Tanzania has hope

 

In the last few years we have enjoyed getting to know some amazing people doing the work we felt so strongly called to be a part of in Kenya.  We, more Rachel than I, made contact with this group out of Tanzania, Pamoja Leo, leading the way getting children back into families, keeping them in families and supporting families to stay together.  Long story short, we have supported them along the way a couple times as we have been able.  Most recently they needed to fund the re-printing of some resources for spreading the need.  Due to the gifts we have received previously we felt called to assist with the printing costs. We received an amazing update from them just this week, here is an excerpt:

"64 new foster families trained last month! Bringing us to 99 foster families total in Tanga region from 0 just 3 years ago! 

6 adoptions pending all by local families. 

2 rape convictions of 30 years for two girls that have been in our foster care program. 

6 abandoned babies that have never known a day in an orphanage! 1 new baby we got about yesterday who will be baby number 7 once she is released from hospital. 


So many, many hearts effected by reading and learning about foster care and adoption! We recently achieved our goal of having every government social worker in the region get a copy and we are planning to do some work around promoting local adoptions soon, as we want to see that grow too."

We are thrilled that our continued support is making an impact in Tanga region of Tanzania. If you would like to know more you can visit them here: 


www.pamojaleo.org

 

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