They Once Were Lost by Now Theyre Found

February 2013
On Dec 5, we sent our first package of Project Child sponsor letters via Express Mail to Arusha, Tanzania, since we were not going to be sending another team to Karansi until mid-year 2013. Our hopes were that the package would arrive safely and in a timely manner so that our Project Child children would receive Christmas notes and letters before Dec 25. It was our first test of using Mail delivery rather than hand delivery by one of our Teams. We were able to track the package through Miami and on its way to somewhere in Tanzania by Dec 10 as that is when it cleared Tanzanian customs. Whew It looked like this process was going to work. The bad news was that by January 26th the letters had still not made it to the local Arusha Post Office. The good news, is that within a few more days they were finally located, sitting for pickup in different post office and are now in the hands of our Imara partner. In a land of no addresses or mail delivery it was a bit of a wild hope to begin with but the mailing actually gave us a good hope for the future, and an educational experience on how to find a package mailed to a Tanzania Post Office Box sent via DHL or Express Mail. We are going to exercise this process again this Spring with a due date for the next batch of letters being March 15.

Tanzania Journal Issue 36

New School Year Means New Kindergarteners

Two weeks ago Punchmi Christian School in Karansi, Tanzania began a new school year. While our 7th grade graduates from last Fall all headed off to new Secondary Schools (a topic for next months TZJournal) a new group of Kindergarten students began their journey to receive an education. While a few moved up from our Pre-School, most were new to Punchmi and to our sponsorship program. When I look at our new photos of the children, it excites me to think about how much their lives are going to be different, because of the opportunity that we will afford them through Project Child. Rather than keep all of these beautiful faces to myself, I am publishing some Kindergarten photos so that you can enjoy them too and maybe help me find sponsors.

KAC507 Purity Mrangu

KAC509 Ezraeli Sikawa

KAC510 Joshua Kaanaeli

KAC511 Dan Ngure

KAC513 Beritho Alex

KAC514 Grayson Joeli

New Kindergarten Kids (Continued from pg1)

KAC515 Freeman Jefta

KAC516 Estagrace Daniel

KAC517 Francisca Luka

KAC519 Emmanuel Akyoo

KAC520 Debora Tenga

KAC521 Ester Isack

TanzaniaYou Too?
The next Team to visit Project Child in Tanzania will be departing Atlanta in late May of this year and returning about 10 days later in early June. This team is often known as the Family team, or Mercy and Justice Team, as it primarily spends time with the children in the school and the widows in the community, just seeking to visit and serve their needs. It is a perfect opportunity for a family, or mother/daughter, or grandmother/grandson to visit Tanzania and explore the life of a sponsored child. If you think you might be interested, you need to register at the Perimeter Global Outreach Tanzania Web site, which you can find at http://www.goperimeter.org/journeys/ page/2 Leaders of the team will then contact you to explore your interest and availability.

More Sponsors Needed

A Special thanks to Griffin and Valerie Stewart who recently took photos of almost all of our children in the Punchmi Schoolplus the newly repainted school and classroom ceiling boards

Further information about PROJECT CHILD is on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U86pIogAkTg Or email timneet@att.net