Posted in Journal Entries on September 29th, 2009 3 Comments »
From time to time our volunteers get to have adventures besides working at the CoL. Tanja and Renate went for two days on this safari.
Tanzania: one big adventure!
Heeellooo, my name is Tanja. I come from Germany and am a new volunteer here at the “cradle of love”. I just finished school and my apprenticeship as [...]
Posted in Journal Entries on September 28th, 2009 2 Comments »
How exciting to get a new baby. She is only 11 days old and very healthy looking. Her name is Hidaya. She has three siblings of 13, 9 and 2.5 years. Her mother died shortly after giving birth. If only there could be something to stop all these postpartum hemorrhages.
Last Friday the triplets dad and [...]
Posted in Journal Entries on September 23rd, 2009 3 Comments »
This piece was written by JulieFaith, who was one of the first volunteers for Cradle of Love. She has since married and has two children; Ella and Kaden. Thank you JulieFaith for sharing your story and for making sure that "our" Kaden is never forgotten by naming your son after him.–Davona
How baby Kaden got his [...]
Posted in Journal Entries on September 20th, 2009 2 Comments »
Posted by Julie Lemire
This week was exciting yet hectic. We are doing our best to be consistent and set reasonable goals for the children. Nanny Neima helped with the pre-school on Friday and she was a wonderful addition. She read the children the book during story time and helped us to count from 1 to [...]
Posted in Journal Entries on September 17th, 2009 1 Comment »
I learned that song in gradeschool! This morning Julie and I headed to Arusha. I always have to work up my nerve before getting in the car and taking that trip, but having a nice companion along, really helps. We didn't have any accidents, no cops stopped us and we accomplished all we needed to. Well, [...]