children. With KIRF's help the ladies of a battered women's shelter will be able to support themselves and their children. Check out some photos of this productive KIRF relief project in Peru >
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