Give a Kenyan Girl a Chance to go to School!

Become a godparent to a child in Osiri Beach fishing village. Open the door to a better future and sustainable development.

Twelve girls from Osiri Beach have been able to start school  thanks to the collection of the jubilee year of IBBY Finland.  

We hope that you or your group of godparents would take the responsibility of the study expenses of  one girl. The yearly fee is 300 euros and covers the school uniform, the study books and the accommodation of the goddaughter until she is able to manage on her own.  It is possible to pay the fee in two parts, in July and in January. In Kenya the school year is divided into three terms.  IBBY Finland stays in touch with the goddaughters  through Osiri Beach Library and keeps you informed about the progress they make.

Please contact the secretary or the chair person of IBBY Finland in all matters concerning the godparenthood.

IBBY Finland was granted membership in KEPA (the Service Centre for Development Cooperation) in the spring of 2009.

Learn more about Kenya and Osiri Beach Fishing Village

With financial support from the Foreign Ministry IBBY Finland has published a booklet  "Lennä lennä pääskynen", which tells about life in Osiri Beach fishing village situated on Lake Victoria. The booklet has been edited by Sirkka-Liisa Heinonen, Maija Karjalainen and Maija Korhonen.

For inquiries about the book please contact the secretary or the chair person of IBBY Finland.

Lennä lennä pääskynen Exhibition

This exhibition was prepared in Osiri Beach and Egerton in Kenya and in Juvanpuisto School in Espoo and Meilahti Secondary School in Helsinki.

The exhibition was on view in a Helsinki City Cultural Centre Annantalo from May 17-31, 2009. During 2010 the exhibition will circulate in the municipal libraries of Rantasalmi and Juva and in April 2010 in Kallio library in Helsinki.