Saturday, May 12, 2012

Tax deductible donations



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Monday, May 7, 2012

Baran's Story (Joyce's husband)

I had a very interesting conversation with Baran the other day. He came over to tell me how thankful he was for helping to find someone to sponsor his wife's education. He was smiling so big that he kept covering his face when he would talk about Joyce and how happy he was that she was here and able to go to school. This conversation led somewhere that I had not expected. Even tho I see Baran everyday we had never really talked about his past. I knew he came from a village 2.5 hours outside of Arusha and that he had come to Arusha 7 years ago to get a job so support his family. While talking about Joyce's education I asked if Joyce had ever attended school. He told me that she had to drop out of school at form 5 because she got pregnant. Now because children start school are varying ages I am not sure how old this makes her but I believe form 5 is the same as 6th grade. School is free up until form 7 and that is when most children's school careers end. After telling me this Baran said something that kind of shocked me, "I hate my father". I didn't really say anything and he continued his thought. He said I hate my father because I was a good student and I wanted to go on to secondary school. He said that his father has money to send him but that he refused and this was why Baran hated him. Baran then went on to say that he knew the reason that his father did not allow him to go to school was because he was not educated and that he could not even form the letter "A". He knew that since his father did not understand the value of education and that Baran could herd cattle just like he did. Baran continued his story and told me that he did tend to the goats and cattle for a little while but soon he chose to run away from his family. He ran away and got a job and saved enough money to go to English school. He saved enough to go for 3 months. After 3 months he could not afford to go any more but continued to practice and learn as much as possible. He ended up getting a job with a safari company and the reason he got the job was because he could speak English. Now Baran works for the safari company that happens to be located on our compound. He told me that he knows the value of education and hopes his boys will one day make it all the way to University. That is a big dream here and few people actually make it but I know Baran will make sure his boys get a good education and know the value of education. Then his boys will instill this value in their children. Baran has started a very positive cycle for his family and I do not doubt that Barans grandchildren and great grandchildren do make it to University.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Our first Walk In Love woman goes to school!

One of the programs that Walk In Love has already started in called "Believe in Me". Believe in Me is set up to connect women that want to go to school/trade school and women that want to support them in their journey. A 6 month trade school will change the course of a women and her families lives. Most people here aren't really qualified to do very many jobs. An education give them hope for the future. They are asking you to Believe in them, that they can go to school and make a better future for themselves and there children. Walk In Love believes that once you change the course of the parents lives then you can change the course of the following generations. Once a women can get a good job and send her children to school then they can get a good job and intern send their own children to school one day. 



Our first Walk In Love woman is named Joyce. She does have a husband but he does not make enough money to keep there family all in one place. Baran is a friend of Jason and I's and told us about his struggle to keep his family together. We decided that Joyce would be our first Walk In Love woman and found her sponsor for her education. Joyce moved to Arusha to go to school which is 2 hours away from her home where she lives with Barans parents and 2 of the 3 sons. ! We are so proud of Joyce for taking this first step to getting her family back together!

For more information about sponsoring a women like Joyce please contact me at walkinlovetanzania@gmail.com

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