We're really excited about our own Dr. Diane Gerlach being featured in the Kenosha News. Her medical work in Tanzania changes the lives of many needy African children.
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The neighborhood kids in Wisconsin know you can make more from lemons than lemonade. How can these young children make a difference in Malawi? When these enterprising youngsters heard about the pre-school orphans at St. Jude’s Nursery in Malawithey wanted to do something to help.
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The Kitenga School for Girls allows young girls to aspire to the undreamed of future with the opportunities and self-sufficiency an education can offer. Their future would no longer follow the restrictive traditions of their female predecessors who faced early marriage with no say in the matter.
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We were honored to be selected among 24 Chicago area global activists to lead a “break-out classroom” at WBEZ Global Activism Expo 2012. This is WBEZ’s largest event of the year. Our topic was about "Helping Babies Breathe: How a Simple Medical Intervention is Reducing Infant Mortality."
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My goal was to educate caregivers on the importance of the first few minutes of a baby's life. Many areas do not have the means to take care of sick babies so they may "put them aside.” If they survive, they have an increased risk of permanent consequences. Many of these babies need only simple interventions to get them started. "Helping Babies Breathe" gives caregivers the skills to get these babies started.
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The lack of access to a clean water source can prevent the growth and overall health and well being of communities and is especially prevalent in the poorest remote and rural areas all over the African continent.
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On a small island in Lake Victoria off the coast of Mwanza, Tanzania, is Kome Island. The island is accessible only by ferry or small boat and has no electricity or running water. Bugoro Primary School , on the island, serves over 700 children, who are all taught by 5 teachers. Two buildings, each containing two small classrooms, were built by the government at a time when money was available.
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When Aid Africa’s Children first visited Sjambok School in Erasmus, South Africa, the staff and students proudly showed them their “computer lab.” At the time, their “computer lab” consisted of an empty room with a few counters. There were no computers in sight. Their strong vision and belief that someday they would have a computer lab was impressive.
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How does Aid Africa’s Children and Ryan Moore, a 26 year old man from Lincolnshire, Illinois build a government endorsed school in Zambia for a fraction of the cost of a government school in a timely manner?
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While on a past mission trip to South Africa, members of Aid Africa’s Children had personal witness to the plight of a group of teenage head of household orphans.
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Sophie and her friends noticed a growing number of very young street children in her community. She asked her husband if they could use a spare building on the property to start a creche.
The creche is a pre-school for local children who would otherwise not have a day care or teaching facility because they come from poor families. The creche opened in 2005.
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By providing even the smallest group, sometimes even a single person, with the skills, confidence, and self respect to become independent, productive members of the community, we place in motion the wheels of change. We can help to break the cycle of poverty and hopelessness. One of our continuing goals is to expand on small business ventures such as this in other rural communities.
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Ten years ago, Justice Amadi was living in a hut in Africa with no running water or electricity with little hope for the future after a severe burn injury. Today, he lives in a prominent Chicago suburb and is a MBA graduate with a 3.5 average, working full-time and studying for his CPA exam.
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