May
On the tenth anniversary of the passing of SHARE’s founder, Dr. Martha “Bobby” MacGuffie, we wanted to pass along to our friends and supporters the following note we received from her nephew, Cam King, that we feel captures the essence of SHARE’s mission. March 7, 2021 Re: “the cheapest way to get angel wings” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
May
NEWS FROM OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR Our Medical Director, Dr. Jeff Karasik, visited Kenya in December to check on the status of the children and in particular the health services being provided to them, their guardians, and residents of the Villages. The Maternity Room at Mbita General Hospital SHARE is working with Mbita General Hospital to address a number of issues […]
Dec
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT On behalf of the SHARE Africa Board of Directors and all the people who depend on us, I extend my sincere gratitude to all our donors and supporters for your transformative generosity and encouragement. This past year has been extremely difficult and we know without the invaluable support of the orphan […]
Sep
Contaminated water can be linked to the transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, and hepatitis A; among others. Without clean water, communities are exposed to these preventable and sometimes deadly health risks. Bringing clean water into 58 households (guardians for our SHARE Orphans) in the Homa Bay Community not only helps reduce these risks […]
SHARE Africa in COVID ERA ORPHAN SCHOOLS STATUS: The Board of SHARE Africa thanks you for your additional contributions to help our orphans during this unprecedented and difficult pandemic. As you are aware during the school closures, we housed our children with their guardians and started providing food for the whole families. Thanks to those […]
A MESSAGE FROM OUR BOARD PRESIDENT As our sponsors and donors know, SHARE operates an Orphan Sponsorship Program and several other programs that seek to alleviate the impacts of the crushing poverty of the orphans and their families. Our largest fundraiser has been an annual Fall golf outing, dinner and auction that accounts for approximately […]
Today SHARE Africa joins with nonprofits throughout the world to celebrate #GivingTuesdayNow. #GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020 – in addition to the regularly scheduled Dec 1, 2020 #GivingTuesday – as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19. The President of Kenya ordered all learning institutions to […]
Dear SHARE Africa friend: I would like to just brief you as to how the current COVID-19 crisis is affecting SHARE Africa and most importantly our orphans that many of you help support. We have been in constant touch with the SHARE Africa staff in Kenya over last several weeks and have been receiving reports on what […]