Saturday, July 15, 2017

Kindergarten Sponsorship Program

We're excited to announce that you now have the opportunity to sponsor any of our current students! For only $15 a month, your donation will be added to our Kindergarten fund - which ensures that every child in our care has a nutritious breakfast and lunch, access to a great education, and is sent home each day with clean drinking water.

Your support will not only change these 18 lives - but will positively impact their families and community. The head start that these children receive at Mukisa Kindergarten means that they head into public school with a solid foundation, ready to learn and ready to grow into strong, responsible, contributing members of their villages.

We challenge you to be a part of this invaluable experience. Please visit our new sponsorship site, and spread the word!

Friday, July 7, 2017

New Staff Housing

Phase 1 (of 2) has been completed!!  Phase 1 included making all the bricks (by hand!) utilizing the waters from the flood this spring, then allowing them to bake dry in the sun.  This last month they were then used to lay the foundation and build up to the base of where windows will go.

The cement blocks laying out to dry during Phase 1




Completion of Phase 1

We are now ready for phase 2 and the fundraising efforts are estimated to be US$2,500. This includes all labor and building supplies such as windows, doors, flooring, and making more bricks. The cost could be much higher, but we have been very blessed by the donation of time by some very generous local volunteers that are passionate about this project helping those in need in their area.


Part of the garden with the new and current housing
pictured in the background
To give some background, we have a flourishing garden that provides food to those enrolled in our kindergarten as well as those in need in the community.  We have 2 staff at all times that are tending to the garden and, as part of their wages, we provide housing for them to stay in.  This also serves as security to have staff members on site at all times to protect the food from theft or vandalism.  It should be noted, that when we say "garden", we really mean small farm spanning multiple acres!



The mud-style house that we built for them when the garden began in 2010 is very basic, in need of significant repair to be livable, and is now too small to house both our staff and our ever growing vegetable harvest!  We plan to utilize the original house for storage and are working on building more permanent concrete block house.  

Current Staff Housing including storage for all tools and harvested vegetables

We are asking you to please consider supporting this project! Go to:
https://www.purecharity.com/special-projects-staff-housing#   All donations are tax-deductible.
As always, thanks for your continued support!

One of the recipients of our garden's vegetables

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Pure Charity


While our invaluable staff have continued to work hard in Namibia serving those in need, our Board of Directors have been working hard this last year establishing the organizational structure and bylaws of Sinanzi Sepo Project.  We are proud to announce that as of February 2017, Sinanzi Sepo Project, Inc has been officially recognized as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization.  With this change we have switched from utilizing GoFundMe to now using Pure Charity as our means for fundraising. We have found this to be a great tool for our needs with minimal operating costs and it allows you to give confidently and securely!  Check out our profile at: https://www.purecharity.com/sinanzi-sepo-project

In our goal of transparency, our current monthly operating budget is ~US$500 per month and this includes salaries of our school teacher and garden workers, supplementary food to the vegetables we grow, plus garden supplies to maintain the farm.  However have plans to grow and expand our ministry reach and we need ministry partners like you to help make that happen.  We are always happy to answer any questions about how your donation will be used or the structure of the organization!

If you are interested in partnering with us in ministry, we would love to have you!  You can become a monthly donor, support special projects such as our current update to staff housing, or we will have child sponsorship programs available soon with the kids in our Kindergarten.