August 27, 2015

We are always looking for ways to improve life for the children and if possible to save money in the same time. With our latest tools we manage to do both. We received from Friendly Water for the World 3 water purifiers. Through these purifiers we are able to ensure safe drinking water for our children, while at the same time saving much firewood and charcoal, which we...

July 2015

As we have reported before we had received a kind donation of computers for our centre, Malimbe Family. Since a few weeks the children get computer classes, once a week.

Teaching computer studies has been a challenge from the start. None of the kids ever used a computer, so it was a big mystery to them. An additional problem was that most children do not understand...

Hallo Marga,

Ik vond het heel bijzonder om te zien hoe het dorp is opgezet en de rust die jij en de omgeving uitstraalde. De kinderen nemen deze omgeving voor hun hele leven mee, in hun hoofd, bij keuzes voor werk of doel en in toekomst misschien bij de opvoeding van hun eigen kinderen. Het is geen rozengeur en maneschijn maar jullie leren ze om de bloemen te ruiken en water te...

The Story of Philipo, May 2015

Many of our children are very traumatized by their past which makes it difficult to build up their own lives.

Two weeks ago we were confronted with a difficult situation in Malimbe Family, two boys aged 8 and 10 years climbed at night over the wall and disappeared. Fortunately, we have good contacts with fellow organizations and soon we received the...

May 2015

Recently the big job of renovating the BHH compound had started. Many things were going on.First the drainage system was renewed, this involved a lot of digging and a few cubic metre of sand and small stones. It provided excellent playing material for the kids.

Then all the buildings were painted, so all the furniture was being moved constantly. At the same time the block...

Art therapy is a method which includes drawing, painting and dancing. It is used to achieve different things for different people who are traumatized. It also helps children who are struggling with emotions, social behavioral issues or physical challenges. It is especially a helpful tool if people find it difficult to express their problems.

Since I started to use this art therapy for...

April 2015

The works to repair the flood damage in the BHH and to prevent it in the future have recently been finished. In the court yard drains are constructed to flush away the excess water as quickly as possible. A small dike for the gate is built to prevent the water flushing in the yard from the street. During a heavy thunderstorm a few months ago some water overflowed our...

On November 22, we said goodbye to Monique Pietermaat, our secretary of the board. Monique worked seven years for the street children of Mwanza. In those years it has become an impressive and professional project also thanks to her efforts en involvement.

We will miss her but respect her decision to take it more easy. Since Nov. 22 we have Ite van Aardenne in the board...

On 19 November Ite van Aardenne and André van Strijp gave a presentation for all the volunteers of De Boekenlegger. All staff obtained a good insight in the activities of Upendo Daima in Mwanza through a series of pictures and detailed information based on Ite’s personal experience during the year that she worked in Mwanza. There were many interesting questions and all aspects of...

The project of poultry keeping started on 20^th November 2014.The Center manager Mr. Tarsisius Hoja brought seven hens from the Little Sisters of Jesus. Five are females and two are males. The project will enable the children, staff and the community of Malimbe quarters to learn different techniques of poultry keeping and become the entrepreneurs in future.  Now the activity will be to...