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Boniface and Hamisi Report

Boniface and Hamisi Report

December 17, 2002

 

Dear Friends of Boniface and Hamisi:

 

Herbert and I are very excited about all the new developments with the project, and are pleased to be able to share them with you today!

 

The most exciting news is that we’re now linked up with two schools in Kilifi, Kenya, and we’re going to be in a position, with some hard work, of providing them with substantial support. Herbert and I, along perhaps with some of the good people working on the project, and perhaps some media, will be making a return visit to Kenya next July to check on the project to date and help make it expand further. We’re hoping to interest citizens of Ottawa, through the media, in becoming involved with this return trip, by sending in letters and donations of $15, each of which will permit us to purchase a desk for a Kenyan school and save children from sitting in the dirt to do their studies. We’ll let you know more as that project develops. Just about daily, new people and schools from different parts of Canada get involved, as the story of Northern Magic makes its way around the country. It is truly a magical time to be involved in this burgeoning project!

 

Majaoni Primary School Project

 

The focus of our efforts right now is Majaoni Primary School. You can see from the photo attached, that this school is in desperate need of repair. Parts of the school don’t even have a roof, and eight of the 12 classrooms don’t even have desks.

 

 

We’ve received a detailed breakdown of investment required to bring this school up to a minimum standard of human decency, and are hoping to raise $20,000 for a school renovation project in the next six months. Already, three schools, two in Calgary and one in Gatineau, are actively raising funds for this project, and more schools have expressed an interest in participating. 

We have also received a list of 48 students at this school whose families can’t afford to pay the $35 per year in tuition fees. We have committed to the school that we will find a way to finance the studies of these primary-aged children. 

MAJAONI PRIMARY SCHOOL

 

 

 

 

SCHOOL FEE ASSISTANCE

 

 

 

 

PUPILS NAME

SEX

AGE

CLASS

CLASS POSITION

NEXT YEAR FEES ($Cdn)

REASONS FOR HELP

Happy Charo

M

14

7

3

35

Single parents and Jobless, Landless

Bendita Samuel

F

15

7

3

35

Parents are separated with out job or land

Kanze Thoya

F

16

7

9

35

Have small land and parents are jobless

Samuel Karie

M

14

7

4

35

Parents have extended families to take care of and have limited resources

Fransic Yawa

M

15

7

8

35

Parents are old and jobless

Mariam Alfan

F

14

7

8

35

Her father died and the mother is jobless

Dhahabu Kazungu

F

13

7

8

35

Her parents have many siblings and are jobless

Dama Kitsao

F

13

6

9

28

Parents are aged and jobless

Amani Kalume

F

11

6

2

28

Her father is a casual worker with many children and jobless wife.

Dama Paul

F

14

6

14

28

Single parent living with a guardian

Dhahabu Simba

F

14

6

1

28

parents are jobless and landless

Neema Chambi

F

15

6

6

28

Father is a casual labourer and mother is jobless

Mathias Silvester

M

14

6

3

28

Parents dead living with a  poor guardian

Kache Karisa

F

14

5

20

27

Father died leaving many children jobless mothter without land.

Riziki John

F

14

5

8

27

Father died and mother is jobless

Charles Kerina

M

11

5

1

27

Single parents with no Job

Eric Chengo

M

15

5

1

27

Father dead mother is old and jobless without land

Bahati Charo

F

14

4

1

27

Father dead mother jobless have small land

James Kadenge

M

14

4

4

27

Father died mother jobless small land

Fenny Mwachizi

F

10

4

2

27

Father dead and mother jobless

Kadzo Nguma

F

12

4

7

27

Parents jobless with small land

Hope Mwasabu

F

11

4

9

27

Parents jobless 

Kahindi Rama

M

10

4

3

27

Parents jobless with small land

Hassan Hamisi

M

14

4

12

27

Father is a casual labourer and mother is jobless

Rehema Thoya

F

9

3

2

27

Poor old parents with limited resources

Rukia Salim

F

10

3

3

27

Father casual worker mother jobless with small land

Winnie Mruri

F

10

3

6

26

Father casual worker mother jobless have small land and many children

Nyevu Kitsao

F

10

3

1

26

Parents jobless with many children and small land

Suleimain Bakari

M

11

3

5

26

Single parents without job or land.

Baraka Kalume

M

10

3

7

26

Father a casual worker mother is jobless and have small land

Karisa Kahindi

M

14

2

18

26

Father dead mother jobless small land

Mwalimu Baya

M

12

2

17

26

Parents are jobless with small land

Sidi Yeri

F

11

2

10

26

Parents are jobless with small land

Sidi Jumaa

F

13

2

5

26

single parents and landless

Sauda Karisa

F

8

2

1

26

Separated parents and mother is jobless with small land

Esther Njagi

F

10

2

3

26

Father is dead mother is jobless with six children and small land.

Safari Ngala

M

10

2

15

26

Father dead mother jobless with ten children

James Karisa

M

13

2

11

26

Father dead mother jobless with ten children

Benson Yawa

M

13

2

4

26

Parents old and jobless

Michael Mlanda

M

13

2

9

26

Parents separated mother jobless and landless

Kadzo James

F

10

2

6

26

Parents jobless and landless

Eddna William

F

10

1

7

26

Father dead mother jobless and landless

Dama Konde

F

9

1

10

26

Parents have ten children with limited resources

Mvera Said

M

11

1

5

26

Parents have twelve children with limited resources

Rehema Said

F

9

1

11

26

Father a casual worker mother is jobless and have small land

 

 

 

 

 

     $1258

 

 Many people this Christmas have joined in this effort by sponsoring a child as a Christmas gift. Attached is a copy of a Christmas card we’ve developed for this purpose. If there’s someone on your list you don’t know what to buy for, this may be a great solution, and make t