Monthly Archives:: September 2011

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Upon sending a field researcher to the Adama Hospital in Ethiopia and surrounding clinics, it was discovered that many of the rooms had little of the necessary equipment to provide adequate healthcare, and some were even empty and unused. In mid-August, we gave Mocha Club members the chance to partner with us and help ensure… Read more »

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At the Women at Risk facility in Nazaret, Ethiopia, the staff operate with four main objectives in mind. These are goals set that they try to attain for the health and well-being of the women. These particular objectives were set between April – June 2011. It’s amazing to see how much is accomplished in such… Read more »

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To us, nothing is more powerful than hearing testimonies straight from the students who are being served by our orphan care projects around Africa. Sandiso is one of those kids from our project in Zimbabwe. The Educational Project there targets the most vulnerable children who had lost their parents due to HIV/Aids and other causes… Read more »

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This is an update from Phil Renicks, one of the staff at African Leadership. Because of his expertise in the area, Phil is in charge of the Education projects. This was written after a recent trip to New Dawn School in Nairobi, Kenya. . . . . . Last year during my time on the… Read more »

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56 sets of parents. Four full classrooms of noisy third graders. Both teams of coaches and players from this weekend’s biggest rivalry football game. More than the entire US Senate. Three touring casts of Les Miserables. A class of graduates from Harvard’s M.D-Ph.D. program. . . . . . 112 people make a pretty big… Read more »

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