Widows of India Update
As you know, besides our Om Shanthi Old Age Home, we also support about 200 young widows with about 300 children, who live in many villages around our town. We take care by repairing their houses, their medical needs and above all of the education of their children. Their education is the only way to fight poverty and […]
Karo Tribe Water System Update
After 90% of the equipment installation was completed in December of ’24, we needed to send back our well expert to increase the power of the pump. He was able to return in May of ’25, but the system broke down again due to the heavy silt deposits in the river water. This wasn’t altogether […]
Ethiopia Trip Report
I just returned from my trip to Ethiopia to install a fresh water system for the Karo tribe. I was joined by my well driller expert, Hans, and his wife Megan. The challenge was to pump water from the river up a cliff to a water tank in the village. Overview of the work on […]
CELEBRATING 15 YEARS – DONOR MATCH OPPORTUNITY!
October 2024 Hello dear friends! I find myself particularly reflective as October begins – for it was fifteen years ago this month that our Child Sponsorship Program was born in Karatu, Tanzania! Likewise, as I prepare to return to Tanzania next month for what will be my last trip there on behalf of JOS, I’m […]
December 2022 – Child Sponsorship Program Update from Tanzania!
December 2022 Hello dear friends! I’m just back from Tanzania where I spent precious moments with our three remaining students Shedrack, Naomi and Baraka, who will celebrate their higher ed graduations in 2023: Shed will complete his one-year Tour Guide program and Chinese Language course and Naomi and Baraka will each earn their three-year college […]
Widows of India – 2021 Report
Dear friends, Arunachalam! Greetings from Tiruvannamalai! As we come to the end of yet another year of pain, penalties, restriction, regulations, travel bans, closures, lockdown, masks, social distances, etc. it is hard to take stock and be grateful. It has been a difficult year, probably a year of losses. Many of you may have suffered […]
Child Sponsorship Program – Celebrating 13 Years
Hello friends! Can you believe our Child Sponsorship Program is now in its teen years – with November 2021 marking Year 13?! What an adventure we have shared thus far!! In October 2009, I sat down with the leadership of Shalom Orphanage Centre and heard their request for a focus on educational support for the […]
Widows of India Pandemic Response
The economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic have been devastating all over the world. In India, as everywhere, the poor have suffered most. In the midst of all the challenges we face here in the United States, the Aruna Partnership community has reached out, asked how to help, and has sent generous donations to help […]
Child Sponsorship Program – Celebrating 11 Years!
Child Sponsorship Program (CSP) Tanzania: Celebrating 11 Years! | Surely 2020 has been a year of transitions! Thankfully in the midst of Covid-19’s spread, all of our students and program partners in Tanzania have remained healthy and safe! Earlier this year, two students, Elijah & James transitioned out of the CSP and we anticipate one more transition in early 2021 after Rose V. completes a […]
Overcoming Obstacles at Amigos en Accion
This year has certainly been an interesting one, challenging us in ways we could not have imagined, but also revealing how resilient we are. If you have ever visited Nicaragua or gotten to know Nicaraguan people, you will surely agree that Nicaraguans are truly resilient people. They have overcome so much, and through it all […]