What a wonderful experience we had registering new sponsored children. We were at the new feeding program up in the hills of Tukuyu. We were greeted with singing and dancing by the children. Some had never seen white faces before. Little teddy bears were handed out to each child. This helped the children not to […]
Mbeya team Thursday – by Andrew & Susy
It is now a week since we boarded a plane at Gatwick and the time seems to be flying past. Today we split in to two teams, one team went to Uyole and the other went to Nyibuko. This involved some clever and cosy packing of team and equipment in to the back of the […]
Mbeya team in Pambogo Primary School and Nyibuko
It is always fun visiting Pambogo school. This school is linked with a school in Farnham and has pictures all over the wall of a previous visit of staff from Rowledge school. Pambogo School also hosts one of the weekly feeding programmes. Children appeared to be everywhere. Even in the excitment of our visit they […]
June tells us about Tuesday in Shewa
Even as we write to you about the lives of those here in Tanzania we are joining in with so many of you who are praying for the thousands in desperation after the typhoon in the Phillipines. It is hard to consider all these things at the same time! But…. Today has been a good, […]
Day 2 of Mbeya team – by John & Sue
Slow start to Sunday – breakfast at 8.45. Most slept well – 3 young ladies, unable to sleep, had cups of tea at 3 am, a bit of a chat and prayer before returning to their beds and sleep. Today we have all been to the Airport Stable Church where we were warmly welcomed. There […]
Fantastic “Cyclethon” in aid of Tanzania!
We received this great letter from Elaine today. She is from Masham School in North Yorkshire. It speaks for itself: “We had our school council meeting today and we found out we had raised £950 through the cyclethon. WOW! Thank you for the list of ideas you sent us. The children would like you to […]
You are invited!
It is almost time for another GRASSROOTS team to leave for Tanzania. The trip dates are 7-20 November. We really want you to join us on this journey! We will travel to Mbeya, interview the 2300+ children who are currently on the sponsorship scheme. You can follow our antics every day on the GRASSROOTS BLOG […]
Watu wa Maana children SING!
A song created by some of the children from Watu wa Maana Street Children’s Centre in Ruiru, Kenya. The singers are: Lewis Mwatata, Juliet Ngoiri, Rose Wangari, Dorcas Wangechi, Jeremiah Njoroge, Patrick Thuku and Moses Githua. It is called “Umekuwa Nani” – which means “You have been with me”. Watu wa Maana is a project […]