This 14-year-old is like a lot of teenage kids. He likes to joke around, dance, eat hamburgers and ice cream and watch movies. But Phabian also likes to read. If he continues to work hard in class, he will soon be going to secondary school. Being at LOHADA gives him better chance at mastering the…
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Leah
Leah has been sponsored by Shelly! Leah, who is 4, says her favorite activity is sleeping. (Who doesn’t love a kid who loves to sleep?) She might love it so much because Leah has a warm, clean bed in the young children’s dorm at Camp Joshua School. She and other preschoolers have the care of…
Joshua
Eight-year-old Joshua might think that his school is his very own, because it’s named Camp Joshua School. But he also knows the school has been helping kids like him before he was born. A solid education is critical to help children in poverty to succeed. So he is learning English, Swahili, science and health, math…
Abriella
Abriella has been sponsored! Little Abby is only 3, but that’s not too soon to help her learn and thrive. Studies show that the greatest brain development happens before age 5, so we at LOHADA are working hard to lay the foundation for learning early. Abby lives in the Unga Limited area adjacent to the…
Sheilla
Sheilla has been sponsored! Sheilla’s mother died when she was only one week old, probably from complications of childbirth. Never knowing the support of a mother, she was nonetheless raised by relatives until they became too poor to feed her. Coming to LOHADA means she not only is fed, but gets the opportunity to get…
Beatrice
Little Beatrice, who is five, likes frogs. And she’s pretty handy to have around Camp Joshua, because she also really likes to clean things. How great is that? When Bea is not helping sweep and pick up the puzzles, she’s learning all kinds of things: The alphabet, numbers, how to speak English and cooperate with…
David
David has been sponsored! David is six years old and from the Shinyanga Region in western Tanzania. He is one of five children, which makes it hard for his family of subsistence farmers to care for him and pay fees associated with school. So his brother and sister also live at Camp Joshua with him….
Sabina
Sabina, who is five, has been with LOHADA since she was three. She is shy, but warms up to you when she gets to know you. Sabina is among a group of young children who receives pre-school education at Camp Joshua School. Her family is so large and poor that she needed the extra boost…
Gertruda
Gertruda has been sponsored! Gertruda, 4, is a day schooler who lives in the Unga Limited slum with her brother Godbless and her sister Joyce. Each day, she walks to school, where she enjoys learning and swinging on the playground. Her ideal gift, she says, would be biscuits — the cookie type. Also pretty great…
Mount Horeb Farm
Southeast of Unga Limited slum, off a country road, Mount Horeb Farm is a peaceful 11-acre plot that is a site for sustainable farming and for learning. LOHADA grows multiple crops on the farm, including maize and beans, which help feed the children at Camp Joshua and Camp Moses. They also grow vegetables such as…