Latest news from Generosity in Action
Malimba Community School - South Luangwa, Zambia has received contributions from recent travelers. For mor information on the school click here.
Chorten Nebu Monastery - Bhutan is a recent addition to those projects suggested by travelers. There is updated information on this page.
Kasimu Education Fund - We are happy to encourage donations to the Kasimu Education Fund.
Pyaw Bwe School - Bagan, Burma. The school has been completed, dedicated and presentted tot he village. For the background click here. For photos of the dedication ceremony click here.
Kawaza School Fund - Mufuwe, Zambia. Clients of Robin Pope Safaris have sent donations to improve the buildings and student sponsorships of the Kwaza School. See details.
High School Building - Timia Niger
The oasis of Timia located in the Sahara in Niger is in need of a High
School building. Travelers in November and December 2006 visited this
remote region in the Sahara andhave donated funds to help with the effort.
See details at Timia Niger.
SKY - Soweto Kliptown Youth
A group of travelers visited a community project in Soweto, South Africa
and offered to fund needy projects for the youth. The SKY organization
has received the funds and purchased a projector and speakers that have
been installed in the facility. We regret that the SKY staff have failed
to send us pictures for this website.
Hoop Dreams
In February 2006 in the village of Bayanga in the Central Africa Republic
a basketball court was completed and dedicated for the villager. In February
2005 travelers on a Bushtracks Expedition first visited the village, wanted
to "give back" and wished to help the local people. They agreed
to fund the project. During the year the court was completed and the court
was dedicated in the spring of 2006. See
a photo report of the ceremony and first basketball game at this link.
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Phase II of the Bayanga project will consist of providing scholarships for the students in the village, uniforms for the basketball team and assistance in transporting the team to games in the closest neighboring village. Funds are currently being raised and donations are encouraged.
Another School in Burma
Plans have been finalized for another school to be constructed in Pyaw
Bwe, asmall village near Bagan in Burma. It is anticipated that the building
will be completed by June 2006.(The completion took an additional year.
Read more about the complications doing business in Burma.) Details
are available.
Construction of a classroom in Zambia
The Mukuni Village in Zambia is the focus of a program coordinated by
Bushtracks Expeditions. After a visit to the village in July 2005 by a
group of families with their children plans were drawn for the construction
of a three-room classroom block which is needed for Mukuni School to qualify
for a grade 12 school. The school construction has been completed. Click
here for pictures of the village and the final construction.
Kirua Good Hope Women's Cooperative
An individual travelers approached Generosity in Action to assist her
to aid women in a small village near Arusha, Tanzania. Located on the
slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro Lasso Kira is a 45 minute walk from the nearest
transportation and even farther to the next largest village. "Kirua
Good Hope Women's Cooperative" plans to sew uniforms and other commercial
items to earn money for the women in the village. Subsequently the organization
has establishhed their own chariable foundation to advance their program.
We are pleased to have been able to assist their initial efforts.
Science Labratory
On March 5, 2005 a building to house a science labratory was dedicated
and construction started at the High School in the Let-Pan-Chay-Paw village
near Bagan. Funds for this project were donated by travelers to Burma
in the fall of 2004. The building was completed in August 2005. View
pictures of the dedication.
Donations can me made for any of these projects. Make checks payable
to "Generosity in Action"
and note the name of the project in the "memo" line on the check.
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