Project Report
| Jun 7, 2013
MEET NICOLE
By Beverly Gilbert Stone | Director
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Nicole and the new born goat, Lopez
Nicole began her life with Expanding Opportunities at the end of 2012. She entered JWHS and SAWA Academy in January of 2013.
She is a bubbly, active, multi talented young lady with a bit of a difficult past. Her ability to tell stories keeps everyone from their school work. I think we just need to get her to write them all down and publish them. She is also very social and confident - often singing and performing at the Sunday service. Due to her difficult past, she is not in her age grade in school. But with stability and focus, she will excel and catch up quickly.
We almost "lost" her this past holiday, but she has returned and is back in school. Focus and study Nicole.
Nicole has a sponsor. Her sponsor will be coming to visit in July. Sponsorship can be such a rewarding opportunity. With current technology it can also be very personal with SKYPE dates, phone calls and visits.
Your donations help us to locate, “rescue” and care for children until a regular sponsor is found. Your recurring donations create regular sponsorship for a child. THANK YOU.
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Nicole
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The three girls of JWHS
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Apr 29, 2013
Samuel
By Beverly Stone | Director
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Samuel
Though Expanding Opportunities works directly with Street Children, we have been shifting to a preventative strategy. We were told about Samuel and his sister. Samuel is an orphan currently staying with an aunt. The aunt reluctantly accepted Samuel and his sister after the death of her sister. BUT he is HIV positive and the aunt is not able to care for both of the children. Samuel is being rejected. He is to come to us at JWHS in May but we will need a sponsor for him. Anyone ready to accept this wonderful opportunity to have a son in Kenya? If you would like to offer a onetime donation for his settlement at JWHS it is $240.00 for his settlement at the home with bedding, clothing, school, uniform, books, medical information transfer... You can make this one time donation or you can schedule a recurring donation of $90.00 per month or any amount as a partial sponsor. We will keep you updated on Global Giving with regular reports of his progress. Thanks -- AND THE BLESSINGS WILL COME DOWN
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Feb 26, 2013
Toward Sustainability
By Bevelry Gilbert Stone | Director
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Dini helping the mom after delivering the baby
JWHS, a children's home, works toward sustainability. The Home is on one acre. Every inch of the acre has a purpose. Living and playing space combine with growing food. The children are active participants in raising goats and chickens for meat and milk; mulching, watering, planting harvesting are all group activities. The children learn alternative technologies such as solar power, solar cooking, organic intensive gardening, grey water irrigation, humanmanure composting, etc. We hope to add biogas soon. Having children from a variety of tribal backgrounds also assists to join them all as Kenyans and share their own special areas of knowledge. For example, when our goat was birthing, our pastoralist girl acted very expertly as midwife. By working toward 100% sustainability we teach important skills, respect for the land and all living things, as well as looking toward the long term future of the Home. Every coin that is saved is another child that can be assisted.
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Mulching to help get through the dry season.
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Watering the pepper plants.
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