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Eyecare Continues
Eyes are one of the most important treasures in our life. To see the beauty of this world and experience our physical surroundings is a great blessing. Unfortunately millions of people wake up everyday never to see the light of the day. Many live in darkness simply...
Helping The Teachers
Triple Gem Society was able to donate a computer to the teachers of Kigumo district in Kenya to help them to continue their education. Following is the letter received from the co-coordinator of the program Mr. John Kihu. Dear Venerable Bhante Wimala, First, I wish to...
Two Hundred Seventy-Five Wheelchairs for Disabled People in Kenya
In the last five years, we have been donating wheelchairs to the most needy disabled people in Kenya. One of the recent recipients of wheelchairs was over 40 years old and has been disabled all his life. Our wheelchair was the first wheelchair he ever had. Can you...
Continuing Assistance to the Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Shamsha, the FGM program director receiving the computer and the printer for office use. Recently we have donated more funds and a computer to the Wajir district of Kenya as part of our ongoing efforts to stop FGM. It is a sad thing to note that such barbaric...
Members of Parliament Meet Bhante Wimala
On the first of July 2005, Seventeen members of Kenyan parliament met with Bhante. The special reception held at a hotel in Nairobi gave an opportunity for the members of Parliament to thank Bhante Wimala for his humanitarian projects in Kenya. For almost seven years...
Saving the Lives of Children
Children and babies are the most vulnerable members of our human community. When a child is born we are happy and we welcome them with excitement. Then we must do everything necessary to provide the proper care for their wellbeing. Yet, each year, millions of children...
Caring for the Sick
Children who lost their fathers waiting with their mothers to receive the scholarships. As you might know, health care crises are a common occurrence in most parts of Africa. Many rural Africans have very little, if any, access to health care. Over the years, we have...
Painting a Hospital Ward
On one of my visits to Wajir Hospital in Kenya, a male nurse approached me with a request. He asked if I could find a way to help repair and paint the hospital ward where he was working. He discussed how bad the conditions were and explained that he had already spent...
Repairing a School Floor
Finally, we arrived at the Makuyu School in the district of Maragwa. We had traveled there to distribute gifts and uniforms to some of the students who had earned excellent grades on their exams, but our journey to the school had not been an easy one. We traveled...
Feeding The Famine Stricken Children
Atula Shah from Nairobi wrote a letter to Bhante and Triple Gem Society requesting help to feed children in a famine stricken area of Mutumo, an area Bhante visited on one of his last trips to Nairobi. In her letter, Atula explained that “…there is a severe famine in...
Stopping Female Genital Mutilation
When I first heard about the Female Genital Mutilation practices in Africa from a friend, I was shocked and deeply saddened. I decided to learn more about this by visiting the villages, talking to medical professionals, social activists, and women and girls who have...
Three More Girls Receive Scholarships
In 2002 we started a scholarship program to help the most needy underprivileged girls to continue their education. In the last two years, we have given five university scholarships and seven college and high school scholarships to girls from Africa and Sri Lanka. This...
Breath of Life
Several years ago, in an interview with a doctor in a rural hospital in Cameroon, I learned how he does all surgical operations under local anesthesia. He explained how many deaths occur simply because of the lack of available oxygen to assist the patients' recovery....
Sixty-Two Bed Home for Street Children in Rwanda
A home for the youngest victims of genocide in Rwanda. Accepting an invitation from individuals conducting humanitarian projects in Rwanda, I spent three days in the capitol, Kigali, visiting many hospitals, rehabilitation centers, Aids orphanages, and homeless...
Welfare Project in South Africa
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...