Humanitarian Projects
Child Welfare Center in Kenya
Proposed Child Welfare Center design. I am in the process of finalizing the building details of a child welfare center in Kenya. The welfare center will be built in Maragua town, which is located about 100 miles north of the capital of Nairobi. There has been a long...
Water Resource Management in Africa
Underground Hydro power plant under construction. In September 2010, the Honorable Mbau, a prominent member of the Kenyan parliament and chairman of the budget committee visited Sri Lanka as a gust of mine. I invited Hon. Mbau to Sri Lanka to see first-hand the water...
Distributing More Wheelchairs and Crutches in Kenya
Wheelchair donations in Thika, Kenya. In August of 2010, we donated 5 wheel chairs, 20 pairs of crutches and 4 walkers to the disabled community in Thika Town, Kenya. Thika is located approximately 50 miles from the capital of Nairobi. Ms. Alice Nganga organized the...
Making a Dream Come True
On my last trip to Kenya, I met an intriguing young man, Joseph Macharia Kimani, from the Maragua constituency in Kenya. Eight years ago, as a child of 9, he lost his arm in a tragic accident. In spite of the challenges of growing up with only one functional...
April 2010 – Africa
Taking care of the handicapped has been an important part of Bhante's work in Africa. In April of this year, he was able to donate 5 wheelchairs, 10 crutches and 5 walkers to a group of people in the Subukia constituency, near the city of Kisumu. As Bhante explains,...
Teaching and Humanitarian Projects in Kenya
Bhante Wimala giving a Dhamma talk at the temple on the 1st of November. From October 26th through November 1st Bhante traveled to Kenya and visited the Nairobi Buddhist Temple. Bhante Wimala has been the spiritual director and head monk of this Buddhist Center for...
Two Computers for Girl’s School in Kenya
Two of the teachers from the girl's school receiving the computers from Bhante at the Nairobi Buddhist Temple. On the 26th of October, 2009, following a request from school Principal Mrs. Mutaga, we donated two computers to the Rarakwa Secondary Girl's School in...
Fifty-five Homes Built in Kenya
Recepients of the houses gathered to greet Bhante when he arrived in Naiwasha to see the consturction of the houses. Fifty-five houses have now been completed since November of 2008. These houses are now occupied by families who were driven out of their villages by...
Heart to Heart: Donating Another Heart Monitor
Heart monitor was put into immediate use. The doctors and nurses rejoiced in the moment. Muranga District Hospital receives its first heart monitor. On the 13th of February, Triple Gem Society donated a multipurpose heart monitor to Muranga Hospital along with other...
Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk Donates in Kiharu
Ten more wheelchairs were donated. Nine physically challenged persons, Murang'a district hospital and Muriranjas Sub district hospital were recent beneficiaries from donations worth hundred thousands of shillings from Ven. Bhante Y. Wimala, a Buddhist monk from Sri...
Thirty-five Homes for the Homeless in Kenya
These are the homes the refugees had been living in for nine months. Very little help had been given to these people and I wondered how they could live this way for so long. In November of 2008 we were able to finish 25 homes in Molo, Kenya for those who were driven...
Food for 250 Refugee Families
Woman saying a prayer before receiving the food. After driving in mud and on dirt roads for a while we arrived at a refugee camp. What I saw was shocking and it made me sad. We had traveled about 200 km from the capital, Nairobi, and were in the Molo district of...
More Medical Equipment Donated
Wheelchairs, crutches and other medical equipment being prepared to load on the truck at the Nairobi Buddhist Vihara. David Schouela from Cambridge, MA joined Bhante Wimala on his November, 2007 visit to Kenya. David shared his experience of distributing medical...
Fifty Computers to Schools in Kenya
This elementary school received its first ever computer. Students as well as the teachers were happy and grateful. In today's world computer skills are more and more an essential skill. Many who have no opportunity to have computer training are left behind in our...
Donating More Medical Equipment
Loreshow health clinic is located in one of the poorest areas of Nairobi suburbs. On the side of the main building a few forty foot containers attached together provide extra space needed for the medical staff and the patients. When we were approached and asked to...