Category Archives: Snippets and Stories
Dave’s Story
by Dave Skoor — Everett, Washington, USA I’ve been back home now for a month and one of the most [...]
Leslie’s Story
by Leslie Ryan — Portland, Oregon, USA I had the extreme opportunity to teach and deliver 147 reusable feminine hygiene [...]
Pablo’s Story
by Pablo Rodriguez — Sao Paulo, Brazil When I first headed to the village of Bujela in southern Tanzania in [...]
Does a Reduced Fertility Rate Solve Poverty?
Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs gives an explanation as to how education is a solution to poverty. Click HERE to watch. [...]
A Pleasant Surprise
During our field visit in September 2011 we received a pleasant surprise. While visiting our 3rd school construction project, the [...]
Blessings of Community
Why help people on the other side of the world, when there are so many here who need our help? [...]
Imagine . . .
Have you ever imagined how your life would be if you’d been born into extreme poverty? We in the [...]
How Did It Begin?
How did it begin? Five teenage orphans in rural Tanzania gathered in a caring person’s home with a volunteer teacher [...]
Rosie and Bananas
I first met Rosie in 2009 when she was 15 years old, two years after her parents died. Following their [...]
A Day at the Beach!
Recently, some of our students from the Marilynn Primary and Nursery School, located in Majohe, Tanzania, took a field trip [...]
