Next week, the 13th of April, Bendettah will be landing in Sweden for the first time. Three intensive weeks are awaiting her, packed with meetings, lectures and events in Stockholm, Göteborg, Skåne and Östergötland. - “We are so happy and excited to finally be able to host Bendettah”, Louise Felldin says, chairman of Fromone2another. [...]
Bendettah´s biggest dream was to become a teacher. But her father, who had ten children with two wives, could not afford to send her to college. Now she is in charge of the Nikumbuke´s Women Center, where she and her staff teach and support more than 600 women and girls in [...]
Meet her in Gothenburg/Lerum on the 20th of April and in Stockholm on the 28th. A happy and overwhelmed Bendettah Muthina Thomas, director of Nikumbuke, received her visa to come to Sweden at the embassy in Nairobi this very morning. It was her fifth long trip from LungaLunga to Kenya´s capital in order [...]
It was a huge disappointment that Bendettah, the leader of Nikumbuke Center, could not make it to Sweden this August/September as planned. She was unfortunately denied a visa from the Swedish embassy in Nairobi. However, we are not giving up! We have made some enquiries and are now more confident in the visa [...]
Many people and organisations had looked forward to her arrival here this weekend, for a three weeks stay in Skåne, Göteborg and Stockholm. Meetings and activities had been planned, but have to be postponed. Her request for a visa was unfortunately denied for various reasons. “We are very sorry and disappointed, but we are [...]