Blog Archives
Evening of Music in the Country
Just over a week away to this amazing free concert and charity event. Please let us know if you plan to attend. It will be a wonderful evening of good food, great music, and education about the lives of children in East Africa and what we are doing to make a...
Beaverton kids bake and Kenyan kids eat
Yesterday, a shining example of “kids helping kids” was on display just outside of the bustling Beaverton Library. "Well, I love cooking and if it can help some kids too, why not?" said Arco Iris Spanish Immersion fifth-grader Claire Sabbe. Claire and five of her...
Bracelet Bunch Bake sale
Read about these wonderful girls on Oregon Live http://blog.oregonlive.com/my-beaverton/2012/05/beaverton_kids_bake_and_kenyan.html In total, the girls were able to raise $225...we are thrilled with their success! ...
Pinching Pennies
The feeding program at Kiang'ombe is central to the broader community development work we're doing there. We provide two nutrition packed meals a day to every child in the program and however hard it is to believe, if they don't get it from us, they just don't...
Wambui – Megan’s Report
On my recent trip to our project in Kiang'ombe, I met a little girl named Wambui. I wondered why she was in our program because at 7 years old, she's much older than the other children and seemed like a bright kid who could be attending a local primary school....
Collateral Impact
We had a wonderful evening debriefing with Megan Steele Friday night and it was so great to hear her report on the Kiang'ombe feeding / preschool program. In short, things are going remarkably well and the children and community are deeply grateful for the huge...
On the Mend
After two weeks in East Africa Megan Steele ended up catching something and has been so sick we've hardly heard from her. Looks like she is doing a little better now because she posted some pics on FB and I was so excited to see them that I stole a few to share...
Spotlight #1
At Ameena Project we strive to be volunteer run and sustained. At times, this makes it more difficult to get things done, but, we have also found that allowing others to gift with their talents and finances is a blessing to us and them! Today we want to take a...
Giving up a latte (or two).
I wanted to take the time to update the faithful supporters of Ameena Project, and also those of you new to our work. Megan Steele, one of the Ameena Project co-founders has finished with her visit of the school project in Kiang'ombe, and is on her way home from...