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September 2011 Newsletter is available here!

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September 2011 Newsletter

Please click on the link to read and share.  We encourage you to forward this newsletter on to anyone you think will find it compelling.  We are always looking for sponsors and contributors.
 

Past Newsletters are also available:

 

June 2011 FoNR Newsletter

  

March 2011 Newsletter

 

 News

Friends of Ngong Road is also in the news! Click on the following links to see some of the newspaper and magazine articles that have been written about us.

Mitchell County Press News, April 12, 2011

 

From Mitchell County to Kenya

For Mitchell County resident Paula Meyer, it all started during a family trip to Kenya in 2005. On this visit, Meyer met a gentleman by the name of Peter Ndungu of Nairobi, Kenya.

She stated when she first met Peter he shared his sadness about the children in Nairobi, especially the children living along Ngong Road.  CLICK HERE TO  READ FULL STORY.

 

St. Paul Pioneer Press, October 31, 2010

The knock on the hotel room door in Kenya that would significantly change Paula Meyer's life came as the then-Twin Cities corporate executive and family members rushed to pack and catch a plane back home from a safari vacation.  View Full Story



Mitchell County Press, October 22, 2009

Coverage of Paula and Peter's visit to St. Ansgar, Iowa.

Luther News, March 6, 2009

The history of the founding of Friends of Ngong Road and the participation on Luther grads Paula Meyer, Sue Tjornehoj and Keith Kale.

Metro Lutheran, January, 2009

Kenyan orphans finding U.S. friends.  New Twin Cities nonprofit helping upper Midwest Lutherans "adopt" children whose parents died from complications related to AIDS.

Coast Magazine, December 11, 2008

Vacationing in Generosity. Philanthropic travelers can have it all - opulent surroundings, stunning sites and a chance to make a difference.

Sussex Sun (Wisconsin), May 30, 2007

Leah Jensen sponsors "Kenya Palooza" in support of Friends of Ngong Road.