Help us welcome two new members of the Temwani team!

Jessica Dillon – Board member

Jessica, new to Board in 2009, is a Trader within the Treasury Department of the Federal Home
Loan Bank of Des Moines, where she focuses on balancing the market risks
of fixed income securities within the Bank. She has worked in finance
for 10 years on the West Coast and in the Midwest.

She has been involved in the fundraising efforts of Temwani over the
past two years, helping with the Annual Holiday Angels program and
hosting fundraisers for the Kachele Primary School. Jessica lives in
Des Moines, IA.

Mackenzie Smith – Treasurer

Mackenzie is a fixed income trader with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines and has worked in the Treasury Department for the last five years.  Mackenzie focuses on long term investment opportunities for the Bank.

She first became involved with Temwani’s Annual Holiday Angel program two years ago and has been addicted ever since.  She currently resides in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Kondwa Children’s Foundation is excited to welcome three energetic new Board Members.  All the new members have visited Zambia as part of the 2007 Volunteer Trip and have experience that will greatly benefit Kondwa’s mission. 

Laurie Holland

Laurie has done cross-cultural service and volunteer work in both Kenya and Zambia, Africa. She received her bachelor’s degree in Cross-Cultural Studies from Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota and her master’s degree in Counselor Education from San Jose State University in San Jose, California.

She has also been honored by the San Jose Rotary Club with an Ambassadorial Scholarship to participate in a Group Study Exchange program in Argentina in March 2007 and a 6-month Cultural Ambassadorial Rotary Scholarship to live in Mexico and study Spanish.

Adam Hardin

Adam is a behavior specialist who works for the Hamilton County Board of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities. His job involves working with children and adults with Mental Retardation who also have behavior problems. 

He went on the trip in summer of 2007 and helped to provide educational assessments to the children at Kondwa Day Center and area schools. In his free time, he serves in the Navy Reserves, coaches basketball, and watches way to much Law and Order. He lives in Southgate, Kentucky.
Phoebe Goodwin

Phoebe is a teacher and has been working with middle school children. She just started a new job at a high school in South Tucson where she is teaching chemistry and geometry and loving it. 

Phoebe attended the KCF Volunteer Trip 2007 and helped to lead a very beneficial teacher training workshop. She will be working with future trips and teacher trainings.

Phoebe lives in Tucson, AZ and is from the east coast.

 

 

What if the Kondwa Children’s Foundation earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our mission? Well, now it can!

GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy’s and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting your favorite cause.

Just click the banner above or this link to go to http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=864906 and our name should already be chosen as the charity.  If not, when you go to goodsearch.com, type “Kondwa Children’s Foundation” in the Charity Box.

Bookmark this page to search with and help the KCF grow! And, be sure to spread the word!

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Add GoodSearch to your IE, Firefox, or Mac toolbar

Make GoodSearch your homepage as well as the homepage on all of the computers in your company or school.

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The KCF is happy to announce that our Wordpress Blog is Back! 

We look forward to providing you timely project updates, helper spotlights and usefull information!