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the HABARI times

December 2009
Volume 5, Number 3 (468 KB PDF)

• Help HYTES Send 150 Youth to Secondary School in 2010
• Fundraiser Update: Music to Our Ears
• Student Profile: Peter Mikobi
• Donation Form

October 2009
Volume 5, Number 2 (676 KB PDF)

• HYTES Awards "Volunteer of the Year"
• Help HYTES Send Youth to Secondary School
• Truly the gift that keeps on giving...HYTES Gift Cards
• Kokopelli in Concert...reaching new HYTES!
• Edmonton to Tanzania Penpals
• Language and Culture Feature: Memories of Summer
• HYTES Help Wanted. Exciting Volunteer Positions.
• The Kenyan Education System: An Analysis

June 2009
Volume 5, Number 1 (519 KB PDF)

• HYTES Fifth Annual Summer Fun Fundraiser
• HYTES Edmonton Fundraiser a Tremendous Success!
• A Letter of Thanks from Kenya
• Language and Culture Feature: Correspondence
• My Most Excellent Day with HYTES Students
• HYTES Awarded Grant from Macewan's Global Education Fund

February 2009
Volume 4, Number 3 (613 KB PDF)

• What we did on our Winter Vacation!
• Language & Culture Feature: Flirting & Dating
• HYTES Announces Turn On Calgary menu
• Letters of Thanks from HYTES Students in Tanzania
• Local Grassroots charity making a splash with Valentine's Day Gala Fundraiser
• Purchase Form for Turn On Calgary tickets

January 2009
Volume 4, Number 2 (917 KB PDF)

• Letters of thanks from Kenya
• Turn On Calgary - A Valentine's Day Fundraiser
• Premier Kenyan Safari silent auction package
• Language and Culture Feature on Love and Friendship
• Purchase Form for Turn On Calgary tickets

June 2008
Volume 4, Number 1 (419 KB PDF)

• Mission Statement and Objectives
• Fourth Annual Summer Fun Fundraiser
• Inaugural Valentine's Fundraiser
• The Rabinal Achi Dance Drama
• Student Profiles
• Free HYTES Education and Resource Package
• HYTES at the Calgary Folk Music Festival
• Website of Interest: ourstories.org
• "Thanks dear HYTES" - a poem by Winfred Nthuka Mutungi
• Donation Form

April 2008
Volume 3, Number 6 (437 KB PDF)

• 150 HYTES Scholarships for the 2008 School Year!
• Volunteer Vibe
• Book Review: Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight
• An African Experience
• Why We Wanted to Give our Christmas Money to HYTES
• Big Money! A grant from the Wild Rose Foundation
• Language of Love and Culture Feature: Love and Friendship
• Vote of Thanks for Supporters of Edmonton's Fall FUNdraiser

December 2007
Volume 3, Number 5 (410 KB PDF)

• Fun with Swahili
• Help HYTES Send Students to School
• How Much Does Secondary School Cost?
• Holidays Gift Giving Ideas
• Student Profile: Edward Nobo
• Oh What a Night!
• Teaching at Mawengi Secondary School, Tanzania

November 2007
Volume 3, Number 4 (742 KB PDF)

• Where does HYTES Help?
• HYTES Fundraiser and Concert in Edmonton November 24
• Talking Strategy
• Movie Review: The Last King of Scotland
• HYTES in Uganda
• Fun with Swahili

July 2007
Volume 3, Number 3 (440 KB PDF)

• New Mission Statement
• Want free tickets to the Calgary Folk Music Festival?
• Education - The Way Forward to Save Africa
• Fun with Spanish
• Third Annual Summer Fun Fundraiser Recap
• A Poem in K'iché, Spanish and English
• Win 20 World Music CDs at the Calgary Folk Music Festival
• HYTES at the Edmonton Heritage Festival
• Fun with Swahili
• Guatemalan Language Fun
• Garage Sale Trail 2007
• Grade Three's Quilt Raffle for HYTES

June 2007
Volume 3, Number 2 (449 KB PDF)

• Third Annual Summer Fun Fundraiser
• HYTES Donor Contest!
• Volunteers Needed
• Online HYTES Bookstore
• Garage Sale Trail 2007
• HYTES at the Calgary Folk Music Festival
• HYTES at the Edmonton Heritage Festival
• Spanish Conversation Workshops

May 2007
Volume 3, Number 1 (486 KB PDF)

• Third Annual Summer Fun Fundraiser
• 78 Scholarships Provided for the 2007 School Year!
• Five Year Equalization Plan
• Volunteer Vibe
• Book Review: "28 Stories of AIDS in Africa"
• A Thank You Letter to HYTES
• Goal for June: Raise $920 to send these three students back to school in January 2008
• Building a better HYTES
• Commentary on "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier"

December 2006
Volume 2, Number 4 (579 KB PDF)

• Help HYTES Send More Students to School in January 2007
• How Much Does Secondary Education Cost?
• Essays from HYTES Scholars in Nairobi, Kenya
  • Life in Kenya
  • Our Country Kenya
  • Kenya - A Land Rich in Diversity

September 2006
Volume 2, Number 3 (795 KB PDF)

• Mission Statement
• Renew Your Membership
• See a Play, Help a Student:
  Swimming with Goldfish on September 12
• Garage Sale Trail in SW Calgary on September 9
• Time to Deliver:
  Reflections on the 16th International AIDS Conference
• Students Writing Students:
  Starting a penpal program
• Photo Sale Fundraiser on August 16 in Aurora, Ontario
• Spanish Conversation Workshops
• Buy a T-Shirt, Help a Student
• How Much Does Secondary School Cost?
• Second Annual Summer Fun Fundraiser: Update

July 2006
Volume 2, Number 2 (416 KB PDF)

• Mission Statement
• Second Annual Summer Fun Fundraiser
• HYTES Announces Scholarship Programs for Zambia and Guatemala
• HYTES at the Calgary Folk Music Festival
• HYTES on CBC Radio One
• Garage Sale Trail: September 9, 2006
• South Africa and Zambia: a personal story
• HYTES Journey 2005-06
• Right To Play: A Worldwide Win

May 2006
Volume 2, Number 1 (509 KB PDF)

• Mission Statement
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Annual General Meeting
• Second Annual Summer Fundraiser
• Tax Receipts
• Student Profiles
• Financial Statements
• Movie Review: Totsi
• Host a Games Tournament
• Tea in the Serengeti
• Fun with Swahili: Kaka na dada

January 2006
Volume 1, Number 2 (364 KB PDF)

• Mission Statement
• Volunteer Opportunities
• 2005 Alberta Resource Rebate Cheques
• HYTES Now Accepts Online Donations
• Student Scholarships
• Thank You Letters from Students
• Movie Review: Nowhere in Africa
• Website Review: www.comminit.com
• Fun with Swahili: Poa kachizi kama ndizi
• HYTES Tax Receipts
• Useful Links

December 2005
Volume 1, Number 1 (370 KB PDF)

• Corporate Update
• Mission Statement
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Holiday Gift Donations
• Student Scholarships
• The State of Schooling in Kenya
• The East African Spirit
• Book Review: Race Against Time
• Movie Review: Constant Gardener
• Enrollment Statistics

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