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The program has attracted wide support across a large cross section of the Tweed community. Soccer clubs, schools, farmers and service clubs are linking into the program
A selection of media reports have been made available
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Local firm becomes project partner
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December 2007
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Local firm JH Williams and Sons has joined the Tweed Kenya Mentoring Program (TKMP) as a project partner.....
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Cleaning Up Kenya's Water
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February 2007
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Unknown
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FOR one horrible moment, the Tweed Shire's Floodplain Project officer, Dr Marty Hancock, thought the water purification system he had just installed.....
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Marty's Gift to Kenya
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February 2007
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Unknown
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A Tweed Shire Council officer wil spend his holidays installing a water filtration system at a remote African community.....
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Kenyan High Commissioner
To visit Tweed
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16 February 2007
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THE High Commsissioner of the Republic of Kenya His Excellency John Lanyasunya will visit the Tweed next week as part of the Tweed-Kenyan Mentoring Program.....
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Jazz and volunteering helps
Tweed Kenyan Mentoring Program
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9 February 2007
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A Tweed Shire Council staff member is looking forward to his holidays despite he prospect of accommodation in a thatched rook mud hut.....
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Mt St Patrick Primary School
Welcomes Mwangi
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1 August 2006
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Mt St Patrick
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FOR those who do not already know, Mt St Patrick Primary School has recently enrolled a student from Africa.....
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Can-do crusader to clean up in Kenya
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17 July 2006
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Gold Coast Bulletin
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ECOLOGIST Natalie Baker is about to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime journey into the wilds of Africa.....
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Sam has a ball out of Africa
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13 July 2006
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Tweed Sun
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WHEN people suggest the Zietlow family has been generous in agreeing to host a Kenyan orphan for six months, Bernie Zietlow shakes his head.....
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Shirts, boots a novelty for soccer boys
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12 January 2006
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Tweed Sun
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MWANGI has only two goals in life - to bend it like Beckham and to avoid a future of glue sniffing and delinquency.....
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11 years old and helping
a mentoring program
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27 June 2006
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Tweed Link
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A young boy's dream of playing soccer in Australia came true last week when staff of Tweed Shire Council sponsored a six month visit.....
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Boots give sprig of hope to kids
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29 September 2005
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Daily News
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IN a country crippled by poverty, soccer offers Kenyan children an escape.....
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Improving Kenya's water
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23 September 2005
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Daily News
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EVERY time Tweed residents turn on a tap they are helping improve the quality of water in the central African nation of Kenya.....
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Proud to live in Tweed
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6 September 2005
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Daily News
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I was at one and the same time both delighted and dissapointed at your coverage last Tuesday of Stage 3 of the Kenya Mentoring Program in Kenya.....
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Help fight plight
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30 August 2005
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Daily News
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THE Tweed business community has been challenged to match council contributions towards a water purification program in Kenya.....
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Old jumpers head to Kenyan kids
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30 June 2005
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Daily Mail
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"WHAT do you do with old shirts? Well in the case of some local Tweed Clubs you send them to keen young teams in Kenya.....
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Our environmental scientist takes on trade waste problem in Nairobi
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14 December 2004
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Tweed Link
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"WAVES of frustration and joy" are the very real emotions described by
Tweed Shire Council environmental scientist Karen Cranney as her volunteer work
in the slums of Nairobi in Kenya comes to an end.....
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