tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15012809917011957672024-03-13T02:32:24.708-07:00The One Person Project BlogDenise Howiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04381849337788790788noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501280991701195767.post-38666351440352646812022-10-16T16:40:00.002-07:002022-10-16T18:38:24.513-07:00Simon's Orphanage & Children's Centre<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaH0lPHk2vY8W9roZrD7Mo396GSBqB4tUfo48i3PPP1gfegVmrodrL6f7gr6Rf2AAltIrxrTMq5p3NAYAoRuyJWUdPjPXd89le1kdMAhOgYyFlEqDQE7UmjsWl4h-bj9J-XvRWA8zBreMVwWBnlvHZo_jWgSzXqvmcyD8NxGDApT0u4FIZEYhOYSOA8w/s2000/SPONSOR%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaH0lPHk2vY8W9roZrD7Mo396GSBqB4tUfo48i3PPP1gfegVmrodrL6f7gr6Rf2AAltIrxrTMq5p3NAYAoRuyJWUdPjPXd89le1kdMAhOgYyFlEqDQE7UmjsWl4h-bj9J-XvRWA8zBreMVwWBnlvHZo_jWgSzXqvmcyD8NxGDApT0u4FIZEYhOYSOA8w/w452-h640/SPONSOR%20(1).png" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:gammy@telus.net"><span style="font-family: arial;">CONTACT US </span></a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are here it means you are looking at ways to impact the lives of children and youth. And maybe change your own life too? Whether you sponsor a child, or take a self-funded trip with us to Simon's Orphanage & Children's Centre, you can be assured that you will be effecting meaningful change. We are a grassroots, volunteer organization based in Summerland, B.C. We been working in Kahama, Tanzania since 2007, and started to build and operate the orphanage in 2013.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Volunteering</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="bold" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">As a volunteer at Simon's Children's Centre & Orphanage</span><span class="bold" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">your most important task will be to interact with the children and youth. The orphans will really enjoy having you there and nothing can compare to making them smile or seeing how happy they are to play or </span>practice<span style="font-family: inherit;"> their English with you!</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Other tasks</b> will include physical work such as painting, yard-work, shopping, and unloading resources from the shipping container. There may also be opportunities to volunteer at the Royal Academy School.</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Duration:</b> You can choose how long to stay but we recommend a 2 week minimum. Brenda takes a team once or twice a year and stays for around 6 weeks. Some volunteers have taken the trip on their own. (We have many contacts in Kahama, including our One Person Agent, Emmanuel.)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Fees:</b> We do not charge you to be a One Person volunteer.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Costs:</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">You will pay all your own travel, food, accommodation and associated costs (as we do).</span></span></li></ul></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"> For more information </span><a class="txt5" href="mailto:gammy@telus.net" style="background-color: white; color: black;">Contact Brenda</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Sponsoring the Orphanage</b> $30 Per Month</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>It takes just a few minutes to set up your sponsorship. You can set up a monthly </span><span>Direct Debit of $30 payable to the Summerland Credit Union. If you currently bank at </span><span>the Credit Union, go in and they will set up the payment. If you bank at another </span><span>institution, we will supply you with the PAD agreement form to fill out and sign. They </span><span>also require a blank cheque and two pieces of ID. The ideal amount is $40 but we are </span><span>unable to issue tax-receipts for sponsorship at this time, so One Person will fundraise the </span><span>difference, an amount that will more than cover the tax rebate you would have received.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Your on-going donations will help to:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Pay for maintenance of the buildings, and the development and maintenance of the grounds</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Feed and clothe the children</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Pay for medical expenses</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Pay school fees, and school uniforms and supplies</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Provide further education and vocational education for youth who leave school</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Pay a wage to a matron and patron to live with, and care for the orphans</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Pay for a live-in Social Worker and our Agent</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Provide emergency funds</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Provide project aid for the Royal Academy School</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">NOTE: All One Person members are unpaid volunteers. 100% of your donations go to our projects in Kahama</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"> For more information </span><a class="txt5" href="mailto:gammy@telus.net" style="background-color: white; color: black;">Contact Brenda</a></span></div></div></div>Denise Howiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04381849337788790788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501280991701195767.post-87535902174219440632015-01-27T11:29:00.000-08:002015-07-26T23:16:27.025-07:002015 Volunteer Trip: Muvuma Orphanage<div style="text-align: center;">
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Children at the newly-built Muvuma Orphanage; carrying-in supplies from the shipping container. The orphanage also supports children and youth with albinism<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is hard to believe that before we came on-board on our 2013 trip the orphanage walls were only a few feet high.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2011 the Kahama District donated land so that two small orphanages could combine to become the new Muvuma Orphanage. A volunteer committee of local women worked extremely hard to raise funds for the new building, as well as looking after and finding funds for 18 orphans. We decided to add our support, and a medical volunteer on the trip, Nancy Comeau, donated $1,000 US towards construction, which allowed over four-thousand bricks to be added! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since then we have managed to send enough funds to finish the building. We still need to raise around $9,000 to get the interior to a stage where up to 50 children can be housed. Even so, the existing orphans moved in before Christmas, and the Orphanage Head, Lucia has been able to take in ten more orphans!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bedding, curtains, pots and pans and utensils make a real difference when you have nothing. The Orphanage is wired for electricity but does not yet have power running to the property. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two things that the children have not had in their lives before - mirrors and male-influences. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The children and youth gravitate towards Peter and Ron, and most have never seen their own reflection clearly before. (The ponds are muddy!)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: large;">UPDATE: The brick machine is not at the orphanage, it is not practical to run a business out of there at the moment. We have loaned the machine to two young men and Ron provided hands-on training. </span></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twenty-one orphans have <span style="text-decoration: none;">a loving home</span>
this Christmas! A huge thank you to everyone who helped to make this
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>The children moved in on the 14th, unfortunately there were camera
problems but we will get it sorted and will post photos as soon as we can. A
family of three siblings joined the original group of 18 children the day they
moved in! As soon as we raise the remaining $10,000 to finish the
bathrooms, kitchen area and install interior doors and a ceiling, another
thirty or so orphans can be rescued from the streets of Kahama. Do contact us
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its way to Kahama. One Person President and co-founder Brenda Lowe and Peter Smythe and Ron Ryde are departing on Jan 14<sup>th</sup>
to begin our smallest ever One Person Volunteer Trip. Brenda and Peter will be
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and distribute the container resources, and Ron will be setting up the brick
machine and providing training to set up a brick-making business at the Muvuma
Orphanage. As ever, everyone pays their own way on these trips! You can see
pictures and stories from the trip on facebook and our blog.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><strong>For more information, to volunteer or to make a donation </strong><a href="mailto:info@theonepersonproject.org" style="color: #888888;" target="_blank"><strong>contact me</strong></a><strong> , mail to The One Person Project, 10108 Julia Street, Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z5 donate </strong></span><a href="http://www.theonepersonproject.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong>on-line</strong></span></a><strong style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> or make a payment into our account at the Summerland Credit Union (Summerland, British Columbia).</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our amazing Agent, Emmanuel, took the 18 children and youth to see their new home! It isn't complete but we hope to have the children in there before Christmas. With your help we will continue to fund-raise and finish the orphanage in the new year, at which time the Muvuma ladies will bring 30 or more vulnerable children in to the family! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Muvuma Orphanage is a separate, locally-run NGO but we have added our support. It took 2 years for the Muvuma ladies to raise enough funds to build the first two-feet of the structure. The Muvuma Committee is in complete control of the orphanage and how it is run but we maintain control of the funds we donate. We send the funds to our agent, Emmanuel, who pays the materials and labour bills directly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We know how hard our small team here in Canada works to raise funds and awareness, and we greatly admire the dedication of the Muvuma ladies who continue to raise funds and care for the orphans on a daily basis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the help of donations, and personal funds loaned to us to pay the builders - we are almost there! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our Agent, Emmanuel has worked hard to coordinate the building project alongside the Muvuma Orphanage Group,<br />who set the ball rolling in 2011</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Four of the eight bathroom stalls are completed. Six stalls will contain the standard squat toilet, but there will be a pedestal-style toilet in both the girls' and the boys' bathrooms to assist children with disabilities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am delighted to report that it looks as though we will be able to move the children in before Christmas as we had hoped; work will continue when we can raise more funds. Click the Muvuma link on the right to find out more about the orphanage and to see photos of the children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We held a flash appeal to raise funds to get the septic fields dug out before the rainy season starts - we received $3,000 in one week! We still need to double that amount to get the building ready to the stage where the children can move in - we will complete the rest of the building when we can. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We need another $20,000 to finish the building but are have to raise $10,000 immediately to get the building finished to a stage where the children can move in before the rainy season starts! Firstly, we need to raise $5,000 to dig out the septic fields and install septic tanks and half of the planned toilets and sinks. Next the external doors and bathroom doors - just the minimum to make the house safe for the children to move in; $1,000. A final $4,000 will make the home habitable and provide beds and essentials for the 18 children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are thrilled at the progress being made, and know that with your help the building will be ready to provide a safe home for the children. <a href="http://www.theonepersonproject.org/">CLICK HERE</a> t</span><span style="font-size: large;">o make a donation towards the costs of finishing the orphanage.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A third of our forty-foot shipping container is dedicated to resources for the orphanage; it will arrive in Kahama early next year to coincide with our February Volunteer trip. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="mailto:info@theonepersonproject.org"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Contact us</span></a> if you would like to:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Donate towards finishing the orphanage.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Sponsor the orphanage or an orphan.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Volunteer in Kahama, or in the Okanagan, B.C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The One person Project, 10108 Julia Street, Summerland, British Columbia, V0H 1Z5, Canada. Donating<a href="http://www.theonepersonproject.org/"><span style="color: #2288bb;"> on-line</span></a> or making a donation at the Summerland & District Credit Union.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Denise Howiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04381849337788790788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501280991701195767.post-60046073848850587682014-09-10T23:07:00.000-07:002015-02-15T13:13:20.358-08:00Why we send books written in English<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although there are around 125 languages
spoken in Tanzania, the country officially operates under a bilingual system.
While Kiswahili is the language of instruction in primary school, students are
required to read and write in English to complete their secondary school
education. English is the dominant global language of communication, business, diplomacy,
entertainment and the internet, and </span>understandably<span style="font-family: inherit;">, the Tanzanian Government wants to level the playing field.</span></span><br />
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the difficulties that children face switching from Kiswahili to English at
Secondary school for example, especially in rural areas like Kahama where the teachers and
children do not hear English spoken or have access to English books. We are taking steps to ease the transition. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Just by visiting the area each year and
conversing with officials and families in English we are making a difference.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In 2012 we ran a week-long English workshop
for teachers and will do so again in 2015 or 2016.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We will be sending our current shipping container this year and one more in 2016; the Teacher Resource Centres will then have a wide selection of library and text books. </span><br />
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chose to support Kahama because poverty is wide-spread and acute and there is
little outside help. There is no tourist trade.
Apart from the occasional European gold miners who drop in to the banks
or bars we are usually the only mzungus (white people) that the townspeople see. Out in the villages - we are the only ones! By bolstering the twin pillars of health and education our goal is
to ensure a stronger local economy, a healthier population and a generation
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Items.</b> We have shipped 4 forty-foot sea containers to East Africa. The
first went to Muhanga, Rwanda and the others to our sponsor community in
Kahama, Tanzania. We did our homework before we began to collect donations; we
visited the community and asked questions; we read widely and learned about the
mistakes and successes of other attempts to help in African countries. In the
end basic math made the decision for us. By raising $20,000 to purchase and
ship a container we can provide $200,000 - $300,000 of project aid. (<span class="txt41">Project aid is a partnership
whereby the villagers participate in the process with the ultimate goal of
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is by no means an easy route. We are a small volunteer Board & Committee
that dedicates hundreds of man-hours to collecting and sorting donations and
then countless hours fundraising to ship them!
We are so thankful to the volunteers who stand beside us in a parking
lot to sort and pack in the heights of summer and depths of a Canadian winter.
And of course we would have nothing to send if it weren't for the generosity of
our own community and organizations across BC. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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box of pencil crayons costs around US$8.00 a soccer ball around US$50 in Tanzania – imagine
the cost of purchasing just one hospital bed there and having it delivered hundreds of miles
to middle-of-nowhere Kahama! Our priority has been to ship medical and
educational resources to strengthen the community and provide a solid
foundation on which it can build. Using that $20,000 to purchase resources in
Tanzania would have had very little impact compared to:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span class="txt41"><b>Medical.</b></span><span class="txt41"> The Kahama District
Hospital (the only hospital for a population of one million people) receives
wards-full of hospital beds, mattresses and linens, operating tables, OR drapes,
gowns, gloves and booties, examination tables, birth kits, microscopes, blood
pressure cuffs and much more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the West, health workers in African countries depend on communication tools
like cell phones or the Internet to refer patients to specialist facilities, to
place orders for drugs and equipment, and to share medical knowledge. We deliver donated computers and equipment to
the hospital and the primary Teacher Resource Centre.<b><u><span style="color: #6d120f;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></div>
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text and library books (for the township and 240 villages) and invaluable
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co-operatives and provide income-making skills. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Where
we differ from many organizations is that we take self-funded trips to Kahama
to distribute the items and monitor progress. We can see first-hand whether the
resources are making a positive difference, we can see what works and what
doesn’t and change our operations accordingly. Another major advantage is that
for the rest of the year we have daily contact with Emmanuel, our Agent in
Kahama. As well as shipping we have set up a number of programs in Kahama and
have built an orphanage. At this point we intend to ship one final container to
Kahama in 2016. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Clothing.</b> Indiscriminately sending clothing to impoverished areas can cause problems as the garments often end up flooding the black-market and depriving local garment-makers and sellers of their income. We do not ship a lot of clothing but when we do we have a major advantage over many organizations as we regularly visit the region and can see the results of our donations and make changes if they are causing problems. The families and orphanages that receive the donated clothing and shoes would not be buying clothes from the local markets, they would simply go without. </span></div>
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we can, we do purchase resources and supplies in Kahama. Our strategy of
strengthening the whole community through sending medical, educational and
entrepreneurial resources will translate into locals buying local, a win-win situation!
At present most families are not in the position to help the economy – they
live day to day surviving on the ‘crops’ they can grow in the patches of earth
outside their huts. The ripple-effect purchases we do make in the Kahama region
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HIV/AIDS Association: This will enable workers to reach more people in their
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<span style="font-size: large;">Twenty children and youth currently live in this rented 4-room house, which will not be available for much longer. The Kahama District Council donated land for a new orphanage, which will house up to 50 children. The small group of local women, who donate their time and limited funds to running the orphan-group, raised enough funds to start the building, a difficult task in a rural area struggling with the effects of extreme poverty. Check out the previous Muvuma blogs (click on the Muvuma link on the right or scroll through the blog) to see how the orphanage will be transforming lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It took two years of hard work for the building to get the first five levels of bricks around the 7,000sq ft base; a great testament</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to the Muvuma ladies' determination and dedication. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The 2011 One Person Volunteer team visited the orphanage and Nancy C. donated $1,000, which provided the top 4,000 bricks and soon translated into an exciting surge of progress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are thrilled at the progress being made, and know that with your help the building will be ready to provide a safe home for the children by Christmas. Please do contact me</span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: none;"> </strong><span style="font-size: large;">if you are able to make a donation towards the costs of finishing the orphanage: floor, internal walls, doors, windows, plumbing, electrical and so on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A third of our forty-foot shipping container is dedicated to resources for the orphanage; it will arrive in Kahama early next year to coincide with our February Volunteer trip. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Joseph and Emmanuel are amazing, hardworking men who live in Kahama, Tanzania. Both have made every effort to help us on our visits to Kahama, acting as drivers, translators and tour guides! We value their friendship greatly. (You can read more about Joseph in my Nov. 15th 2013 blog.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Earlier this year we asked Emmanuel if he would be our representative in Kahama, and thankfully - he agreed! Thanks to technology and our annual visits, we were already in regular contact with the officials and coordinators of the programs we are supporting or have set up, but having Emmanuel on the ground has allowed us to act and react much more swiftly: his local knowledge and insights are invaluable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Emmanuel graduated from the University of Dar es Salaam with a bachelor degree in political science and public administration. He currently owns and runs a day care in Kahama, runs training sessions for the Barrick Gold mining company and teaches written and spoken English to children. We are extremely fortunate to have him on our team. </span></div>
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Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states <i>that play and sports are a child’s right.</i> We believe in the concept of sport for
development – that sport is not just an end in itself, but also an effective
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have a sense of pride and something to strive towards and for girls it additionally allows them to have
status and opportunities they do not usually receive. Even the presence of one
soccer ball can increase school attendance, which is doubly important as most
schools have HIV Prevention Programs. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We regularly take
teams of volunteers to Kahama but Susan and her granddaughter Morgan couldn't</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> wait for the next planned trip, so travelled to East Africa on their own to
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Susan has had a long-term plan to help out in an orphanage so was delighted to be able to spend time with the Muvuma children and the dedicated local women who donate their time to supporting them. The current small building houses 20 children and youth, click the Muvuma link on the right to learn more about the children and the new building, which will be home to 50 at-risk orphans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Muvuma shelters street-kids and children with albinism. We will be shipping a forty-foot sea container to Kahama at the end of the year, which amongst other essential supplies, is crammed full of educational resources, medical equipment and items to help furnish and finish the new building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Donate towards finishing the orphanage.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sponsor the orphanage or an orphan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Almost there! The 20 children in the existing tiny orphanage building (which is only available until November) will soon have a new home. And 30 more vulnerable children including those surviving on the streets will soon find a safe-haven. We have recently sent a further $500 towards purchasing materials for the roof and are holding fundraisers to complete the building. Check out the other Muvuma posts to find out about the importance of a safe place for the children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of our mentions on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgUNy-dkP3M">Shaw TV News</a> Our 4th shipping container is almost ready to go! </span><br />
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<br />Denise Howiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04381849337788790788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501280991701195767.post-64444585138608698912013-12-14T23:36:00.000-08:002015-02-15T13:20:46.669-08:00Cogratulations Rylan - Top 40 under 40 Award!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Congratulations to Rylan,(right) One Person 2010 Vice President.<br />
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">Rylan is a remarkable young man who took the 2010 (self-funded) trip to E. Africa and personally raised over $12,000 throughout the year. His dream was to send a library to Africa and to that end he helped to solicit book donations and joined us in raising the funds to ship the container, which was also filled with medical, educational, entrepreneur and family resources.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">We sent over 16,000 books to Rwanda to create library shelves in the village schools. Rylan continues to support us at a personal level and through his business, Coffee News.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;"> Follow the link to read more about Rylan. <a href="http://jcipenticton.com/top-40-under-40-december-4th-rylan-hernberg/">http://jcipenticton.com/top-40-under-40-december-4th-rylan-hernberg/</a> </span></span>Denise Howiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04381849337788790788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501280991701195767.post-81677476736734959952013-12-14T13:01:00.000-08:002015-07-06T20:33:50.497-07:00Muvuma Orphanage Construction Progress! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It took two years and a lot of work to get to just six-bricks deep. The white band at the top indicates the 4,000 bricks that were added within a month when one of our February Trip volunteers, </span><span style="font-size: large;">Nancy Comeau</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> donated US $1,000. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Township and District of Kahama in Northwestern Tanzania</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Kahama District has a population of around one million people; split between the township and 240 scattered villages. We chose to work in the Kahama district because it is remote and has little outside help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We engage in capacity-building programs, which means that we are building a long-term, reciprocal relationship with the community, rather than just transferring resources. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The town has a long, busy Main Street with side roads bustling with bicycles and motorbikes. There are some modern hotels and a large supermarket, which cater to the more affluent gold miners who spend their days-off in Kahama. But the townsfolk who can afford to make purchases shop in the small stores and markets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Kahama District Hospital </b>is the only hospital for the whole district - a population of around a million people! There are also satellite clinics. We have targeted a couple of the clinics with one-off donations </span><span style="font-size: large;">and hope that our support filters out to the others in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When One Person first started in 2006, co-founder and President, Brenda Lowe asked family and friends to sponsor World Vision children in the Kahama District. In the end we found sponsors for over 50 children in the area, plus more in Muhanga, Rwanda. W.V. is due to leave the Kahama region in the next few years so some families are continuing to sponsor through One Person - a great decision as we will visit the children on our trips and will deliver and bring back photos, reports and personal messages!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brenda is also providing funding for a young man's education. His name is Joseph and I met him on my trip in 2012. He is an amazing young man who has been acting as an unpaid guide and interpreter whenever we visit Kahama. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">to the children of the Faraja orphanage on our 2012 trip.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is an excerpt from Brenda's <a href="http://www.planetranger.com/site/php/jnl_browse.php?uid=1305&jid=58026">Planet Ranger</a> entry earlier this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I met with my friend Joseph for a trip to the bank to deposit $900 I’d saved for him. I first met Joseph on my trip in 2009. He’s waiter at the Pineridge and has been our salvation on these trips. Joseph is one of the most resourceful, thoughtful, caring, generous people I’ve ever met. He helps us with everything we need and would never ask for anything in return.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I made a decision on my last trip here that I would like to help Joseph get a better education so he can find decent employment. Joseph works long hours as a waiter and makes less than $100 per month. He supports his family with anything he has left over after he pays his living expenses and will never be able to change his situation without some help. He’ll need two years of upgrading and then will be allowed to attend a vocational school for training to work at the mine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we visited Joseph’s parents yesterday, they thanked me for helping him saying that they never had enough to pay for him to get an education and are so grateful for him to have this chance. They said that the whole family depends on Joseph and when he has a good job, he’ll be able to help them."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To make a general donation send a cheque to <a href="http://www.theonepersonproject.org/" target="_blank">The One Person Project</a>, 10108 Julia Street, Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z5, donate <a href="http://www.theonepersonproject.org/" target="_blank">on-line</a> or <a href="mailto:info@theonepersonproject.org" target="_blank">email me</a>. </span><br />
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Denise Howiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04381849337788790788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501280991701195767.post-33734359466246942612013-10-10T15:48:00.000-07:002015-11-09T20:49:17.021-08:00Follow your passion and make a difference<div style="text-align: center;">
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change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” </span><span lang="EN">Margaret Mead</span></span><br />
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to make a difference in the world but with so many great causes, knowing how
much to give and what charitable vehicles to use can be daunting. First - work
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: large;">The One Person
Project supports two orphanages in Kahama, Tanzania. The Faraja Orphanage,
which is sponsored by the Summerland Montessori School (B.C. Canada) and the
Muvuma orphanage, which is in the process of expanding from 18 to50</span><span style="font-size: large; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">orphans. We need funding to finish and
furnish the new building and welcome volunteers to visit in the future.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN;">We also provide
you with the opportunity to feed children who attend an HIV/AIDS Care and
Treatment Clinic; their life-saving drugs cause devastating side-effects if
taken on an empty stomach.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN;">We are
fundraising to finish building and equipping a poultry cooperative for
women-headed households in Kahama.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://denise-theonepersonproject.blogspot.ca/2013/04/muvuma-orphanage-and-albinism.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Read about</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> the
brutal treatment of children and adults with albinism in Tanzania. One Person
is helping to provide safe shelter and school education for orphaned children
with albinism. The Tanzanian Government and local organizations are working on
eliminating the traditional belief that the severed limbs of people with
albinism contain magical properties. </span></span></div>
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and teacher resources and have held Train-the-Teacher workshops in Kahama –
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of sport for development – that sport is not just an end in itself, but also an
effective tool to help improve the lives of children, families and communities.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Participating in sports allows
young men to have a sense of pride and something to strive towards and allows
girls to have status and opportunities they do not usually receive. We collect
and ship matching team shirts (from soccer, baseball etc.) and soccer balls and
cleats as well as other sporting equipment. </span></div>
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MOST?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: large;">As the Kahama District
Medical Officer Dr. Andrew has heavy administrative and public health
responsibilities, leaving little time for direct patient care.</span><em><span style="font-size: large;"> (Update 2014 Dr Membe is now the DMO.)</span></em><span style="font-size: large;"> The hospital is
staffed by too few doctors, nurses and Assistant Medical Officers. They are
forced to care for two or three patients per bed and lack basic equipment. We
are making strides in this area, as hospitals and organizations in B.C have
donated supplies and equipment, but we intend to offer long-term support and
help Dr. Andrew create a fully functioning hospital for the district. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">On each One Person trip we recruit professional and
non-professional volunteers to ensure that we are on track, to identify needs,
distribute items and meet with families and organizations.</span></span></div>
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is, you can be sure that you are impacting the lives of women and children in
Kahama and Muhanga. Thank you!</span></div>
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Denise Howiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04381849337788790788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501280991701195767.post-31268702457826428392013-09-01T13:05:00.000-07:002015-07-06T20:44:05.314-07:00Strenghten your own community: Children & Youth<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some people and businesses
tell us that they prefer to support organizations that affect their own
community – which we love to hear because One Person provides life-changing
opportunities for communities in the Okanagan and in the whole of B.C. (And
beyond!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since our inception in 2006
our President Brenda Lowe has held presentations in schools, church halls,
healthcare facilities, in offices, in community centres and in her own home. Brownies, Guides, Scouts, school children,
school teachers, medical professionals, families, service groups, store/office
staff and clergy and congregations have seen our presentations and took part in
our Q & A’s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Local children and youth
especially are benefiting from the role that One Person plays. We provide an avenue
to help children to become socially aware and to be able to give to a
community. Parents understand that it is not just the designated charity that
is benefitting from a family’s involvement; children are also learning to <span lang="EN-US">be empathetic,
compassionate and caring.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lemonade Stand: Caitlin, Krista, Gabrielle& Katelyn. Devyn in the front</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A 2013 study by the United
Nations found that 88 percent of
(American) children donate to charities – that’s 7 out of 8 children
aged 8 to 19! Interestingly the study
showed that role-modelling alone does not affect children’s giving-behaviour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">“Parents’ giving to charity is not enough to teach children to be
charitable,” the report states, “Focused, intentional teaching by talking to
children about charity is what works. This is true for children in families at
all income levels and across gender, race, and age.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Children of all ages have talked with us and contributed to our programs
in Kahama, Tanzania and Muhanga, Rwanda. Children and youth donate school and
soccer resources, they help to collect, sort and pack donated items into our
shipping containers – they even help paint our shipping containers <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">and then</b> they help raise funds to ship
the containers! From donating birthday money, to recycling bottles, from
holding lemonade stands, bake sales and book drop-off points to helping at our
fundraising events. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">T</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">he children and youth in this community get to see photographs and hear
stories of the children and youth they are helping to become self-sufficient in
our sponsor-communities in East Africa. The children here learn new skills,
feel empowered and know that the actions of one person can make a difference in
the life of a child, a family, a community – whether it be on their own
doorstep or on another continent. </span></span><br />
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