Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Friends Of Yimbo Engage All Friends of Yimbo ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://friendsofyimbo.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://friendsofyimbo.org/blog/) - [2023 Trip, a return to Yimbo post pandemic.](https://friendsofyimbo.org/2020-trip-to-yimbo/) - The people in Yimbo welcomed us back to the village after a three-year absence due to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 and 2021, we learned new ways to stay connected with Yimbo and remotely supported them. On June 28th, the melodic singing by the women and dancing, was what we had all longed - [2019 Trip To Yimbo](https://friendsofyimbo.org/2019-trip-to-yimbo/) - Volunteers and School Explore Development of a School Lunch Program. The effects of climate change continue to affect Yimbo. The longer dry seasons and shorter rainy seasons have exacerbated food insecurity in the village. Muguna School attests to many families that can barely feed their children three square meals a day. Majority of the - [2018 Trip To Yimbo and Egypt](https://friendsofyimbo.org/2018-trip-to-yimbo-and-egypt/) - Inspired by the work of the previous travelers to Yimbo, another group of 15 volunteers completed a very successful trip to Muguna Village in July 2018. The volunteers stayed a total of six nights in the village and worked alongside the people of Muguna in the focus areas of education, micro-enterprise, public health and clean water. - [2016 Trip to Yimbo](https://friendsofyimbo.org/are-you-ready-get-set-go-2/) - 19 volunteers wrapped up another remarkable trip to Muguna Village in June 2016. During this trip, the volunteers worked alongside the people of Muguna to continue our FOY work in the focus areas of education, micro-enterprise, public health and clean water. Thanks to your generous donations: 1. Held a book fair for the students and distributed - [2012 Trip to Yimbo](https://friendsofyimbo.org/september-2014-trip-to-yimbo-2/) - What an incredible year it was. Not only was it the largest number of volunteers that FOY has ever organized but we delivered on the clean safe water that the village had waited for so desperately! This was a year for FOY to remember for a long time, by every account our proudest moment! Through the tens - [2014 Trip to Yimbo](https://friendsofyimbo.org/year-in-review-2013-2/) - This trip had many returning volunteers some visiting for the third time. As an organization, FOY appreciates that this trip is more than just a onetime adventure for some but a mission to accomplish many things. As FOY always provides a time for the group to reflect round a camp fire, many returning volunteers shared their reasons - [2011 Trip to Yimbo](https://friendsofyimbo.org/are-you-ready-get-set-go/) - Determined to keep the momentum and promises made in 2009, Friends of Yimbo managed to send a small team of three volunteers to the village. FOY continued to develop the partnership with the village. We learn from each other and together the quality of life improves. Kaye, Carolyn and Mary become the mighty three volunteers for they - [2010 Trip to Yimbo](https://friendsofyimbo.org/2010-trip-to-yimbo/) - An important milestone for Friends of Yimbo. Ability to organize a follow up trip so soon after the first one is very gratifying. It was yet another big Yimbo welcome and expectations were high. The opening of the school library in 2009 was a tough act to follow. What we came to understand is that the village - [2009 Trip to Yimbo](https://friendsofyimbo.org/2009-trip-to-yimbo/) - Seventeen volunteers got on a plane to Nairobi then took the six hour drive to Yimbo where a momentous welcome awaited them. This marked the first FOY humanitarian trip to Yimbo. Over one hundred people from the village turned out in their “Sunday best” to welcome their visitors that had flown over 10,000 miles to spend four ## Pages - [Home](https://friendsofyimbo.org/) - Friends of Yimbo is dedicated to empowering local communities through education and sustainable development. 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