Our last day at Lasting Bless School ...

This is a picture of Naomi and Herman and their son Blessing, in front of their home and school, Lasting Bless. Naomi and Herman are struggling to keep this school open, as the 44 children who attend are from very poor families and only a handful have parents who can make occasional tuition payments. There is no support from their government. It is an eye opening experience to come from a country which provides free public education to all of its children and knowing after our brief time in Tanzania that education is essential to allow a safe and healthy life for these kids.

In any developing nation there are opportunities for exploitation of well meaning donors, but we have been so fortunate to encounter good and honest people like Naomi and Herman here. They have a vision to help their community through education and access to health care for these vulnerable children, and they are doing their very best to provide it. We are hoping to continue our friendship with them and to hopefully provide opportunities for support from our corner of the world. Junior (Said, pictured earlier) has certainly benefited from the loving care and support at Lasting Bless, and we know that other children will as well.