We are celebrating Itafari’s closing with 21 DAYS OF ITAFARI! This is our final fundraiser! Now through December 31st I will be sharing stories and personal images of a determined people and a beautiful country rebuilding after a nationwide genocide. The community is committed to rebuilding and sustaining growth for years to come, from building […]
CONTINUE READING →In November of 2012, I travelled to Rwanda with Vicky Trabosh, my dearest friend of 37 years, to see the land and meet the people that have become so much a part of her heart. And now I understand. While I have journeyed to many places in the world, I had never been to Africa. […]
CONTINUE READING →I have never had anything beyond my family call to me as passionately as this country and its people. This trip will be filled with many activities: Reviewing the progress of Kigali Parents Secondary School building that has continued with our great fundraiser in June which raised $50,000 Connecting with the children we sponsor – […]
CONTINUE READING →I am calling seat 33C home for the next 10 hours. And lucky me! 33D has no passenger! The luxury of it all. How simple the pleasures when I remember not to want more than I have in the moment. This is a direct flight to Amsterdam and then another direct flight to Rwanda. […]
CONTINUE READING →In 35 years of owning cars I have rarely raised the hood. I’ve been to car shows and the hood is raised and men (predominately) are standing around looking at the engine. The only other time I see a raised hood with an audience, happens when there’s a problem with the engine. As a […]
CONTINUE READING →I remember my second visit to Rwanda in 2006. I was here for a month alone and Itafari was less than one year old. Oh the possibilities – opportunities were boundless for what we could accomplish! By nature I am unconditionally optimistic. Then I met with a woman from the UK who was, to say […]
CONTINUE READING →What do hippos, goats, and rollers have in common? Everything if you’re in Rwanda. I’m here in Rwanda for my 7th visit in less than five years. Nothing is better than doing what you’re meant to do with people of vision and integrity. The work of the Itafari Foundation allows all of us to work […]
CONTINUE READING →Have you ever wanted to hold a party for 140 children? In a foreign country? With children who speak little English but desperately want to believe in you and how you can help them? Then come to Rwanda and meet our sponsored children! Children of little to no resources, often orphaned, desirous of a better […]
CONTINUE READING →In a world gone slightly mad I find a constant that does not change: hope and healing. Being in Rwanda during the world’s financial crisis is a bit comforting. The worries and fears that are riveting the world, are less so in my work in Rwanda. It’s like being on a vacation, or when I […]
CONTINUE READING →I have never worked in a place where I am as equally passionate about the friendships I have formed and the work I do. That is Rwanda: there is a passion; an intensity; a hope in people that I rarely experience on a daily basis as I do every time I am here. I arrived […]
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