Taken April 2011, as part of the Temwani Children’s Foundation’s Blanket Project, which gives warm Zambian made blankets to the guardians of orphaned children at PaKachele Primary School and Kondwa Day Center in Lusaka, Zambia. Women and men who provide important care for these children, are singing and shaking hands of Temwani members just before the blankets were given out.
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Dec 2010
Del Mar Times – Foundation helps children orphaned by AIDS in Zambia
Carmel Valley resident’s foundation helps children orphaned by AIDS in Zambia – Del Mar Times, Dec 13, 2010
Link to Article: http://www.delmartimes.net/?p=19647
Bevin Dunn of Temwani Children’s Foundation with Zambian children in 2009.
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Oct 2009
Building Walls Build Hope – New Photos from PaKachele Primary School
By Regan Murray, Co-President
Angela walks by a future classroom
“I have a dream – because everybody is allowed to dream – of a school for orphans and vulnerable children in my neighborhood of N’gombe Compound. The school will care for children whose parents have died from AIDS and whose caretakers struggle to pay for food, clothing, and school fees.”
These words came from the determined mouth of Mrs. Angela Malik, a Zambian woman working tirelessly to care for children in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Along with three other visitors from the U.S., I sat listening to Angela’s dream that night in March 2006, wondering if and how I could help. Read More >>
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Oct 2009
Temwani Welcomes New Board Member and Officer
Help us welcome two new members of the Temwani team!
Jessica Dillon – Board member
Jessica, new to Board in 2009, is a Trader within the Treasury Department of the Federal Home
Loan Bank of Des Moines, where she focuses on balancing the market risks
of fixed income securities within the Bank. She has worked in finance
for 10 years on the West Coast and in the Midwest.
She has been involved in the fundraising efforts of Temwani over the
past two years, helping with the Annual Holiday Angels program and
hosting fundraisers for the Kachele Primary School. Jessica lives in
Des Moines, IA.
Mackenzie Smith – Treasurer
Mackenzie is a fixed income trader with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines and has worked in the Treasury Department for the last five years. Mackenzie focuses on long term investment opportunities for the Bank.
She first became involved with Temwani’s Annual Holiday Angel program two years ago and has been addicted ever since. She currently resides in Des Moines, Iowa.
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May 2009
Zambia Trip 09 Highlights
By Bevin Dunn
You helped provide clothes and toothbrushes to over 90 kids this year!
Recently, two Temwani Officers, Regan Murray and I , made the trek to Lusaka, Zambia to check on our projects and meet face to face with our key partners. We want to report that your donations are having a real impact on children there!
Our objectives for the trip were ambitious — we squeezed in meetings and volunteer opportunities in the mornings, afternoons and evenings! We intended to give real-time updates during our trip, but our busy schedule and short times at the internet café just did not give us the opportunity.
We have so many stories to share that we will feature them in depth over the next few months.
I know many Temwani supporters are anxious to hear about the trip , so here are some brief highlights with photos of the Angel Project, PaKachele School, Blanket Project and the Braille Printer! Read More >>
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Dec 2008
Temwani Children’s Foundation World Food Day Events
The United Nations estimates that more than 850 million people worldwide are undernourished. World Food Day recognizes that every person should have the right to sufficient, nutritionally adequate, and culturally acceptable food for an active healthy life. To ensure this same right to the children of N’gombe Compound that will attend the new Kachele Primary School, the Temwani Children’s Foundation sponsored World Food Day events in Cincinnati, Des Moines, San Diego, San Jose, and Tucson to raise money for the Kachele School lunch and breakfast program.
Our goal was to raise $4,000 – the amount it costs to provide two meals per school day to 30 students. We exceeded our goal and raised more than $5,000! Thank you to all those who attended our events across the country and to those businesses that donated wine, food, and auction items! Your generosity will ensure that the students who attend PaKachele Primary School in Zambia will be well fed and well prepared to learn every day! Thank you! Read More >>
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Sep 2008
The 2008 Annual Campaign is underway!
by Regan Murray
Help us raise $25,000 to build boys and girls’ bathrooms so that the new school for orphans can open next year!
Last year, with your help, we raised more than $30,000 to construct a new school for orphans and vulnerable children. This new school will be a state-of-the-art primary school in the heart of one of the most impoverished areas of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Once built and fully operational, the school will offer a rigorous education to 210 children in grades 1-7, two meals per day, and caring adult supervision. Read More >>
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Jul 2008
Temwani’s Braille Printer Project
Imagine that you are visually impaired, living in an impoverished area with few monetary resources, and have little access to education. How would you learn to protect yourself from HIV/AIDS?
The Temwani Children’s Foundation is supporting the HIV/AIDS Infor-Tech Africa (HAITA) project in its efforts to educate the visually impaired populations of Zambia. A Lusaka based NGO, its mission is to “provide adequate support, awareness, and bridge the gap of unequal distribution of HIV/AIDS literature…particularly the visually impaired community”.
HAITA is seeking a braille printer to produce HIV/AIDS educational literature for the visually impaired. With your help, KCF intends to purchase a printer and ship it to Zambia by October 2008. Every dollar you give will be matched (up to $3,000) thanks to a recent grant we received from the Tides Foundation.
There are many ways you can help:
- Run a race and donate the proceeds.
- Hold a yard sale
- Hold a bake sale
- Ask a local band to donate proceeds from their next concert
- Set up a donation jar at your local grocery store or eye doctor’s office
- Make a donation to TCF earmarked for the Braille Printer Project.
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Jul 2008
Teacher Workshop for Grief & Loss in Children
by Marie Vagedes, LCSW
A little less than a year ago, I had the opportunity to join with a group of primary school teachers working in Lusaka, Zambia through the Temwani Children’s Foundation volunteer trip. This opportunity for connection took on the form of a 6-day workshop that my dear friend and colleague Leah Berger and I facilitated at the Kondwa Day Centre for teachers working at area schools within N’gombe compound.
The workshop focused on grief and loss issues in children. The material for the workshop was drawn from our combined personal and professional experiences. Read More >>
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May 2008
Grief Counseling Through Memory Books & the Creative Arts
By Laurie Holland
After my first trip to Zambia in 2006, I observed a great number of orphaned children grieving the loss of loved ones who had died from HIV/AIDS. Upon my return to San Jose State University, I devoted my graduate thesis research to “grief intervention for AIDS-orphaned children in Africa”. When I returned to Zambia in the summer of 2007, I had the inspiring opportunity to implement many of the creative arts activities from this research with two groups of young Zambian girls ages nine to fourteen.
Laurie with the girls in the grief workshop.
Memory Books & Psychodrama
I found memory books to be by far the greatest tool in assisting the girls to process their pain and loss. Read More >>