Our first sponsorship success story! Two wonderful donors from Canada have chosen two sponsor two of our incredible young girls: Elizabeth Jumanne and Bahati Ramadhan. After their visit in May, these volunteers decided they wanted to stay an important part of the childrens’ live at Amani, and generously offered to donate the school fees to allow Elizabeth and Bahati to attend school. Juma sent the volunteers stories about the kids lives, and helped them set up communication with the children. Now, thanks to these donations, Elizabeth and Bahati and two of Mwalima Anna’s English Medium School.
If you would like to sponsor a child in need, contact Juma to learn more about who needs you most!
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.
