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Herewith another update of St Gabriel Home in Mateves, Arusha. By regular contact via e-mail and telephone we are kept up to date about the situation of the project and we are very glad we can inform you that the project is doing well and still growing. The children who live at the home are doing fine. Derrick is living with his mother again and two new boys are living at the home now: Hans and Derrick, both around 1,5 years old. Now little Mariam is not the smallest anymore.
Two of the sisters (Anna Maria and Priscilla) are unfortunately transferred to another project. Four new sisters came to replace them: Elizabeth, Gemma, Ponssiana and Martha. The last two sisters are also teaching at the school.
The school expanded with two more classrooms and now has 99 pupils. All these children get a cup of uji (very nutritious porridge) during the break and a meal for lunch, this because many students not always get sufficient or healthy food at home. At the moment three volunteers (from Poland, Italy and Germany) are working at the project as teachers via Projects Abroad.
Despite the fact that it is going very well and the project becomes more and more professional, it can still use some financial aid. First because they want to build a fence surrounding the ground on which the school and the houses of the sisters, volunteers and children are standing; the reason for this is that in March this year people broke in the house during the night. The sister’s feel less safe since that moment. There is also money needed to enlarge the school with more classrooms (until there will be standing a complete primary school) and a canteen, where all the pupils can have lunch together. Your support again will be highly appreciated: asante sana!More information can be found at the website of the children’s home: www.saintgabrielhome.net