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January 2017

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Winds of Change Foundation wishes you a Happy 2017.May it be peaceful, joyful and prosperous.

Winds of Change updateDuring the festive period, we took time to reflect on the projects that we completed in 2016 and how these have helped improve livelihoods in communities in Laisamis Constituency, Marsabit County. We would also like to take this opportunity to provide you with an update of our activities and how you too can make a difference.

Winds of Change, i.e. Lake Turkana Wind Power’s (LTWP) CSR foundation, became active in June 2015 and has since invested in a variety of community projects together with its partners, spending approximately Euro 1M to date.

The projects can be categorized into four groups: Enhancing employability (education), enhancing access to health and water, and community activities. Examples of our completed and ongoing initiatives include:

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• Construction of a laboratory at Nyiro Girls Sec. School, South Horr (ongoing);

• Construction of an 80-bed dormitory at Nyiro Boys Sec. School, South Horr (ongoing);

• Installation of a solar system at Mt. Kulal Girls Sec. School, and provision of desks and shelving to staff;

• Donation of 100 mattresses to Kurungu Pri. School;

• Distribution of 500 desks, 3,000 books and 2,000 pens to 24 schools;

• Funding of educational school trips to destinations like Nakuru

and Nairobi, whereby these trips provide the first travel

experiences out of Marsabit County for overwhelming majority of students; and,

• Technical training to 18 people on solar systems, and certified by the Energy Regulatory Commission.

Donation of 100 mattresses to Kurungu Pri. School

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• Installation of a water filtration system in Sarima;

• Construction, equipping and rehabilitation of several boreholes, e.g. in Manyatta Langima, Gatab, Olturot and Sarima;

• Installation of water tanks at Mt. Kulal Girls Sec. School (60,000l) and at Laga El Fereji (40,000l);

• Construction of water pipelines in Larachi (12.5km) and Arge (14km) along with two water kiosks (image below), thereby providing direct access to water to residents; and,

• Currently providing water for drought relief.

• Installation of solar systemsat Illaut dispensary and Laisamis hospital; (image above);

• Upgrading of Burri-Aramiadispensary by installing a solar system, shelving units, incinerator, toilets, direct access to water, storage facilities and equipment, e.g. a fridge freezer needed to keep vaccinations cool, as well as maternity and wardbeds;

• Donation of a building to beused as a ward in Kurungu, which we plan to rehabilitate and equip it in 2017; and,

• Provision of a 12-monthHIV/AIDS and road safety awareness campaign together.

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Construction of an 80-bed dormitory at Nyiro Boys Sec. School, South Horr (ongoing)

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Community activities • Environmental clean-up exercise in Gatab;• Construction of a community store and a chief’s office in Illaut;• Construction of accommodation units and an office in

Loiyangalani for the Administration Police; and,• Inaugural Sarima 10km run, which brought together people of

different tribes, e.g. Turkana, Samburu, Rendille and El Molo. Though strictly speaking not a WoC activity, LTWP constructed

a 208km road from Laisamis to Sarima, which has transformed the transportation network in the area. This has significantly increased access to markets as well as to health care and educational facilities for the local population.

Winds of Change has committed to work closely with communities in Laisamis Constituency for the next 15 years to help improve their livelihoods.

These communities overwhelmingly lack basic infrastructure facilities, e.g. in relation to access to health and water, and there is a great need for vocational training and skills development. As such, we have made it an objective of ours to

support the communities where possible. In 2017 alone, we intend to drill a borehole in Lonjorin, construct a ward in Kurungu, construct two classrooms in Loiyangalani and erect a safety fence around a water rock catchment in Illaut.

The plan for LTWP, is to donate at least €500,000 of its annual revenues to the foundation once the wind farm is operational. These funds will be available in 2018, once the wind farm

begins to operate fully, and power is evacuated via the transmission line.

Consequently, we face a major challenge in that we have extremely limited funds: To date Winds of Change has had to raise over €1M to fund its initiatives. As such, your support is critical to helping the people of Laisamis Constituency gain access to basic amenities and opportunities. All forms of support are welcome, be it monetary,

technical know-how or partnership ideas. Those who are interested in undertaking or contributing to our activities should contact us for further information (see contact details below).

We trust that you will find a way to help us support the people of Laisamis Constituency and look forward to hearing from you.

Wishing you a prosperous year ahead on behalf of Winds of Change, WoC Board and teamP.S.: A map with an overview of where Winds of Change has been active is provided below.

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Inaugural Sarima 10km run, which brought together people

of different tribes, e.g. Turkana, Samburu, Rendille and El Molo.

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Winds of Change CSR activities in Laisamis Constituency

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Ref Activity Location 1 Sarima Pri school extension Sarima 2 Nyiro Girls Sec school laboratory South Horr 3 Nyiro Boys Sec school dormitory South Horr 4 Kulal Girls Sec school solar system Mt. Kulal 5 Kurungu Pri school, Mattress Kurungu 6 Solar pump installation/livestock troughs Gatab 7 Borehole and water filtration system Sarima 8 Arge water pipeline Arge 9 Water tanks Laga Elfereji

10 Borehole Loonjorin 11 Borehole generator Olturot 12 Kulal Girls Sec school water tanks Mt. Kulal 13 Maternity ward Kurungu 14 Laisamis hospital solar system Laisamis 15 Illaut dispensary solar system Illaut 16 Dispensary upgrade Burri-Aramia 17 Community store/Chief's office/Market

fencing Illaut 18 Police quarters & office Loiyangalani 19 Football pitch rehabilitation Namarei 20 Environmental clean-up Gatab 21 Larachi water pipeline Larachi

WoC Projects across Laisamis Constituency

1 Distribution of books, pens and desks to schools 2 Uniform purchases 3 Scholarships 4 Educational school trips 5 Vocational training 6 HIV/AIDS awareness campaign 7 Road safety awareness campaign

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