http://www.tzkids.org/home Orphanage and outreach center Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:25:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Volunteer Coordinator Martha Richardson of Canada will be taking over some of the blogging to keep you all updated. Here's her first interview with Lead Caregiver Glory. As you will see, Glory makes a hard job look easy! Thanks to Martha and Glory! Mama Glory is close with each child living ... http://www.tzkids.org/home/mama-glory-lead-caregiver-at-baobab/ We took the photo for the shirt, but Juma is a terrific kid and deserves his props. He's been neighbor to the Baobab Home for 5 years. He's incredibly creative, building his own toys out of garbage. He builds miniature houses out of mud. He's a lefty, and he thinks ... http://www.tzkids.org/home/juma-dynamite/ [gallery] A few weeks ago when all of our summer volunteers were still here Laura, Laura, Ali, Rachel, Skye, Helen, Terri, Vivian, George and Mohammed all crammed in the car for a road trip. Eight Wazungu Women, a Man and a Baby- a new Feature Film. Our poor truck has never ... http://www.tzkids.org/home/visiting-mohammeds-family-and-wamangati-friends/ [gallery] Here are our Wee Ones! Laura Baraka is standing with confidence and just about to walk. She does the (seated)happy eating dance before every meal and likes to crawl without benefit of her knees. She is a little peach. Mohammed seems to have a blossoming comedic personality. His first words ... http://www.tzkids.org/home/babies-on-the-bed/ Welcome Home Muba!! Muba and his mother (now 'Mum') are back from England and we are so happy to have them. Muba has grown up so much in the many months he spent in London. He made a lot of friends at the school he attended at the hospital and ... http://www.tzkids.org/home/muba-healed-and-home-in-bagamoyo/ [gallery] We left facing what, in hindsight, seems like very low odds. We were pretty sure we knew the village where her family was from, but according to what little Debora remembered and had been told, just about everybody was dead. But it had become clear that Debora and her daughther ... http://www.tzkids.org/home/debora-and-baby-ester-go-home/ [gallery order="DESC" columns="2"] Last week Baobab volunteers, along with Terri, George, Mdoe and Justis attended the opening of the new Counseling and Treatment Center for HIV AIDS in Bagamoyo. This center was made possible by the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and PEPFAR funds from the USA. I ... http://www.tzkids.org/home/thank-you-columbia-university/ [gallery order="DESC" columns="2"] Around Christmas time, Susan Lee Helm of Canada asked if she could donate some money for Baobab to buy some goats in honor of her daughters, Keiko and Onami. I said "sure" and long about May, I finally made it happen.  Keiko and Onami the goats join our ... http://www.tzkids.org/home/honored-goats-and-their-honorees/ [gallery order="DESC" columns="2"]  HIV/AIDS and/or poverty impacts virtually every family in Bagamoyo. Education is poor and malnutrition in children is a serious problem. You may be surprised to learn though, that there is also a lot of beauty, a rich history, happy people and peace. Karibu. (Welcome) http://www.tzkids.org/home/beautiful-bagamoyo/ [gallery order="DESC" columns="2"] http://www.tzkids.org/home/396/