SHARE Africa

Several of our very generous sponsors take a personal interest in the orphans they sponsor, examining their annual scholastic and social reports, corresponding frequently with the children, and exchanging dialogues through the mail. Many sponsors, however, are content in relying on their confidence in SHARE to deploy their contributions to get the most for the orphans they sponsor. And indeed I can assure you that your confidence is well placed.

It is with tremendous sadness we note that a longtime member of the SHARE family, Sydney Farber died on April 9, 2006 from complications of leukemia. He was 59. Syd was a highly energetic, innovative and charismatic member of the SHARE Board of Directors. He had unlimited stamina and was always contributing and encouraging new ideas to allow SHARE to grow.

SHARE interviews Alexandra, the organizer of the Textpattern fundraiser that raised money for the Double Joy Farm project.

The November/December 2005 issue (no. 12) of The Hook magazine features an article about SHARE titled “Making A Difference”. The text of this article is now available with the kind permission of The Hook.

It was with a great deal of trepidation that I went to Kenya in the summer of 2005. It was a very long time since I had left this country where I was born.

Due to the astronomical growth in the number of orphaned children, it has become evident that maintaining them in their home villages would enable us to support many more orphans. To this end we started our SHARE Orphan Sponsorship program in 1993.