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 […]
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Aug
Aug
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 […]
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Jun
Jun
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 […]
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May
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” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
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May
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 […]
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Dec
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 […]
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Sep
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 […]