Exciting Developments
Exciting Developments Everyone’s Child has some exciting developments to report! First, very early on Saturday morning, September 8th, I was honored to join (via Skype) a meeting of the first official EC Kenya Board of Directors. Men and women from different tribes and different parts of Kenya participated in this historic meeting. Their group is […]
“Maji”
Swahili for Water “Maji” is Swahili for “water”. Here in the USA we are rarely without it. With it we steep our tea and brush our teeth, water the lawn and rinse off the dog, brew our coffee and wash the car, launder our clothes and cook our dinner. When we’re thirsty, we trust that […]
153 million children
There are more than 2.2 billion children in the world today. It is estimated that 153 million children of these are orphans (UNICEF). That moves my heart. But caring for all of those children is beyond my reach, beyond my capabilities. Everyone’s Child serves over 500 orphaned and vulnerable students. That’s a lot less than 153 […]
Exciting News
I have some very exciting news to share. Last month EC received a very generous grant from Christian Broadcasting Network! The grant is designated to help establish a struggling primary school in western Kenya. The Miruya Primary School As some of you already know, last summer EC’s Program Coordinator, William Aludo, discovered a school not […]
Meet the Directors
The Board of Directors The purpose of this blog is to familiarize our readers and followers with nine wonderful people who serve on EC’s Board of Directors. Some of them have been on the Board since the inception of Everyone’s Child, and others have just joined. I am excited to introduce this dynamic group of […]
Finding Solutions
At Everyone’s Child we are all about seeing problems and finding solutions. When this organization began in 2009, we were presented with the problem of providing an education, healthy meals and clean drinking water to orphaned and at-risk school children in three different locations in Kenya. We found solutions in reaching out to friends, family […]
Mentoring,Training and Confidence
The Job Interview My first job interview was not very noteworthy. Our neighbor across the street asked my mother whether I would be interested in babysitting for her two little boys. The “interview” took all of two minutes and included questions like “Do you know how to make a peanut butter and jam sandwich?”, and […]
Dear friends
Dear friends, Every year I begin our Annual Appeal with these words, and every year I have the pleasure of crossing off “friends” and personalizing each letter that goes out to our supporters. The rest of the letter describes our programs and gives a short report of what has happened in the past 12 months. […]
The Miruya Primary School Challenge
The School This past June I wrote about the Miruya Primary School in western Kenya where children were in attendance, but there were no teachers. Since then, William Aludo, EC’s Kenyan Program Coordinator, has told us about the hardships these children face on a regular basis. As many as 112 children are on the rolls […]
An open door in India!
An Open Door This past July, a door opened for Everyone’s Child and 12 Indian boys in grades 1 – 8 from India. Earlier in the year, Lee and Praveena Ruud of Abundant Life Care, based in Hyderabad, India solicited our help. They wanted to start a program designed to help children with their studies […]