http://kondwa.org/blog Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:40:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Building Walls Builds Hope - New Photos from Kachele Primary School By Regan Murray, Co-President Angela walks by a future classroom ... http://kondwa.org/blog/archives/19 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 ... http://kondwa.org/blog/archives/32 By Bevin Dunn You helped provide clothes and toothbrushes to over 90 kids this year! Recently, two Temwani Officers, Regan Murray and I , made the trek to Lusaka, Zambia to check on our projects and meet face to face with our key ... http://kondwa.org/blog/archives/18 The United Nations estimates that more than 850 million people worldwide are undernourished.  World Food Day recognizes that every person should have the right to sufficient, nutritionally adequate, and culturally acceptable food for an active healthy life.  To ensure this same right to the children of N’gombe Compound that will ... http://kondwa.org/blog/archives/17 by Regan Murray Help us raise $25,000 to build boys and girls’ bathrooms so that the new school for orphans can open next year! Last year, with your help, we raised more than $30,000 to construct a new school for orphans and vulnerable children.  This new school will be a state-of-the-art primary ... http://kondwa.org/blog/archives/16 Imagine that you are visually impaired, living in an impoverished area with few monetary resources, and have little access to education.  How would you learn to protect yourself from HIV/AIDS? The Kondwa Children's Foundation is supporting the HIV/AIDS Infor-Tech Africa (HAITA) project in its efforts to educate the visually impaired populations ... http://kondwa.org/blog/archives/15 by Marie Vagedes, LCSW A little less than a year ago, I had the opportunity to join with a group of primary school teachers working in Lusaka, Zambia through the Kondwa Children’s Foundation volunteer trip.  This opportunity for connection took on the form of a 6-day workshop that my dear friend ... http://kondwa.org/blog/archives/14 By Laurie Holland After my first trip to Zambia in 2006, I observed a great number of orphaned children grieving the loss of loved ones who had died from HIV/AIDS. Upon my return to San Jose State University, I devoted my graduate thesis research to “grief intervention for AIDS-orphaned children ... http://kondwa.org/blog/archives/12 By Adam Hardin On a dusty mid-July day, three plumbers who have placed a water valve in the wrong location are dealing with one very determined nun. Sister Helen Scully is the director of the Little Assisi, a school for children with special needs, in N’gombe compound in Lusaka Zambia. Today, ... http://kondwa.org/blog/archives/11 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 ... http://kondwa.org/blog/archives/10