New Hope Waves

White and blue minibus with orange stripe parked on gravel at sunset

New Hope Waves is a local non-profit organization working among children, youth and their communities based in Livingstone, Zambia, Africa. The organization wants to purchase a minibus with a capacity of 30 seats. It will be used to transport the local soccer teams to various towns across Zambia thereby helping to expand their sporting ability […]

Oullo Family Medical Center

Group of African children in red school uniforms looking at camera, one child waving

The Oullo Family Medical Center will provide basic health care to students at a rural school in Kameke village, Uganda. There’s tremendous excitement within the village and school community about the project. Kameke is a rural area: school students either travel vast distances to get to and from school or board onsite in basic dormitories. […]

Karo Tribe – Ethiopia

Six African children standing barefoot by a yellow building doorway, wearing colorful traditional clothing and beaded necklaces

My name is Jane Jacobson and I hope to raise $20,000 to buy a generator and water pump for an endangered tribe in southern Ethiopia. The Karo are the very smallest of the 80 pastoral tribes of Ethiopia and shrinking in numbers. There are only between 1000 and 1200 souls remaining, and are famous for […]

Wishing You Well Africa

Group of women with babies gathered outdoors near a vegetable garden, listening to a man in white shirt speaking

Wishing You Well Africa (WYWA) – overcoming the devastating effects of infant, childhood and maternal malnutrition in communities around Jinja, Uganda In Uganda, 4 in 10 children under 5 are stunted, meaning that their malnutrition has been so chronic that it has impacted their bone growth. In rural areas, these numbers increase dramatically. The reasons […]