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August 2025
The word "Kusewera" means "to play" in Chichewa, the native language of Malawi. It is also the name of an amazing community center outside of Lilongwe where we were privileged to spend two weeks with Clement and Chimwemwe, our Malawian Program Directors. Kusewera boasts soccer, basketball, art, dance and playground and even mini golf for local kids.
We are back in Malawi working at Home of Hope again! Each year we see many kids that we have known since we started here in 2018, and more new artists come to the art classes and help with the murals! This year we lost Executive Director Lucy Chipeta, a dear friend and supporter of our program. I her honor we got to paint a large portrait of her as a mural with the kids. We love and miss you Lucy!
July 2025
We are so excited to be working with a new partner this year, Children in the Wilderness! An expansive program reaching across sub-Saharan Africa, CITW empowers kids with conservation workshops, educating the next wave of conservationists right in their own communities! The best part of this work is being able to do it with Program Director Doctor Tipay, the first child adopted by Mama India of the Rift Valley Children's Village, who we have known for over 10 years.
We are so excited to be back in Tanzania! First we are working were it all started in 2014, the Rift Valley Children's Village. Then we are on to our other partners the Tumaini School in Karatu, and The Samll Things on Mount Meru. What a joy is has been to work with the same kids each year and watch them grow as artists and individuals.