Walk In Love International
September/October Newsletter
Welcome Friends and Family to our September/October Newsletter! We have a lot to update you on! I do try to make this newsletter monthly but sometimes I get so busy and its been 2 months before I even know it! I want to introduce you all to our new logo and T-shirts! You can purchase your WIL t-shirt on OUR NEW WEBSITE, thanks to our friends at Cedar Creek Creative, wearewalkinlove.org. You can learn more about volunteering with WIL, sponsoring a child, becoming a monthly sponsor and so much more! We are still working on making the website everything we want it to be but it is up and running and ready for you to visit!
Welcome Ima, Juma, Amina, Joeli, Joshua and Elisha, Ma Adrianna and Julianna!
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| Big Boy Elisha! |
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| Julianna and baby Juma |
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| Ima |
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| Ma Adrianna comforting Joeli on his first day |
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| Amina was very happy her first day! She carried this doll around all day:) |
We welcomed 6 new kids on November 1st! We are now up to 15 kids and 4 full time nannies! We will introduce the new children to you on our sponsor a child link later this week. If you are interested in sponsoring a child please visit our Child sponsorship page and learn more about what sponsoring a child means and how you will be giving your child a better chance at a bright, happy and healthy future! We are very happy to announce that 7 of our beautiful children have been sponsored! Mama's are often so happy when they find out there children will be able to go to school that they are brought to tears. Education is not a right in Tanzania it is a gift. A gift that you could give!
Monthly Budget
It was suggested to us that we post a budget every month and we thought that was a great idea! We want everyone to know where their money is going. We also want everyone to see just how much it takes to run our center on a monthly basis and why monthly sponsorship is so important! There are no administrative costs and 100% of your donations go straight into our programs! For more information on becoming a monthly sponsor please visit our Monthly Sponsorship page. For as little as $15 per month you can make a difference in the lives of women and children and actually see where your money is going and who it is helping!
I will post our budget on the website monthly.
October Monthly Budget
(in Tanzanian
Shillings)
Every Month (monthly
budget will increase with every child and employee we add. We are
also hoping to add vitamins to our monthly budget):
Rent: 500,000/
Electricity: 75,000/
Water: 50,000/
Food (including milk,
charcoal, transportation): 550,000
Salaries: 1,720,000
Total: 2,895,000/
($1,809.37)
Extra for October:
Playground (including
labor, paint, transportation and tires): 1,100,000/
Baby cribs: 250,000
Mattresses: 129,000
Plastic diaper covers:
20,000
Jewelry supplies: 10,000
Button machine for
tailors: 75,000
Chairs: 110,000
Help Mama Juma and Mama
Joshua start a business: 100,000
Balls: 27,000
Kitchen supplies: 150,000
Office Supplies: 100,000
Total: 2,071,000/
($1,294.38)
Combined Total:
4,966,008/ ($3,103.76)
Mama Amina (Juma) and Mama Joshua
Mama Amina and Mama Joshua are women that we have known for several months. They are both struggling to take care of their children and Mama Joshua has even sent two of her kids (2 years and 7 years) away to live with family members. When we had the opportunity, thanks to children being sponsored, to bring in more children into our center we thought of Mama Amina and Mama Joshua immediately. Amina, Juma and Joshua started attending our center on November 1 and we gave Mama Amina and Mama Joshua supplies to start up a small cake business just outside the center in a great location! We hope that the business will be successful and Mama Joshua can bring her children home.
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| Mama Amina with Amina and Juma. The business is very close to the center so Mama Amina is able to come and feed Juma several times per day. |
WIL Playground!
Thanks to a Tastefully Simple fundraiser held by Karalin McKain and fundraisers held in Kansas City (Hamburger Mary's, 5K, Out in the Crossroads) we were able to build our kids an amazing playground! All the pieces are now up and the kids are playing on it every chance they get!! The only thing left to do is paint everything bright colors and we have some great volunteers coming next week to do just that!
Beds, Beds, Beds!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our bed fundraiser we were able to purchase 3 toddler bunk beds and one double crib with mattresses! Now all of our kids are up off the floor for nap time!
Childcare Professional Course
We held a two week Childcare Professional Course taught by Nikki Fortune, at the beginning of September. Nikki did a great job! The women could not have been happier with the information that Nikki taught them and they feel comfortable and confident to work with children. We will be helping the women find employment in Arusha. We will also be offering an English course to all the graduates starting in November. We believe that with the Childcare course and the English course we will put them on the top of any employers lists! We are excited to welcome back Nikki and her husband Derek next year!
WIL Preschool:
Up and Running!
The children attend preschool every morning and afternoon in our new preschool room. Rehema was picked by Nikki to become our new preschool teacher! We were not expecting this but we think she is doing an amazing job! She is a natural teacher and with her wonderful English and knowledge we know she will be the best teacher for our children! This will most likely not be a permanent position for Rehema because she has a lot of other interests she would like to peruse within WIL but we are happy to have her in the preschool room until January.
Reuben goes to University!!!
Thank you to everyone who has donated towards Reubens education. He started school on October 13th and is doing really well. We were able to raise enough money for Reubens first year but he needs to complete 3 years in order for him to receive his Bachelors degree in Community Development. If you are interested in donating towards Reubens education please visit our GoFundMe page. Thank you!
Current Fundraisers
We are currently trying to raise enough money to buy 20 water filters for 20 of our neediest families! Please check out our Facebook even for more information.
Christmas Safe Water Appeal
2014 Calendar!
We are also selling desktop 2014 Calendars full of pictures from this year at WIL for $10! Please email me at walkinlovetanzania@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing a 2014 WIL desktop Calendar.
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| Just a couple of cuties! |
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| Our new toddler room will hopefully be completed his month. |
Reuben goes to University!!!
Thank you to everyone who has donated towards Reubens education. He started school on October 13th and is doing really well. We were able to raise enough money for Reubens first year but he needs to complete 3 years in order for him to receive his Bachelors degree in Community Development. If you are interested in donating towards Reubens education please visit our GoFundMe page. Thank you!
Current Fundraisers
We are currently trying to raise enough money to buy 20 water filters for 20 of our neediest families! Please check out our Facebook even for more information.
Christmas Safe Water Appeal
2014 Calendar!
We are also selling desktop 2014 Calendars full of pictures from this year at WIL for $10! Please email me at walkinlovetanzania@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing a 2014 WIL desktop Calendar.
How can you help?
*Ask about volunteer and intern opportunities in the US and Tanzania. Please send emails to believeinme.abc@gmail.com for more information on volunteering or visit our website, wearewalkinlove.org
*Help us to write grants
*Purchase a one of a kind handmade quilt or duvet from our Etsy Shop
*Share our fundraisers with friends and family
*If you are in the KC area swing by our booth at A Fabulous Find (5330 Martway, Mission, Ks)
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| Booth at a Fabulous Find! |
*Hold a fundraiser (please contact me at walkinlovetanzania@gmail.com for more info)
*Make a donation, we are a registered 501 c (3) organization, using paypal or by mailing a check payable to:
Walk In Love International
12802 S Arapaho Dr
Olathe, KS 66062
Contact me at walkinlovetanzania@gmail.com or check out our website, wearewalkinlove.org
