We had 145 in attendance at this years Art Day! ABCD children, families, guests, and our team of volunteers enjoyed a great day in the garden. The volunteers had been assigned to families to pack bags of donated items and school supplies and personal gifts. This was a great way for them to connect in […]
Tanzania
Amazing Volunteers Create 3 New Libraries!
What a wonderful team of volunteers we have this year. They were absolutely instrumental in preparing three rooms at three primary schools as libraries for the children. We purchased textbooks, gathered donations of story books, and hired a local carpenter to build shelving and tables. Our volunteers, in three teams, went to each school to […]
Volunteers Arrive, Orientation and Working
It was exciting to meet the volunteers as they arrived at Kilimanjaro International Airport and we could see how excited they were to have finally arrived! After a busy day in Moshi, shopping for school supplies and other items to be given later to the children, we all headed up to the Sekao Lodge to settle […]
Why We Are Here: Respice and Honest
Respice was very seriously ill last year. We were told that he had to be hospitalized and it began to look very dire. We learned about this in April 2012, and we were able to send funds immediately to the family for his medical needs and for transport to the hospital and food. We are […]
The Beginning of the 2013 Trip to Tanzania
Lynn and I departed on January 30 from Canada and after two long flights arrived at Kilimanjaro International Airport at 8:50 in the evening. Approaching the airport nothing can be seen on the ground except a few lights and darkness. The terminal building this year was full of large grasshoppers buzzing around and landing on […]