Events

Congratulations to Lorrie Williams, New Westminster’s 2019 Citizen of the Year. Lorrie has contributed a great deal to the city and is certainly a most deserving citizen to receive this award. Lorrie Williams founded CHES in 1985 after serving a

As posted on Facebook, former CHES student and head of the alumni group CHEBAK graduated from university on December 19th, 2018 in tourism with honours. Congratulations to Sarah Martha. We are all proud of you. In her own words: “I

Chris McDonald and Kim Koenig are two enterprising, energetic and committed teachers at Stelly’s Secondary School in Central Saanich. They jointly teach a Global Perspectives class over a two-year period that culminates with a class visit to a Third World

  On the 20th of October, 2018 CHES held a graduation ceremony for the students who are staying at Sara William Hostel in Katesh, Tanzania. It was very good as the Form Four students got a chance to say farewell

On the last Saturday in June every year, the Peninsula U-Brew Winery in Sidney hosts a Customer Appreciation Day. Food, drink and music are provided by owners Stan Roberts and Maureen Bifford. How can their many customers fail to enjoy

The Canadian Harambee Education Society was very fortunate to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) with a very special Kenyan guest, High Commissioner John Lanyasunya and his Secretary Isaiah Koech, on March 8th, 2018, in New Westminster. While the weather outside

Our CHES (Canadian Harambee Education Society) fundraiser for Water Security at the Katesh CHES Hostel was held at the Sutherland Bar in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. Doors opened at 5:30 p.m. with supper at 6:30 p.m. The

Although CHES had been in their new home in Kakamega for several months, the official opening wasn’t held until May 28 when Executive Director Joy Ruffeski visited from Canada. The rain that started in the early afternoon didn’t dampen the

We would like to invite you to the CHES Annual General Meeting (AGM) – this is our 31st year of operation. There will be a business meeting with reports and the election of the 2016/2017 Board of Directors. This will

Last fall, for the third time in the last six years, Catriona and Chris Harker gathered together their loyal, industrious and by now, knowledgeable team of five couples and asked, “Do you think we can do it?”. They were referring