This past week our four sponsored children got a real treat when Kristina and Sharon came to visit them! The girls stayed at the hotel and went swimming for the first time in their lives! Kristina and Sharon helped purchase much needed supplies...
Read moreHilaria Mussa
Congratulations to Hilaria Mussa! She is our newest sponsorship child to be attending private secondary school! We can’t wait to see how wonderfully she’s going to do at Mwalimu Anna’s!
Read moreHow Alexa’s Donation Benefitted Amani!
Today Amani purchased 1000kg (10 bags) of maize, 5 days of fresh vegetables 100kg of beans, 50kg of sugar and a full motorbike’s worth of firewood! In addition to these staples, Amani has set aside the rest of the donation as an emergency...
Read moreCongratulations Alexa!
Alexa Diaz is a School for Field Studies alumna from summer session two in 2013. While in Tanzania, she visited the Amani Orphanage. In fact “I almost didn’t make it to the orphanage because I was getting over a bacterial infection I...
Read moreWish List
Thank you to our donors! Within a week- just one week– our wish list was completed. Here are some photos of our children, Asha and Abdhallah showing off our mosquito repellent! Thanks for making this possible!
Read moreBug Off!
Amani has a March wish list! Recently, two of our children fell ill with Malaria. According to the US Center for Disease Control malaria is a often-fatal disease caused parasitic infection via a mosquito bite. It causes fever, shaking chills, and...
Read moreRecord Breaking Thank Yous
In 2013 (our first full year with the website and online donation system) we raised a total of 1150 USD. This year so far we have already raised an incredible total of 1113 USD. That’s in only TWO MONTHS, from our alumni base of previous...
Read moreNot Done Yet!
With the recent donations Juma and the staff have bought bags of maize- a lot of maize! That’s a lot of corn meal for hungry bellies! But their list isn’t complete yet! We need beans for protein and oil for cooking, along with other...
Read more500 for Food
Juma sent me the following pictures this week, with the encouraging caption: food is on the way! Through e-mails, facebook and blog posts, Amani asked for 1200 USD in the month of February to help deal with a...
Read moreFood Emergency
This morning I woke up a little after five, unable to sleep. After a few groggy sips of water I blankly checked my Facebook and e-mail, the light of the computer illuminating my pre-dawn dorm room. There I saw a disturbing message from Juma...
Read moreConstruction: A Photo Journal
Thank you Leap, for all your hard work and compassion!
Read moreSponsorship Success!
This January, we introduced a new sponsorship program, that allows people form all over the word to choose a specific child and support them. Sponsors cover school fees: providing the child with an education, boarding, food and friendship at...
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