JUAf – First few weeks of the project

Posted by on Apr 16, 2018 in Blog | 2 comments Greetings! I thought I would create a blog to keep friends, family and donors involved in the work that we are doing in the JUAf Village of Kikwe, Tanzania. Here’s a bit of information about our project. The JUAf Village was founded together by Asha Mruma, and me. I met Asha, a native Tanzanian and close friend, in 2006-2007 when I was living in East Africa for 16 months working for various...
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Community Development

Posted by on Apr 3, 2018 in Blog | 1 comment Greetings! It’s been busy here on the project the last few weeks. Here’s the latest update on the work we’ve been doing. Microfinancing We raised enough money to provide microfinancing loans to 30 women in the village, but we have decided to start off the program with providing loans to 15 women. This allows us to manage their progress more closely when in small numbers. If the program is...
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Things Are Moving Along…

Posted by on Apr 3, 2018 in Blog | 0 comments Hello! Here’s the latest on what’s been happening at the JUAf Village over the last several weeks. Our JUAf Village Dog – Lily We decided that life on the farm would be a perfect life for a dog. So, Asha and I went on the lookout for a village puppy. We found our puppy rather quickly. Over the period of a couple of days, I heard a puppy barking non-stop outside my window in...
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A lot’s been happening…

Posted by on Mar 17, 2018 in Blog | 0 comments It’s been a bit since the JUAf blog has been updated, so there is quite a bit to share. One Simple Word – Water! JUAf finally reached water! We had to dig 100ft to get to the water table, but we made it! Thanks to Swalehe a local Kikwe villager who took nine months to dig the well by hand, we now have endless water to irrigate our crops, and to provide clean drinking water to the community....
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The Women of JUAf

Posted by on Jan 30, 2018 in Blog | 0 comments I’m back in Africa for a few months working with the women of JUAf. I’d like to introduce you to the women of our organization and give you a small message from each of them. We didn’t get a chance to interview all the women of our organization, but did interview a sampling (approximately 25 JUAf members) and asked them to tell us a little bit about themselves, and the impact the...
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