Monthly Archives: July 2008

Dolores L.

Meet Dolores, an 8th grader in the Estrellas Marinas mentoring group at our Guatemala partner, Starfish One by One.

Dolores is the first in her family to receive any schooling and she is already dreaming of college!

Watch the video below to see a short note from Dolores.

If you’d like to leave Dolores a message, you can comment below. We will collect them and send them on to her and update here when she writes back. (Please note, this can sometimes take up to 6 months due to infrastructure issues in Guatemala.)

 

 
Dolores was sponsored in 2011 by Carla Blumenthal and is currently being sponsored in 2012 by Lauren D. and Rachel C.

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Neema Thomas

Meet Neema Thomas, a 19-year-old in AfricAid’s Kisa Project. She is in 12th grade at Moringe Secondary School in Tanzania. Neema is from Serengeti Disctrict, but currently lives with her brother in Arusha.

Neema is already dreaming of working to empower women and children facing hardship in her country and loves that the Kisa Project is giving her the tools to work towards that goal.

To learn more about Neema in her own words, watch her video below!

If you’d like to leave Neema a message, you can comment below. We will collect them and send them on to her, and update here when she writes back!

Neema is currently being sponsored in 2012 by the Knights of Columbus, Notre Dame.

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Kalkidan Girma

 

Meet Kalkidan Girma, a 10-year-old girl in Ethiopia’s Selamta Family Project going into the third grade. Kalkidan finished third in her second grade class last year, and already knows that she wants to be a teacher when she grows up!

Kalkidan came to Selamta when she was 5 years old with her brother Yohannes and sister Tigist after her father died. At Selamta she lives at the Minilik House with her eight Selamta siblings. Her name means “promise” in Amharic.

Kalkidan was sponsored in 2011 by Eliza, an 8-year-old girl who donated her birthday money to girls’ education, and is currently being sponsored in 2012 by Suffield Academy.

Kalkidan (on the right!) at a dinner with her friends to celebrate her academic acheivements.

Kalkidan when she came to Selamta at age 5

 

If you want to leave Kalkidan a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back. (Note: this can take up to six months due to infrastructure issues in Ethiopia.)

 

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Aynalem Abay

Meet Aynalem Abay, a 17-year-old eleventh grader at the Selamta Family Project. She lived in one of Selamta’s family homes for several years and is now a member of Selamta’s Outreach Program, living with her biological mother and her younger brother Habtamu. In school, she’s a talented science student and she hopes to be a doctor when she graduates!

Aynalem loves to read, watch movies, and perform the traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony for her family and friends.  Her favorite foods are hamburgers and dorowat, a chicken stew with injera (the traditional Ethiopian bread). She loves the color pink and listening to Teddy Afro, a famous contemporary Ethiopian singer.

Aynalem was sponsored in 2011 by a group of moms from New Jersey and is currently sponsored in 2012 by Kaitlin Davis, Indiana St. High School, and Communicate & Howe.

Aynalem and her brother Habtamu

If you want to leave Aynalem a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back. (Note: This can take up to six months, due to infrastructure issues in Ethiopia.)

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Annah Angeth Awan

Meet Annah Angeth Awan, a 16 year old in seventh grade in South Sudan. She is an honor student at Project Education Sudan’s Tong Pagook Primary School.

Annah favorite subjects are Science, English, Math, and Social Studies and she dreams of being a doctor when she grows up! She lives with her mother and brother after her father was killed in the civil war. Annah’s teachers rave about her dedication and enthusiasm. Watch her video message below to hear more in her own words!

Annah was sponsored by our very first Poetry Month in 2011.

 



If you would like to leave Annah a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back. (Note: This can take up to six months, due to infrastructure issues in South Sudan.)

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