A LIMERICK recycling firm is backing plans to help build a new disability centre in Bamba, Kenya, next year.
Clean Ireland Recycling, which operates throughout Limerick, is providing materials including timber, door locks, hinges, and electrical sockets and switches for the centre.
The facility will cater to hundreds of children and adults with disabilities with shipments already on the way to Kenya from Cork Port.
Alongside Irish charity Project ESPWA , Clean Ireland Recycling managing director Brian Lyons, who has a son with disabilities, will travel to Bamba with volunteers next February to help complete the centre.
“The project is very much driven by personal connections,” he said. “Particularly the inspiration of long-time ESPWA volunteer Pat Barry and board member Dan Ducey.”
Project ESPWA, whose name means ‘hop’ in Haitian Creole, has worked in crisis-affected communities worldwide since 2010. Each year, skilled Irish volunteers travel to Kenya to build schools, deliver clean water, and support local communities.
“We have been inspired with stories of their work, from building a school in Shirango, Kenya, to the emotional moment locals saw clean water flow from a new borehole for the first time,” Brian added.
Mr Lyons said the partnership “highlights how local businesses can make a tangible difference overseas, providing not just materials but hope and opportunity to some of the world’s most disadvantaged communities”.
Clean Ireland Recycling provides waste management services across Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary. With more than 35 years’ experience, the award-winning company has a strong record of supporting charitable projects both in Ireland and abroad, combining professional expertise with social and environmental responsibility.
