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Miss Karen Rankin took a career break this year to venture out to Tanzania in Africa and work with the children and staff of Newlands Orphanage. Many of you donated money at Christmas to help support her. Now see the difference that your contributions have made. Read on to find out a little more ...
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February 2008 Hi everyone,
The classrooms now have beautiful tables and chairs which make class and activity times much easier and cleaner! Tables and chairs for the (new) dining room have also arrived, so now the kids don’t have to eat on the floor. I have spent a lot of your donations on food. It costs approximately €1400 month to feed all 59 kids plus the staff who work there. This breaks down into approx. €15 euro per day on fresh foods like meat/fish, vegetables and fruit. The remainder each month is spent on dried foods like rice, ugali, beans, flour etc.
The kids are now eating well, they have a healthy diet and eat fresh fruit and vegetables every day, and meat or fish about five times per week. There is enough dry food now to last for the next month. The amazing thing is that there is now running water!!! I can’t quite believe it myself! This means that the level of hygiene is improving and infections are greatly reduced. We are painting a small room which will be used as a nurse’s office, and getting a secure cupboard for medical supplies and a place to keep proper medical records. Last week there was an out break of mumps and there were a lot of little sick kids. At the moment they have no safe place to keep medicine and check the kids over.
The back section behind the orphanage is a real mess, and after any rain it completely turns to mud. At the moment, some of the guys here are doing a big clear up job, putting in some concrete paths and gravel and generally giving the place a big tidy up. They are also putting in a washing area for washing clothes. It is about half way through now and it will be great when its finished as the rains are coming soon!
The girls dorms need new beds, as the wooden ones they have are infested with some kind of insect or bed bugs (not too sure but they are gross!) They have been ordered so we are hoping they will arrive in the next week or so! Anyway thank you all so, so much. It’s hard to explain what a difference you have made, even the little things like having new knickers (thank you Sinead!) or a pencil for school or some toys to play with really makes such a difference to them… life really is looking up for the kids now. So thank you from all of them, they really appreciate everything! Karen |
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November 2007
I
am working in an orphanage in a little village
called Newlands, outside the town of Moshi. There are 58
Since I have been working here, conditions have improved quite a
lot. New boys' dorms have been built, along with a new toilet block and
even showers! The children now get some fresh fruit and vegetables
every day. They have English lessons, playtime, some toys and books
which they can play with in their free time. We do art and games and
fun activities.
There is a very exciting project going on at the moment which will
hopefully provide running water to the orphanage and the community in
the new year. This should really improve their quality of life, and
decrease the spread of sickness.
All these things have been made possible through donations from people
like you!
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boys and girls living in the orphanage. Most of the children lost
their parents due to illness, some have relatives but unfortunately they
can't look after them. The youngest child is two and a half years old,
and the oldest is 15. Most of the kids are the same age as you!
