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Sue Hayward
C/O Elizabeth Gomm
6, Burwood Drive.
Blackpool
FY3 8NS
 
Telephone number 07905130589

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To make a call to Sue in  Kenya from a landline for just 7p per minute, please dial 0871 802 9900 726 335215

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Turtle Bay Beach Club

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Damian Davis the General Manager of the Turtle Bay Beach Club, has always been very supportive of my work.  When I needed support and advice on different aspects of Kenyan traditions and culture it was to Damian that I turned. When we sent shipments to Watamu, Damian would store the cartons at the hotel until we arrived. When we needed supplies for the computer room Damian was always there with help and advice of where to purchase the items needed.

A message from Damian

Turtle Bay Beach has strived, since it’s inception as an all inclusive resort, to identify good well run projects in the community that we can embrace and work along side knowing that any resources we direct towards them will be utilized 100% for the project and its beneficiaries and not lost in support facilities, red tape, and top heavy management.

Some years ago Sue and David Hayward started using Turtle Bay Beach Club as their base when they came out to Kenya and to everyone’s amazement they spent more time out at a then run down little SDA school than they ever did on a pool bed at the Hotel. That small run down little school is now a thriving primary and secondary education facility that is the pride as well as “the talk” of Watamu.

 In a small way, at first, the hotel tried to help their projects as it fitted the profile of what we required with energy, good objectives and most of all genuine integrity.

Now in 2007 we have selected their latest venture of building an orphanage (The Happy House as Sue has called it!) as our chosen charity for the year. We feel there is an enormous need for such a centre and the well run Children of Watamu Charity is probably the only  one that could really make it happen and we know they will.

We will continue to support the work of Sue and Dave and the Children of Watamu in any way we can and would urge any potential donors to do likewise.

Damian Davies

Turtle Bay Beach Club

During my visit with the Irish working party September 2006, I met up with Damian, he asked what my next project would be after we had completed the school buildings. I told him it had to be Happy House for the many orphans in Watamu. He immediately again offered his support. It was decided that Turtle Bay would take our project on as their main Christmas fund raiser, it was great success. When I returned in February 2007, Chris, from the Community Office in Turtle Bay informed me that it had been decided that Working for the Children of Watamu would be the chosen charity for Turtle Bay during 2007. We were all so delighted to have been selected.

I was also asked to do presentations to the hotel guests which I enjoyed greatly.

By doing these presentations at Turtle Bay it enabled us to have children sponsored, bicycles bought, and money donated. Many of the guests came with us to school to see our work for themselves. It makes us so proud to be able to show people what we have achieved for these children. The Happy House is such a mammoth task, but with the support of Turtle Bay Beach Club and their guests, and when we look back at what has already been achieved we know that this too is possible.

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Sue Meskell and JacksonSue Meskell who has always supported our work from day one with a monthly standing order, decided to sponsor Jackson seen here on the right of Sue. Sue and her husband Mick have seen Jackson grow up over the years they have been staying at Turtle Bay.

This boy really wants to have a good education and due to the kindness and generosity of Sue and Mick his dream will be achieved. Mick also donated £200 for the front door of the Happy House.

 

Sue Wood with Ian ThoyaI met Sue Wood who had fund raised amongst her work colleagues at  Asda in Wisbeach and after visiting our school kindly donated £350 towards the Happy House.

Sue returned to Turtle bay in February 2008. Again, money had been raised amongst her collegues at Asda. This year we decided that some of the money would be used to sponsor Ian Thoya. The remaining funds Sue donated to the Happy House.Thank you to everyone as Asda for their kindness and generosity.

 

Tanya Snowdon PrattTanya Snowdon Pratt and her husband Frank have supported our work for a number of years now. Tanya can be seen here with the 3 children, John, Assad and Nassim, that they and their friends sponsor. The children were delighted to see Tanya again. Frank has always been a great help and support in our Computer Room. Unfortunately, we have received news that Tanya passed away on the 19th of Aril 2007 after a very short illness.

I know Tanya will be sadly missed by all her knew her. Myself my fellow trustees and The Children of Watamu pass our very sincere condolences to Frank.