Nov 9, 2010 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
Proposed Child Welfare Center design. I am in the process of finalizing the building details of a child welfare center in Kenya. The welfare center will be built in Maragua town, which is located about 100 miles north of the capital of Nairobi. There has been a long...
Jul 30, 2010 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
On my last trip to Kenya, I met an intriguing young man, Joseph Macharia Kimani, from the Maragua constituency in Kenya. Eight years ago, as a child of 9, he lost his arm in a tragic accident. In spite of the challenges of growing up with only one functional...
Nov 5, 2009 | General News, Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
Two of the teachers from the girl’s school receiving the computers from Bhante at the Nairobi Buddhist Temple. On the 26th of October, 2009, following a request from school Principal Mrs. Mutaga, we donated two computers to the Rarakwa Secondary Girl’s...
Jan 23, 2005 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
Bhante visits a remote village in Kenya where many children have lost their parents to AIDS. In this age of disposable technology, we often take for granted the high tech equipment that makes our lives so much easier. In many parts of Africa, people do not count on...
Jan 22, 2005 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
Students gathering in the playground to greet Bhante. To reach the small school, we traveled two hours by car from the city of Anuradhapura. Then we traveled another three kilometers on an unpaved dusty road. At first sight, it didn’t look like much at all. If...
Jan 20, 2005 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
For eighteen years, the Sri Lankan government fought a long and difficult war with a separatist group called the Tamil Tigers. By the time the government negotiated a cease-fire with the separatists in 2001, about seven thousand people had lost their lives. Although...
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