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Rotary Club of Birkenhead feed 2,500
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23 July 2010
Our thanks to the Rotary Club of Birkenhead who continue to support our work and have this month helped us provide 2,500 school meals to malnurished c
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Ollie & Nig Cycle 1,300 miles to Istanbul
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20 July 2010
Our thanks to Ollie and Nig who've now completed their epic journey, cycling 1,300 miles from Krakow to Istanbul.
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30,000 children to be orphaned during World Cup
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11 June 2010
30,000 South African children will become AIDS orphans during World Cup, addi
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South African Government adopt more of our schemes
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5 May 2010
We continue to blaze a trail by example and are delighted to announce that the Government has taken
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St Anne's RC Primary School help feed 2,500
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19 April 2010
Kevin spoke at St Anne's RC Primary school, Wirral today about life in a South African school for Zulu children.
The children ha
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Our thanks to Paul Boyd
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28 March 2010
Our thanks to Paul Boyd who helped raise money for Banana Appeal by running Liverpool's half marathon and helped us provided over 5,300 meals.
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32% of South African children will be orphans by 2015
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1 March 2010
Estimates show that by 2015 5,700,000, or 32% of South African children will have lost one or both parents due to AIDS / HIV. </div
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Rotary Club of Birkenhead feed 5,000
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23 February 2010
Our thanks to the Rotary Club of Birkenhead who's donation will help us feed 5,000 school meals of fresh fruit this month
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Global Children's Trust feed 10,000
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16 February 2010
Our thanks to Nigel Watson and Global Children's Trust who have been supporting
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Banana Appeal feeds record numbers of Children
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10 February 2010
We are delighted to announce that we are now feeding a record number of children through our school feeding programmes.
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Football Crazy
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2 February 2010
Kevin embarked on another trip to Zululand today, this time to take football
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Buy a Book and feed a child for a month
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1 January 2010
We are delighted to announce that the latest edition of Kevin's book is now available online and to order from any bookshop in the
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Thanks to Foodstore International
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24 December 2009
Our thanks to Foodstore International who have helped us feed 4,166 school meals of fresh fruit to&n
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Wirral Rotary clubs go 'Bananas'
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10 November 2009
Kevin was invited to speak at a number of Rotary meeting over the last few weeks and would like to convey his thanks to all the members for
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Rock Ferry Primary School goes 'Bananas'
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6 November 2009
'Banana Man' recently went to talk to the children of Rock Ferry Primary school in Wirral who later raised enough money to feed an incredible 1,4
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Banana Appeal win's Africa Gathering
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7 October 2009
Kevin was invited to speak about his efforts in Zululand at an Africa Gatheri
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Thanks to the Food Magician
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28 August 2009
Our thanks to the Food Magician, who have helped feed 6,160 meals of fresh fruit to hungry children this month.
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Lotto fails Nkandla
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13 August 2009
The South African Lotto board has been accused for failing charities by not releasing money due to them across the country.
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DEFRA warns of world food shortages
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10 August 2009
Food production worldwide would have to rise by a staggering 70% by 2050 to feed the growing population.
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WHO warns of 50% drop in food production in Africa
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1 August 2009
Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organisation gave a stark wa
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BBC Radio Shropshire
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13 July 2009
Kevin has an indepth interview with Clare Ashford about his work in Africa and the role social networking sites have played, such as Ec
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Fruit prices on the rise in Africa
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3 July 2009
Food and fruit prices continue to raise across Africa causing concern and hunger for millions of children living in poverty.
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Kevin meets 'Snelly' at BBC Radio Merseyside
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29 June 2009
Kevin was interviewed this morning about his work by 'Snelly' aka Tony Snell - one of the most famous voices on Merseyside radio.
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Kevin Featured on BBC's North West Tonight
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29 June 2009
Kevins was featured on BBC's North West Tonight programme along with original footage of the documentary he had watched in 2005 and some footage
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BBC Radio Birmingham
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25 June 2009
'Banana Man' talks about his work in Zululand on BBC Radio Birmingham's Paul Franks show.
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Kevin to meet South Africa’s President
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16 April 2009
On his last trip to Africa, Kevin was invited t
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Kevin's Latest Journey to Zululand
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8 April 2009
Photo Blog of Kevin's latest trip to Zululand
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Valentines Charity Ball
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14 February 2009
Our thanks to Sonia for all her hard work in organising a Valentines Charity Ball, and to all the sponsors of gifts including Next, Fitness
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St Johns Plessington Catholic College goes bananas
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14 November 2008
Our thanks to all the students of St Johns Plessington Catholic College who raised enough money to help us feed an incredible 21,780 meals of fresh fr
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Thanks to Deutshe Bank
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30 October 2008
Our thanks to Deutshe Bank, who have helped feed 12,500 meals of fresh fruit to hungry children this month.
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Belgium goes Bananas!!
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8 August 2008
Our deepest thanks to Bert and Tonia Verdonck&n
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Flaming Hot 'Firewalk' feeds 100,000!
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17 June 2008
A BIG thank you to all those who supported Banana Appeals Firewalk today.
We know everybody had a fantastic day a
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Help Me Overcome
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14 April 2008
Our thanks to Help Me Overcome, who have helped feed 10,750 meals of fresh fruit to hungry children this month.
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Thank you to Tanja Gower
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12 March 2008
Thank you to Tanja Gower, who has helped feed 25,000 meals of fresh fruit to hungry children.
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South African Radio
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28 January 2008
Kevin talks about the AIDS pandemic which is sweeping South Africa on Cape Town radio, and explains the simple food schemes he runs in the country to
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Banana Appeal gains charitable status
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2 January 2008
We are delighted to announce that, after years of working alone, we have now helped Kevin set up a Banana Appeal as a registered charit
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Kevin's incredible journeys continue...
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29 November 2007
Photo blog of Kevin's latest trip into Nkandla.
South Africa has an estimated 2.2 million AIDS Orphans - tradgical
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Mission Unstoppable Radio show
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27 September 2007
Kevin talks with Frankie Picasso on Canadian's 'Mission Unstoppable' Radio show.
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Deepak Chopra Goes Bananas!
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18 September 2007
Deepak Ch
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Fighting for Charity
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6 August 2007
Kevin was invited to Holland's largest marital art's festival as one of nine instructors competing to raise money for charity, wer
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Thank you to Alex and Mel
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16 July 2007
Thank you to Alex and Mel, who have helped feed 82,600 meals of fresh fruit to hungry children.
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Kevin's mission is bearing fruit
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3 July 2007
Kevin's work is featured in Birkenhead News.
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The Bananaman of Zululand
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7 March 2007
Kevin's work gains a full page feature in his local newspaper paper the Wirral Globe.
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Liverpool Echo feature
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5 March 2007
The Liverpool Echo run a double page feature on Kevin's work in Africa titled:
'Banana Man' Kevin is a Superh
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Changing Times Magazine
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5 January 2007
'Banana Man's' work in Zululand is first featured in London's Changing Times magazine.
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A One Man Mission
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30 June 2006
A year later and Kevin is still battling single handedly to feed the children of Phalane Prima
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Kevin starts feeding 886 children daily at Phalane
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13 June 2005
After selling his family home and renting a house on his return from his first journey, Kevin
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In the Beginning....
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26 February 2005
Kevin witnesses the desperate plight of AIDS orphans in South Africa on TV and quite literally goes 'bananas'. Six days later he is sta
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