SHARE’S MEDICAL DIRECTOR AGAIN VISITS KENYA SHARE’s board member and medical director, Dr. Jeffrey Karasik conducted his annual visit, training and program review at facilities in Kenya during December. During the trip, thirty students were trained at ten different facilities in the techniques used in helping babies breath and helping mothers survive.  This is the ninth […]

As the new year begins and we look back to the past year, we are tremendously heartened by all we have accomplished together. With your generosity, SHARE Africa is availing higher education opportunities to all our orphans, expanding our Health/mobile clinic program to reach more villages where basic healthcare is non-existent, and easing access to clean drinkable […]

November 2022 To Our Dear Friends and Sponsors: The Board of SHARE wanted to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season. We appreciate your support throughout the year. Just this year your generosity has made a difference in the lives of the nearly 250 sponsored orphans, as well as […]

SHARE ANNUAL DINNER & GOLF FUNDRAISER Thanks to the hard work of SHARE volunteers and the generosity of our supporters, the annual SHARE Dinner & Golf fundraiser was a success again this year.  We had a record turnout! A large source of the fundraising comes from the items auctioned which included donated weeks or weekends at homes or apartments at ski […]

Don’t Miss Out on the Fun – Register today for the Dr. Bobby MacGuffie Annual Dinner and Golf FundraiserJoin us for a fun filled day of golf, dinner, and great auction items on September 19, 2022 at the Rockland Country Club – 380 Route 9W, Sparkill, NY 10976More details on the fabulous auction items available during our […]

SHARE ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP (SOS) PROGRAM EXPANDS ITS OFFERING SHARE has traditionally sponsored orphans only up to the point of graduation from high school. However, in a country with a very high poverty rate and orphans with little or no resources, there is a need to give these individuals a further chance at success. As we […]

ENHANCED MEDICAL CARE TO SHARE ORPHANS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES DURING COVID In December 2021, SHARE’s medical director, Dr. Jeffrey Karasik, again traveled to Kenya, along with student Jason Hirsch. Previously, we mentioned how SHARE donated an oxygen concentrator, which extracts oxygen from room air, to the local hospital, due to the lack of available oxygen […]

Over three decades ago, Dr. Martha “Bobby” MacGuffie, a revered local surgeon and hero to so many Rockland County families, faced a tragedy that could have flattened nearly any human being: the death of her two young sons, due to blood transfusions that infected them with AIDS. In the wake of this horror, Dr. MacGuffie […]

SPONSORSHIP BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN SHARE ORPHANS In Kenya, approximately 11% of students who take the examination for admission to University are accepted. This year, 23 SHARE sponsored orphans took the examination. Based upon the national average, we should have expected between 2 and 3 to have been successful. Instead, 13 of the 23 […]