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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jovita
Transitioned out of CSP in 2019 Former Jobortunity Student Hailing from Karatu town, Jovita previously was working in town selling trinkets to visiting tourists to earn money after secondary school lessons. He completed Form II of secondary school. Jovita was briefly enrolled at Jobortunity in 2019 before leaving the program prematurely and returning to […]
Kantonah
2020 CSP Graduate currently working in the hospitality industry 2020 Jobortunity Graduate
Child Sponsorship Program, December 2018
“Without education, we would be on the street. We don’t know where we would be.” As I sat across the table from two of our college students in Dar es Salaam earlier this year, I had to make sure my sips of coffee were strategically timed! Our uproarious laughter filled the small eating area as […]
Hello from Tanzania!
Hello dear friend, Just sending some warm greetings from Tanzania! As was to be expected, since my arrival last Wednesday morning, it’s been a bit of a whirlwind of meetings with partners, visits to schools and time spent at Shalom orphanage. My students, now teens, have in many cases grown taller than I and have […]
Rose
2019 CSP Graduate pursuing employment in the tourism industry Tropical Centre Institute Graduate 2019 Secondary School class of 2017 Tumaini Junior School class of 2013 Twenty-one year old Rose comes from Babati. Rose was one of the original seven students enrolled in the CSP in December 2009 and has an excellent command of English and is […]
Glory
2021 CSP graduate 2021 College graduate 2017 Secondary School graduate 2013 Tumaini Junior School graduate