Project
Albert MBE
New Years Honours List 2006
Eddie Brophy, a Flight Sergeant from Royal Air Force Lyneham
is overjoyed and extremely proud to be honoured for his dedication
and painstaking efforts in helping to build new facilities,
and improve on old infrastructure, which benefits the underprivileged
children of Nairobi, and the surrounding area.
An awesome and endless task initiated in the latter years
of the last decade, aptly named 'Project Albert', Flight
Sgt Eddie Brophy, has spent many years of unparalleled
effort to achieve his aim: To relieve poverty and sickness,
to encourage the education of children and young people
and to assist the underprivileged people of Kenya by purely
practical means.
Previous works include the construction of schools and kitchens,
the installation of water facilities, the refurbishment of
an orphanage and the installation of a dental facility. Much
of this previous work has been undertaken in and around the
slum communities of Nairobi.
Flt Sgt Brophy, 48, an airframe aircraft engineer on 47/70
Squadron RAF Lyneham, has always had an overriding desire
to improve the lifestyle for the countless underprivileged
children and families of Nairobi. "It took a while before
I realised that I had just experienced a moment of deep personal
significance" a statement Eddie reflects upon so often
when his first notions were being spun around his unselfish
mind.
Andy Humm, web designer to Lyneham Village Online, served
at RAF Lyneham with Eddie Brophy, both spent many hours reflecting
on their community work helping unfortunate families. Andy
recalls "Involved in over thirty years of charity and
community work myself, many in the Royal Air Force, the endless
work that Eddie achieves is unsurpassable and he has a rewarding
personality supported with a cheerful smile which he has
passed onto thousands of African families to make their lives
that much better. "
"Eddie achieves the impossible, he has set himself
many major overseas charity projects, to many that seem so
difficult, but he will never give up to ensure that the tears
of personal hardship are turned into tears of happiness"
Many of the projects Flight Sergeant Eddie Brophy has undertaken
with a view to making a difference to the lives of underprivileged
children in the slum areas of Nairobi, Kenya involve extraordinarily
physical, and often emotional journey's to some unique and
occasionally inhospitable environments. The Project teams
have met some remarkable people and forged new friendships
with some unforgettable characters in these often astonishing
areas of abject poverty.
Eddie Brophy endless project plans include a visit to Marich,
nr Kitale in Africa in February 2006 to build a bridge to
improve local transport needs, a new flooring in a medical
clinic, and improve local education by introducing a needed
school building. For further information, and see if you
can help, visit the Project Albert website www.projectalbert.co.uk
To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the said
Most Excellent Order:
Flight Sergeant Edward Joseph BROPHY, (P8112028), Royal Air
Force.
Congratulations Eddie! You deserve the recognition.
Source Photos: With thanks to Eddie Brophy
and Project Albert
Project Albert
www.projectalbert.co.uk
Registered Charity No: 1096743
The key to Project Albert’s continued success is really a very simple one,
money. Active, enthusiastic people are giving their time to innovatively generate
funds for future Project Albert ventures. If you brush with them, please give
them your support. If someone offers you a Project Albert Christmas Pudding or
some other piece of Project Albert paraphernalia, please buy one, at least now
you know where your money is going. |