Even though the rainy season is drawing to a close, the water is still flowing at Amani Orphanage!
With the installation of our new water tower finally complete, the children will have year round access to clean safe water. The process of raising funds, purchasing materials, hiring works and construction the device has taken a long time, but it is well worth the wait! We would like to thank everyone who contributed materials, funds and labor to this mile stone project!
Please consider donating to the cost of purchasing and transporting clean water to store in our water tower!
Kate Thompson is a Ph.d. Candidate in Anthropology at Stony Brook University with degrees in Community, Environment and Development, Anthropology and World Literature from the Pennsylvania State University. She visited Amani in 2011 with the School for Field Studies. There she began a collaboration with Juma to build an international network, aiming to ensure publicity, fundraising and sustainable growth for Amani. Kate has conducted environmental education research as well as arts and literacy programming throughout East Africa, both with Amani and through her affiliation with the Children and Youth Empowerment Centre in Nyeri, Kenya. Her current work is based southeastern Madagascar exploring the ecological, social and economic implications of illegal poaching.
