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You got your shop on!
Wow! We are overwhelmed and so thankful for your response to the Kenyan Teachers' Wish List! We still have a few remaining items that haven't been purchased: 2 packs large plastic stringing beads (about $7 at Michae~taken by Rosie 10 bottles washable paint~taken...
A Kenyan Teachers’ Wishlist!
In anticipation of our travel to Kenya, we would love to have interested supporters help us to purchase these wish list items for the Kiang'ombe classroom. Below you will find a basic list of the essentials the teachers would like to have to round out their...
Calling all thrifters!
At times it feels like the core group of 4 involved in starting Ameena Project live and breathe it. Because of this, at times, we forget to let the rest of you know all of the things we ponder over, discuss and experience in our times together. We also are...
Two weeks after opening … brief update.
After two short weeks, our Kiang'ombe school is full to capacity and things are going better than we had ever expected. Mercy and Hillary held a parent meeting on Monday to both check in on how everyone feels things are going and to continue to educate the...
It’s aLIVE!
With much anticipation and after hundreds of volunteer hours, I am so pleased and honored to announce that the website for Ameena Project is up and running! ameenaproject.org We encourage you to tour this site! You'll find a lot more detail about Ameena Project...
Are we really doing this?
Ian here, sometimes I get a bit of inspiration and hop on here to share my thoughts. Today I was woken up way too early by a text message from teacher Mercy and have spent the morning working with her to finalize a few things. Why? Because she has been...
Giving thanks for toilets
I sit here a week after Thanksgiving, and am giving thanks for so much. Family, friends, face book acquaintances, people I have never met. I have to admit, that since sitting down to seriously start Ameena Project at the end of August that I have had some serious...
Ameena thoughts
Ian laughs every time he sees the picture of this little girl. We wondered tonight what she might have been thinking when this picture was taken. Do you think she was thinking, "Go away, I don't want your help"? I can't imagine that she was. I imagine that she...
The nitty gritty of Ameena Project
It started the moment we arrived home from Kenya. The usual calls from friends, former employees and acquaintances in Kenya. "Can you help with school fees? A new business? Food for my family? Building a house on land that was gifted to me?" And in our...
Ameena & Aurellio. One month & a world apart.
Ameena & Kenyan friend Aurellio in our Kenyan home Ameena Project was born out of the heart-wrenching, true-life experience of seeing how 2 children, born just days or months apart, both in Kenya, can have such a different outlook for life. The stark reality...