Monthly Archives:: October 2011

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In Sunyani, Ghana, there are two farming seasons. Built around the two rainy seasons, Ghanaian farmers are able to farm twice a year, growing produce that will provide for their families. Everyone in the family works on the farm – parents and children. But when one family member gets diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, it shakes the… Read more »

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Our Orphan Care project in Zimbabwe is one of the longest running project we have here at Mocha Club. And sometimes, when you’ve been doing the same thing for so long (since Mocha Club started in 2005), you begin to wonder if it is making a difference. Meet Sipho. Then you decide. In Zimbabwe, students… Read more »

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According to water.org, there are close to 1 billion people on Earth right now that do not have access to clean drinking water.  And this week, the United Nations is saying that the Earth’s population will crest over 7 billion. Those are big numbers. Science teaches that the human mind can’t really comprehend more than… Read more »

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Hannah Mould was on our 2 week trip to Kenya in June 2011. Here are her thoughts and reflections on how this experience affected her life. . . . . . Visiting the Silanga school in Nairobi, Kenya was a lot of fun, but also very eye-opening. It was wonderful to see the opportunity that these… Read more »

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