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| goinghomedotcom: Advocacy & Communication (ADCOM), 2005 |
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"It will only be through constant advocacy and communication (ADCOM) on issues concerning our culture of blissfully ignorant alcohol consumption in Kenya that this demon called pombe we have to live with, will be effectively caged. Without accurate information on the disease of alcoholism and the inherent dangers in indiscriminate alcohol consumption, it will continue to violently and gleefully rape our society, impregnating us with the grotesque and twisted spawn of suffering, pain, crime, incest, violence and despair so great as to be almost incomprehensible. Our society will continue giving birth to these bestial
offspring without letup until such time that we stop this wanton rape.
To that end we must cage 'the beast'. We ignore it at our own peril for
it wades on heedlessly in it's mindless, destructive orgy until there
is nobody left to rape - then it will begin to sodomise us." |
| A list of functions or events at which goinghomedotcom passes the awareness message on alcoholism and how to deal with the disease. These functions are also used by goinghomedotcom to sensitise the public on the dangers inherent in alcohol consumption with a view to creating demand reduction through education. These functions include drug abuse awareness and covering drug awareness functions for the goinghomedotcom Trust |
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| JANUARY |
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| DATE | EVENT | ORGANISER |
 Friday 14th January | 'Step to Step Moments with Kadidi' the shows host Kadidi talks with a director about what exactly the Trust does | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue KBC Studio's, Nairobi |
 Tuesday 18th January | Part two of an interview where Kadidi hears of plans by goinghomedotcom Trust to use music to pass the drug abuse awareness message | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue KBC offices Nairobi |
 Friday th January | Eileen Mlamba-Ogot with Kadidi | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue KBC Studio's, Nairobi |
 Tuesday th January | Eileen Mlamba-Ogot with Kadidi Part II | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue KBC Studio's, Nairobi |
 21st January | Injecting Drug Users (IDU) Outreach workshop | Asumbi Treatment Center/UNODC Venue Methodist Guesthouse, Nairobi |
 21st. January | goinghomedotcom Trust's Director David Ogot Snr. hands over prizes of 2 video tapes on alcoholism and two books worth Kshs. 2,400 to be presented to the winners on the show 'Step to Step moments with Kadidi' | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust HQ, Nairobi |
 25th January | Robert Kariuki a recovering addict who is also an artist signs up with goinghomedotcom Trust to do a series of cartoon strips for the Trust's website | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust's HQ |
| FEBRUARY |
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| DATE | EVENT | ORGANISER |
 Wednesday 2nd. February | Journalist Of The Year Awards (JOYA). For the second year running David Ogot Snr. wins an award for drug abuse reporting | Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ)/NACADA Venue Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi |
 Friday 8th. February | Meeting with musicians Wyre and Syd in planning cooperation with goinghomedotcom to use music as a vehicle to pass the message of awareness thro music using road-shows | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust HQ, Nairobi |
 Tuesday 8th February | Lady in red. Working to together to produce awareness literature | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust HQ., Nairobi |
 Tuesday 8th. February | Discussing modalities for setting up an alcohol awareness programme for alcoholics and the community in Korokocho informal settlement | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust HQ, Nairobi |
 Sunday 13th. February | The first awareness session is held at Korokocho. | goinghomedotcom Trust/Catholic Church Venue Korokocho informal settlement, Nairobi |
 Monday 14th. February | With Churchill Jones of Youth Against Immorality. goinghomedotcom Trust will design, host and maintain a website free of charge for YAI under it's World Wide Web Programme. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trusts offices, Nairobi |
 Sunday 20th. February | Walk to raise funds for Redhill Place Treatment Center in Tigoni which was flagged off by the Minister in Charge of Special Projects in the Office of the President, Njenga Karume. goinghome Video covered the event. | Redhill Place Venue Simba Union Grounds, Forest Rd., Nairobi |
Monday 21st - Friday 25th. February | Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA) meet at Kasarani Stadium. goinghomedotcom Trust had a stand with it's video tape on alcoholism Nobody Kicks A Dead Dog on sale as well as books on alco- holism and codependency | KPSA/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi |
 Sunday 27th. February | The video on alcoholism Nobody Kicks A Dead Dog was shown on STV. This very popular video has been shown on one Kenyan TV station or other since it was produced and launched in 2002. | GoingHome Video Venue All over Kenya |
| MARCH |
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| DATE | EVENT | ORGANISER |
 Thursday 3rd March | David Ogot of goinghomedotcom Trust gives a talk to members of the East African Women's League, (EAWL) on alcoholism and how to help an alcoholic | goinghomedotcom Trust/EAWL Venue Naivasha Sports Club, Naivasha |
 Friday 11th. March | Bill Sinkele of the SAPTA Trust donates 12 books on drug abuse to the GoingHome Libraries. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue SAPTA Trust Offices, Ndemi Road, Nairobi |
 Sunday 13th March | First alcohol abuse awareness meeting organised by goinghomedotcom Trust in the Korokocho informal settlement. These sessions are for alcoholics, their familes and the general community. Two Directors of goinghomedotcom Trust were present. | goinghomedotcom Trust/Catholic Church Venue Korokocho |
 Tuesday 15th. March | Shoot by GoingHome Video at the Maisha House drop-in center of interviewing techniques used by counselors with drug addicts. The tape is to be used in two upcoming UNODC workshops in Mombasa and Nairobi respectively. | GoingHome Video Venue Maisha House, Ngara, Nairobi |
 Saturday 26th March | David Ogot talks to commercial sex workers on drug abuse as he is interviewed by 'Big Ted' Kwaka at the Great Commission Church Internatioal, (GCCI) service | goinghomedotcom Trust/GCCI Venue GCCI, 680 Hotel, Nairobi |
 Monday 28th. March | Presentation of tape to 'Big Ted' Kwaka of the video on alcoholism 'Nobody Kicks A Dead Dog'. 'Big Ted' is a 'Friend of goinghomedotcom Trust' | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Big Ted's residence, Nairobi |
 Tuesday 29th March | David Ogot is the guest speaker and gives a talk on alcoholism and its effect on business to Rotarians at their weekly meeting | goinghomedotcom Trust/Rotaract Club Venue Nairobi Safari Club, Nairobi |
Tuesday 29th - Thursday 31st. March | GoingHome Video shoots the entire United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 'Addiction Counselor Training' workshop. This is to form the basis of training videos and manuals | GoingHome Video Venue SDA Center, Nairobi |
| APRIL |
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| DATE | EVENT | ORGANISER |
Thursday 7th. April | goinghomedotcom Trust owns only one chair. The rest are usualy borrowed from (weary) neighbours when there are clients. This changed today when John Ngugi of JICA who had heard of our plight donated a used executive chair to the trust which was greatfully accepted | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom offices, Nairobi |
 Saturday 9th. April | Launch of Preserving Human Dignity (Phd) Ministries launch. Concert, interviews and ministering. David Ogot was interviewed on alcoholism and drug abuse by Big Ted | goinghomedotcom Trust/Phd Ministries Venue Nairobi Cinema auditorium, Nairobi |
 Sunday 10th April | Korokocho alcohol awareness programme on alcoholism. Eileen Mlamba-Ogot and David Ogot Snr. of goinghomedotcom Trust continue to run the programme for the community | goinghomedotcom Trust/Catholic Church Venue Korokocho informal settlement |
 Tuesday 12th April | Meet with David 'Mobb' Otieno at his studio at Dagoretti corner. Otieno then came to goinghomedotcom's Nairobi office. Otieno's studio is going to work on Dave 'Nyamabite' Ogot's music which is to be used in the drug abuse awareness campaign | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Dagoretti Corner/Hurlingham, Nairobi |
 Wednesday 13th April | 1st meeting of committee to plan activities leading upto and including 26th June, Internatinal Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. | NACADA Venue NACADA Boardroom, Nairobi |
 Thursday 14th April | GoingHome Video went to Asumbi Treatment Center, Nairobi to film and photograph work going on before it opens its doors to the public shortly. Was shown around by the prgramme Director Calleb Angira. | GoingHome Video Venue Asumbi Treatment Center, Karen |
Friday 15th April | Meeting at goinghomedotcom Trust's offices with Solomon Mwangi Mburu. Wants us to collaborate and set up a drug abuse awareness programme for the students. Agreed to draw up a programme | Solomon Mwangi Mburu (IAT) Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
 Thursday 21st. April | Mothers United Against Drug Abuse Caucus (MUADAC) hold a press conference to lambast the recently launched beer promomotion by Kenya Breweries Ltd. dubbed 'Bambua Taafrija' with a whopping Kshs. 90 million up for grabs | MUADAC/NACADA Venue NACADA Boardroom, Nairobi |
 Sunday 24th April | The ongoing alcohol awareness programme in Korokocho continues with Eileen and David Ogot trying to get the community to see a life beyond alcohol and other drug use | goinghomedotcom Trust/Catholic Church Venue Korokocho informal settlement, Nairobi |
 Thursday 28th. April | 2nd East African Breweries workshop for the media on responsible drinking run by Psychiatrist Dr. Frank Njenga. David Ogot gave a presentation on alcoholism. | Dr. Frank Njenga/EABL Venue Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi |
 Friday 29th April | Met with Karen Wanjiru who will now head the Kiswahili section of goinghomedotcom Trust. Apart from translating the whole site into kiswahili, she will also translate video productions. | goinghomedotcom Trust/GoingHome Video Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
 Saturday 30th April | NACADA calling youth groups for networking and information on drugs. GoingHome Video covered the whole function. | GoingHome Video Venue Kenyatta International Conference Center, Nairobi |
| MAY |
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Thursday 5th May | A working lunch with top officials of UNAIDS to see the way foward in harm reduction on the ground for drug abusers with a view also to reduce HIV infection rates through drug abuse | UNAIDS Venue Fairview Hotel, Nairobi |
Friday 6th May | With Winnie Wanjiku. GoingHome Publishing will work with her on and publish her autobiography. At the same time GoingHome Video will work produce her drug abuse awareness video | GoingHome Publishing/GoingHome Video Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Sunday 8th. May | Korokocho programme continues. Members being asked to look beyond stopping using and to where they want to move. | goinghomedotcom Trust/Catholic Church Venue St. John Catholic Church, Korokocho, Nairobi |
Monday 9th. May | Pre-recorded radio interview on alcoholism and the work of the goinghomedotcom Trust as well as direction drug abuse awareness should take in this Kenya | Capital FM/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust/Capital FM Studio's, Nairobi |
Tuesday 10th May | Meeting with Sewe K'Ahenda and his team from Towards Responsible Adulthood: Lifeskills 4 Youth an inititiative of the Youth Ministry, Ongata Rongai Catholic Parish. goinghomedotcom will work on training and other joint programmes for them | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Wednesday 11th May | Meeting with Dr Tom Olewe of VIPS (Vision, Integrity & Passion to Serve) Health Services who was accompanied by Pastor Ken Aringo of PHd Ministries. These discussions were to see areas of networking between the Trust and AMUAA | goinghomedotcom Trust/VIPS Health Services Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Thursday 12th. May | First of a series programmes from the pre-recored interview with Sophie Okumu of Capital FM airs at 4.45pm | Capital FM/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue All over Kenya |
Friday 13th May | Health series with Sophie Okumu on Capital FM. David Ogot continues to talk about alcohol and alcoholism. Programme was on at 8.45am and repeated at 9.30 am and 1.15pm. Series continues next week. | Capital FM/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue All over Kenya |
Tuesday 17th May | Ken Kariuki, External Affairs Director, EABL at the goinghomedotcom Trusts' offices to familiarise himself with the workings of the Trust | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Tuesday 17th. May | David Omuodo of Pathfinder International with the 2nd book donation to goinghomedotcom Trust | Pathfinder International/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Pathfinder Office, International Life House, Nairobi |
Wednesday 18th. May | 3rd IDADAIT meet of comittee for planning activities for June 26th. | NACADA/NGO Consortium Venue NACADA Boardroom, Nairobi |
Wednesday 18th. May | Visit by Dr. Kristin Shoultz and Annalisa Trama of UNAIDS to Asumbi Treatment Center, Karen to familiarise themselves with their operations | UNAIDS/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue ATC-Karen, Nairobi |
Wednesday 18th. May | Familiarisation tour of Nairobi Place Treatment Center by Dr. Kristan Schoultz and Annalisa Trama of UNAIDS | UNAIDS/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Nairobi Place, Karen-Nairobi |
Wednesday 18th. May | Executive Director goinghomedotcom Trust Eileen Mlamba-Ogot displays books which were donated to the Trust's resource center by Annalisa Trama of UNAIDS | UNAIDS Venue Westlands, Nairobi |
Sunday 22nd. May | A talk to young people on the disease of alcoholism and pointing out to them that with alcoholism we are all affected | Towards Responsible Adulthood: Lifeskills 4 Youth...preparing young people for adulthood/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue St. Mary's Catholic Church, Ongata Rongai- Greater Nairobi |
 Wednesday 25th. May | Meeting with Dr. Bilha Hagembe the 1st Medical Advisor, National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse to work on joint programmes | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Thursday 26th. May | Meeting with George Waweru of Health Insight magazine where it was agreed David Ogot Programmes Director, goinghomedotcom Trust will do a column on alcoholism and other drug abuse for the bi-monthly magazine | goinghomedotcom Trust/Health Insight Venue Health Insight offices, Aqua Plaza, Nairobi |
Thursday 26th. May | Meeting with Editor in Chief of The People Daily/People On Sunday newspaper. David Ogot will continue with the weekly column Alcohol Other Drugs and You while also doing investigative and other features for the newspaper. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue People Daily offices - Union Towers, Nairobi |
Thursday 26th. May | Meeting with Rev. Michael Sande, Vicar St. Paul's Parish, Nairobi South C, of the ACK Diocese of Nairobi to dicuss modalities of working together with the Trust | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust office, nairobi |
 Friday 27th. May | Prof. Peter Odhiambo Chairman of the National Tobacc- Free Initiative Committee (NTFIC) hands a signed copy of the recently launched book Tobacco Vs. Health an NTFIC publication for the Trust's resource center | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Dept. of Sugery UoN, Nairobi |
Friday 27th. May | Presentation to the staff of the Department of Tourism on Effects of alcohol and other drugs in the workplace | Department of Tourism Venue Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Training Institute |
Saturday 28th. May | Presentation on Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs in the Workplace to second lot of staff from Department of Tourism | department of Tourism Venue Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Training Institute, Naivasha |
 Monday 30th. May | Press conference by the Ministry of Health addressed by Dr. James Nyikal, Director of Medical Services on the eve of 'World No Tobacco Day' | Ministry of Health Venue Ministry of Health, Afya House - Nairobi |
| JUNE |
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 Wednesday 1st June (Madaraka Day Public Holiday) | goinghomedotcom Trust holds a one day workhop entitled 'Introduction To Alcoholism' for the Nairobi University Association for Drug-Free Society - College of Education and External Studies (NUADS-CEES). The theme of the workshop was Value Yourself...make healthy choices as it was a build-up activity to the International day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue University of Nairobi, Kikuyu Campus, Kikuyu |
 Thursday 2nd. June | NACADA press conference for the launch of radio programmes for teachers which will run on five slected sations every Tuesday and Friday at 8.45pm | NACADA Venue NACADA Boardroom, NSSF Bldg., Nairobi |
 Friday 3rd. June | Interview with Anne Rukia of the national broadcaster KBC Channel 1 Radio, which will be used in the NACADA radio broadcasts for teachers | KBC Channel 1/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue KBC Channel 1 studio's, Nairobi |
Sunday 5th. June | Outreach programme continues at Korokocho | goinghomedotcom Trust/Catholic Church Venue Korokocho |
Wednesday 8th. June | goinghomedotcom Trust attends a reviewing of Pumzika the new series being produced by Baraka Films with a strong substance abuse message | Consumer Insight Venue Baraka Films, Theta Lane off Lenana Rd., Nairobi |
 Wednesday 8th. June | Meeting with Ken Wafula of 'Say Yes To Life-No To Drug Abuse Association' (SAYED) about working together | goinghomedotcom Trust/SAYED Venue goinghomedotcom Trust offices, Hurlingham, Nairobi |
 Friday 10th. June | Presentation of certificates to NUADS-CEES particpants for the one-day workshop 'Introduction To Alcoholism' held on June 1 | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue University of Nairobi-Kikuyu Campus, Kikuyu |
Saturday 12th. June | Groundbreaking Kenyan video on alcoholism airs on STV for the 2nd time this year to commemorate Alcoholics Anonymous 70 years celebration | goinghomedotcom Trust/STV Venue STV Studios, Nairobi |
 Saturday June 11th. | GoingHome Video covers the launch of the Ongata Rongai Community Policing Inititiative | GoingHome Video Venue Ongata Rongai, Greater Nairobi |
 Monday 13th. June | GoingHome Video films and photographs the visit by visiting UN Consultant a to Maisha House accompanied by officials of UNODC & UNAIDS | GoingHome Video Venue Maisha House, Ngara - Nairobi |
 Monday 13th. June | GoingHome Video covers visit to ATC-Karen by visiting UN Consultant Tariq from Pakistan and Kristan Schoultz and Annalisa Trama of UNAIDS | GoingHome Video Venue ATC-Karen, Nairobi |
 Wednesday 15th. June | Shooting of 'Agenda Kenya' talk show which featured prominently debate on the impending ban on alcohol and tobacco advertising in the electronic, print and billboard media | Agenda Kenya producer Venue Film Studios compound, Nairobi |
 Thursday 16th. June | Agenda Kenya airs on KTN at 7.30 pm during prime viewing time. | KTN Venue All over Kenya |
 Friday 17th. June | Meeting with Gino and Ngash to discuss the way foward with the Korokocho outreach programme. The members feel that the twice monthly meetings are insuffiecient and should be at the least weekly. | goinghomedotcom Trust/Catholic Church Venue goinghomedotcom Trust offices, Hurlingham - Nairobi |
Sunday 19th June | Agenda Kenya (rpt.) on the issue of banning of alcohol and tobacco advertisements | Agenda Kenya producer Venue All over Kenya |
Sunay 19th June | Korokocho awareness programme for alcoholics. Moving on with preparing income generating projects, and skills training for those who have been sober for a sutiable period | goinghomedotcom Trust/Catholic Church Venue Korokocho, Nairobi |
 Thursday 23rd. June | Meet with Ruth Thenya Ngei (Mama Flava) to chart areas of co-operation and to put her project in the Directory | goinhomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Hurlingham, Nairobi |
 Sunday 26th. June | International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking covered by GoingHome Video | GoingHome Video Venue Muranga Road Primary School, Nairobi |
| JULY |
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| DATE | EVENT | ORGANISER |
 Wednesday 13th. July | Oscar Obonyo Nation Newspapers visits goinghomedotcom Trust's offices to find out what they are about with a view to doing a feature. | goinghomedotcom Trust/Oscar Obonyo Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Hurlinham, Nairobi |
 Sunday 17th. July | Programme for alcoholics in Korokocho. One group of recovering alcoholics made a striking banner entitled 'safari ya mlevi' (journey of a drunk) based on an earlier presentation by David Ogot of goinghomedotcom. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Korokocho, Nairobi |
 Thursday 21st. July | Meeting with Alice Kamunge Director Vera Beauty College. The Trust will design programmes on drug absue awareness for her students. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Hurlingham, Nairobi |
| AUGUST |
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| DATE | EVENT | ORGANISER |
7th August | Korokocho informal settlement awareness programmes continues and goes into high gear with discussions on income generating projects for those who have been sober for a while. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Korokocho, Nairobi |
Monday 8th August | Met with Maisha House Drop In Center Community Health Outreach Workers, (CHOW''s) and supervisors to explain the new UNODC newsletter to them and how we were going to cover their operations as well as the need for them to come up with suggested names. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Maisha House, Ngara, Nairobi |
Monday 8th August | Met with the clients at Asumbi Treatment Center - Karen (ATC-K) and gave them a talk on the tribulations of the recovery project and the need for them to refocuss keenly on the reasons why they were there. The motivational talk was based on my experiences at ATC-Asumbi in 2000 | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Asumbi Treatment Center - Karen, Nairobi |
Wednesday 10th August | Met with Mr. Ben Mshila, Director, Human Resources, General Motors East Africa Limited, to dicuss goinghomedotcom Trusts particpation during GM's Health Week. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue General Motors East Africa Limited, Nairobi |
Monday 16th August | Coverage of the tour and briefing of Maisha House by new UNODC KEN/I08 Project Manager, Jane Ongolo. She later accompanied the CHOW team from Bahati to the site to meet with clients. | GoingHome Video Venue Maisha House, Ngara, Nairobi |
Monday 16th August | Coverage of Mrs. Jane Ongolo of one of the partner Voluntary Couseling and Testing (VCT) centers of UNODC project KEN/I08 in Mathare and talks to drug addicts who are trying to quit about their needs and fears | GoingHome Video Venue Mathare, Nairobi |
Monday 16th August | Coverage of the last part of the tour by Mrs Jane Ongolo of UNODC project KEN/I08 was the partner center, the Asumbi Treatment Center - Karen (ATC-K) where she met with the counsellors and programme director and was briefed | GoingHome Video Venue Asumbi Treatment Center, Karen, Nairobi |
Wednesday 17th August | One of the Trustees Milton Ogot of the goinghomedotcom Trust based in the US on a visit to assess progress and needs of the Trust | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, HQ, Hurlingham, Nairobi |
 Wednesday 17th August | James "kham" Kamawira head of the artwork department at the goinghomedotcom goes through the visitors book at the Trusts offices. He had come for meeting with Trustees both local and from the U.S | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust's HQ, Nairobi |
Thursday 18th August | goinghomedotcm Trust's David Ogot snr. gives a presentation to the staff at Genral Motors EA offices off Mombasa road during the companies health week. | Genral Motors EA/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue GM East Africa offices, Nairobi |
Sunady 19th August | Korokocho informal settlement awareness continues with family memebers attending and getting a talk on the 'insanity of doing the same thing and expecting different results.' also covered was the disease concept of alcoholism. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Korokocho informal settlement, Nairobi |
 Thursday 25th August | NACADA calling. meeting called by the Office of the National Coordinator, National Agency for the Campaign against Drug Abuse (NACADA) to discuss various amendments to certain liqour laws is coved by GoingHome Video | GoingHome Video Venue Kenyatta International Conference Center, Nairobi |
 Friday 26th August | Youth Against Drugs and Alcohol (YADA) and goinghomedotcom Trust make a presentation to the Pamoja Child Trust youth which included a video show, talk and drama by YADA and a motivational talk on alcoholism by David Ogot of goinghomedotcom Trust. The event was covered by GoingHome Video | Pamoja Child Trust/YADA/goinghomedotcom Trust/GoingHome Video Venue Pamoja Child Trust, Karen, Nairobi |
Friday 26th August | Pamoja Child Trust through Bonnie Graboski, donates booklets and brochures on drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, Condoms and STDs for the goinghomedotcom Resource Center | Pamoja Child Trust Venue Pamoja Child Trust, Nairobi |
 Friday 26th August | Sammy of YADA presents a YADA T-shirt to David Ogot Programmes Director, goinghomedotcom Trust. The Trust will put up a subsidsed site for YADA under its' www programme. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust HQ. Hurlingham, Nairobi |
Monday 29th. August | Joyce Kimani, Chairperson and Damaris Kihara of NUADS-CEES bring their application for the groups website. This site will be designed, hosted and maintained by goinghomedotcom Trust its www Programme | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Monday 29th August | George Mwaura of the Education Department and a 'Friend of goinghomedotcom' looks at the Trust's exibition. Mwaura will mobilise expert help in the design and layout of the exibition for the Trust | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Monday 29th. August | Shariff Mungaru a Kenyan puppeteer and now also working in Sudan visits the Trust to discuss skits to be used in drug absue awareness | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Wednesday 31st. August | Luca has a look at the goinghomedotcom Resource Centre. His visit was to discuss the way foward in the Korokocho informal settlement alcohol abuse and alcoholism awareness programme | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Wednesday 31st August | David Ogot appears on the Africa Live programme whose topic was traditional brews in Africa with particpants drawn | Michael Kaloki, BBC Venue BBC Studios, Nairobi |
| SEPTEMBER |
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Thursday 1st. September | First posters for the 2nd National Alcohol Awareness Month - Kenya, are printed. The theme for this years event is Under-age Drinking'. There will be an essay competition on this theme with grand prizes to be won. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Saturday 3rd. September | NACADA sponsors Narcotics Anonymous forum at the KICC to help publicise the groups activities | NA/NACADA Venue Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi |
Monday 5th. September | NACADA calling. 'Tobacco Stakeholders Forum' called to deliberate on the stregnts and weaknesses of the lapsed Tobacco Control Bill, 2004 as a springboard to a new bill. | NACADA Venue Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi |
Friday 9th. September | Meeting with Aggrey Chemonges, Director Community Empowerment & Development Serivices, CEDS an NGO which enables users to manage their water and sanitation systems to discuss co-operation between CEDS and the goinghomedotcom Trust for income generating activities for the recovering addicts in the Korokocho informal settlements. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Sunday 11th. September | Awareness continues in the Korokocho informal settlement. It was explained that when one is sober even given their circumstances all is possible while with 'highness' or being drunk nothing will ever work out. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Korokocho informal settlement |
Monday 12th September | Meeting with Mrs Alice Kamunge Director Vera Beauty College to discuss establishment of a beauty pageant to create awareness on drug absue amongst girls and women who suffer double stigma from drug addiction. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Vera Beauty College, Emperor Plaza, Nairobi |
Tuesday 13th. September | David Ogot Snr. gives a talk at the Khoja Mosque to members of the Community Couselling Services, CCS on alcoholism and other drug addiction. It was agreed that the goinghomedotcom Trust would work together with CCS in their training programmes. | Community Counselling Services Venue Khoja Mosque, Nairobi |
| maureen Kyaka visits goinghomedotcom to learn about its operations. Maureen is the latest addition to the Trust's kiswahili team headed by karen Wanjiru. The team is in charge of all translations into Kiswahili of the Trust's IEC materials. This includes translating the entire content of this website into Kiswahili | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Thursday 15th. September | Liz Migwi Jackson presents the first T-shirt for the 2nd. National Alcohol Awareness Month-Kenya | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Nairobi |
Thursday 20th September | Advertisment for the essay competition for the 2nd. National Alcohol Awareness Month - Kenya appears in The Standard newspaper. Grand prizes are up for grabs. The topic for the essay is "How can young people working together with their parents put an end to under-age drinking in Kenya?" The 1st prize is Kshs 50,000 while 2nd is Kshs 30,000 and 3rd Kshs 20,000. There are also lots of consolation prizes. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust |
Wednesday 21st September | Talk on alcohol and drug use to staff during the annual health week organised by East African Portland Cement and Bloodlink Foundation | Bloodling Foundation/EA Portland cement Venue EA Portland Cement factory, Athi River |
Thursday 22nd September | Talk on alcohol and drug use to another shift of staff during the health week organsied by Bloodlink Foundation and the East African Portland Cement company. This is also with a view to starting Employee ssitance Programmes for the staff | Bloodlink Foundation/EA Portland Cement Venue East African Portland Cement factory, Athi River |
Wednesday 28th September | Official opening of SAPTA. The event was comprehensively covered by GoingHome Video | SAPTA Venue SAPTA Center, Mugo Kibiru Rd, Nairobi |
| OCTOBER (NATIONAL ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH - KENYA) |
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Saturday 1st. October | Start of the 2nd National Alcohol Awareness Month-Kenya. This years theme is 'Under-age Drinking' and the trust has organsied a nation-wide essay competition. | The goinghomedotcom Trust Venue National |
Wednesday 12th October | Meeting of NACADA consultants to disucuss new theme for 2005/2006 "Addicted? There is a way out." | NACADA Venue NACADA Boardroom, NSSF Bldg. Nairobi |
Friday 14th October | Talk by David Ogot Snr. on alcoholism and stigma at Mathare hospital as a run-up to World Mental Health Day. | Ministry of Health Venue Mathare Hospital, Nairobi |
21st October | David Ogot Snr. on BBC talking about the 2nd National Alcohol Awareness Month- Kenya | BBC/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue BBC Nairobi Bureau, Nairobi |
| NOVEMBER |
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Wednesday 30th. November | Interview by Catherine wambua of Kenya Television Network, KTN for a new programme about people who have overcome problems that commonly afflict the Kenyan public. David Ogot spoke about his battle with alcoholism. | KTN/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, nairobi |
| DECEMBER |
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Friday 2nd December | BBC crew from London interview's David Ogot as part of a documentary on chang'aa the local fiery illict distillate that periodcally blinds or kills unsuspecting consumers after it is adulterated. Ogot himself drank this bootleg regularly. | Venue |
Friday 2nd December | BBC crew film in a chang'aa den as part of the documentary on this illict brew | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue chang'aa den, Nairobi |
Tuesday 6th December | Talk for the boys at Pamoja Child Trust on alcoholism and their need-to start u Al-Ateen support group meetings for themselves and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) groups for their mums. It was agreed to check on the modalities for starting up. | Pamoja Child Trust/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Pamoja Child Trust, Karen |
Tuesday 6th December | Yet another donation to the goinghomedotcom Trust Resource Center by the Pamoja Child Trust of 35 Al-Anon journals | Pamoja Child Trust Venue Pamoja Child Trust, Karen |
Wednesday 7th. December | Talk on alcoholism during the JOPECOTRA three-day workshop entitled 'Abstinence against drugs in schools' by David Ogot Snr. | JOPECOTRA Venue Nairobi Pentecostal Church Academy, Woodley - Nairobi |
Thursday 8th. December | One day inter-active forum by the Forum on the Prevention of Underage Drinking an initiative sponsored by the Media Owners Association, the Marketing Society of Kenya and the East African Breweries. David Ogot Snr. talked on alcoholism. | Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Venue Fairview Hotel, Nairobi |
Friday 16th. December | Visit by goinghomedotcom Trust to Tuonane Drop-in center on Mombasa Island. familiarise with activities for series of articles for UNODC magazine as well as for the basis of newspaper artciles. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Tuonane drop-in center, Mombasa, Kenya |
Friday 16th December | David Ogot Snr. goes into the field with a Community Health Outreach Worker (CHOW) as they talk to clients on Mombasa Island for a series of articles for the UNODC magazine as well as newspaper articles. | Venue |
Friday 16th December | Interviewing Drug Users (DU's) as they take waht is referred to locally as 'cocktail' a mixture of Rooster brand cigarette, heroin & bhangi (marijuanna) sometimes boosted with Rohypnol also known as the date-rape drug. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Mombasa, Kenya |
Friday 16th December | Interview with Dr. Shikele of the Coast General Provincial Hospital who are partners in the UNODC KEN/108 project. | goinghomedotcom Trust/Reachout rehabilitation Center Venue Tuonane drop-in Center, Mombasa, Kenya |
Friday 16th December | Interviews with four Community Health Outreach Workers from the Tuonane Drop-in center on their work. David Ogot Snr. of GoingHome Video interviewed two male and two female CHOWs three of whom are recovering addicts | goinghomedotcom trust Venue |
Saturday 17th December | A presentation done at the Tuonane Center using photographs taken during the field visit with CHOW's the previous day to show some of the challenges faced in the field. | Venue Tuonane Drop-in Center, Mombasa - Kenya |
Saturday 17th December | Visit to Reachout Rehabilitation center by the goinghomedotcom Trust to familiarise with operations, do interviews, & talk to clients. david Ogot shared with the recovering addicts there the story of his life as an alcoholic. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Reachout Rehabilitation Center, Likoni, South Coast, Mombasa - Kenya |
Saturday 17th December | Interview with Hussein of Muslim Education and Welfare Association, MEWA on their partnership with the UNODC project KEN/108 to help DU's but especially injecting drug user's or IDU's and more so those who are HIV positive. | goinghomedotcom Trust/Tuonane project Venue MEWA offices, Mombasa - Kenya |
Saturday 17th December | Interview with a graduating client a beneficiery of the Tuonane Drop-in center and then placed at the Reachout Rehabilitation center. The young man was full of praise for the programme | goinghomedotcom Trust/Reachout Rehabilitation Center Venue MEWA offices, Mombasa |
Monday 19th December | Meeting with Hannah Wairimu of Korokocho informal settlement to discuss modalities of financially empowering alcoholics there who have been sober for a good length of time. At the same time it was agreed that hannah would be Team Leader for the goinghomedotcom Trust recovering addicts informal settlement outreach for Korokocho | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Hurlingham, Nairobi |
Thursday 22nd. December | Meeting with Mwangi Elseborn of Greater Life Concern Ministry which operates in the informal settlement of Mathare to see areas of cooperation. Mwangi a free-lance journalist also becomes a contributor to the goinghomedotcom website. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue goinghomedotcom Trust, Hurlingham, Nairobi |
Thursday 22nd Decmber | Presentation at Pamoja Child Trust's parents day by David Ogot Snr. and a talk to the parents to help set up a self-help group for the families to tackle those affected by drinking as well as anohter group for those mothers who are still drinking. | Pamoja Child Trust/goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Pamoja Child Trust, Karen - Nairobi |
Thursday 22nd December | Meeting with James Njoroge who runs a home for children in Dagoretti, Dagoretti 4 Kids. Agreed to do a drug absue awareness programme for the children there while seeing other areas of cooperation with the goinghomedotcom Trust | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Pamoja Child Trust offices, Karen, Nairobi |
Sunday 25th December | Shooting of a christmas day video tape with clients at, Asumbi Treatment Centers-Karen which although a fun video to cheer them up on X-mas away from home also has a strong recovery message. | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue Asumbi Treatment Centers - Karen |
Wednesday 28th. December | goinghomedotcom Trust's exibition department gets a boost from Mrs Jane Mutwerandu who brought assorted satchets (mini-packs) from Uganda. These had been banned in kenya recently. Jane a 'friend of goinghomedotcom', will supply other useful exibits including from Tanzania. Left: Jane holds a tray of mini-packs from Uganda | goinghomedotcom Trust Venue |
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