Sunday, October 27, 2013

Smiles that brighten the world

First, a special comparison picture-- I asked five year old Samsoni to smile for a picture. The result looks very similar to my smile as a child. My parents said every picture of me for a certain length of time looked this way. 




And some other beautiful Tuleeni faces to go with it!! 

Baby Lucky with his mother, Prisca (26) who grew up at the Tuleeni Orphanage and now lives there dedicating her life back to the center that saved her and have her a chance at a successful future, which she has achieved. 





Vanessa, Hellena, little Neema, and myself hanging out in the shade trying to avoid the blazing sun! 

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Family is all that matters


Some recent pictures of the kiddos and me. So lucky to have them. 








Little by little


The second floor slab at the new center is 50% complete. Help us finish it off so we can start using the new center to empower as many people As possible!! 

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Team Tuleeni!

We have a team of little rockstars!!! 

A few weeks ago, my primary 7 girls, Anna, Jackie, Vanessa. And Hellen took their entrance exam for Sangiti, a highly respected all girls boarding school. There were hundreds of girls who applied and the school only took 85 girls... ALL FOUR OF OUR GIRLS WERE ACCEPTED!!!! 


The next week, we started the Kilimanjaro Education Academy entrance exams and interviews. On October 4th, Junior, Samson, Mwita, Ericki, Jonathan and Ismaeli were ALL accepted to the school and will be the first kids in Tuleeni history to attend a private nursery school! 


On October 5th, we had the second round of tests and interviews-- Freddy, Balizahu, Bahati, Godi, Derricki, Paul, Elisha and Awazi were all accepted into KEA!! Being that these children are currently in government schooling, I told them that there was a good chance they would have to repeat a grade, for private school curriculums are more difficult. I was worried that some of they wouldn't even pass the exams, for the entire test was in English but All of them got accepted. All of the kids will repeat their current grade except for  Balizahu and Pau who passed with flying colors and will be able to continue on with the next grade in January. I am so proud of all of them!!! 


I have been told that many people here feel that all orphans are misbehaved street children... I know my children are no stereotypes, and I told my kids to go show all these schools what we are made of at Tuleeni, and they did just that! Go team Tuleeni!!! 

We are still looking for a few more sponsors to help pay for these amazing youngsters to go to school-- if you are interested in helping give a child the gift of education and a successful future, please email me at Mandy@neemainternational.org



Love always, 
Neema

Corn stalk warfare


Life is good when you're a mom. Playing along with your children's imagination and games.... We are soldiers escaping dragons and the corn stalks are our weapons. Heaven on earth.

Monday, October 14, 2013

Nothing but smiles. Pure happiness


There is nothing more amazing than seeing your children happy.