Upendo: One Kid at a Time, Inc. Sustainable Service Learning

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Upendo: One Kid at a Time, Inc. Sustainable Service Learning

501(3)c registered non-profit, building a community in Moshi, Tanzania,
for abandoned kids.

But what happens when a kid turns six?” This was the question that shattered our mood after spending the morning laughing and playing with the orphaned and abandoned children at the Upendo Children’s Center (UCC) in Moshi, Tanzania. The UCC makes a nurturing home for these children until they are old enough to go school, but then all their friendships, support, and stability evaporates when they a

re placed in homes or institutions. Even after our brief experience at UCC, it seemed heartbreaking to ask six-year-olds to start again, to leave behind the only companions they’d ever known. Then we asked another question, “What if the kids could all stay together, through high school?”
For the last ten (?) years, we have been answering that question with our 501(3)c non-profit organization, Upendo-OKAT, which is an amalgam of the UCC and the acronym for One Kid at a Time, a student-led initiative that morphed to a foundation led by a six-member Board of Directors and two advisory Board members, provides support for schools and abandoned school-aged kids in Tanzania. We created Upendo-OKAT to continue build on the supportive, loving environment that ensures that these children flourish from birth to five years old, by providing them with their own residence where they can continue to stay together as a family. Our preeminent goal has been to be sure that we can provide the resources and continuity that are so crucial to the children’s emotional, physical, and social health.

1860 Barnett Shoals Road
NUM 103-543
Athens, GA 30605-0000

01/14/2023

Moving in!

10/27/2022

If you happen to be in Athens, visit our table at the craft fair! All proceeds help fund our project!

02/23/2022

I haven’t posted for a while! Here’s a video of the residence. Just about done! We’re going to be ready for the kiddos to move in by May!

12/08/2021

Thank you thank you thank you! We raised $1000 to help buy our bus! What a great birthday present!

06/08/2021

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06/06/2021

Visit Upendo OKAT Website For the past 10 years we’ve been building a new re… Lioba Moshi needs your support for The new Upendo OKAT compound needs a fence!

03/09/2021

Board meeting end of this week. Watch this space: something cool is coming!

02/18/2021

Thank you everyone who’s donated so far! Progress on the security fence for Upendo in Tanzania: a new gate!

02/14/2021

In Tanzania, another view of the home being built for 20 -40 orphaned & abandoned kids. You can also see the dining hall/multipurpose room and, what I love, the tree that has already been planted. Imagine how big it will be when the first kiddos are graduating high school? Check out https://www.snyderupendo-okat.com/ and donate at gf.me/u/zgczrw

01/29/2021

Upendo-OKAT! Here are the latest pictures from our project in Moshi, Tanzania. When completed, it will be home to 20 to 40 abandoned & orphaned children, ages 5-18. In some cases they’ve lived together since infancy, but now they’ll be able to stay with their pals through high school.

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1860 Barnett Shoals Road, NUM 103/543
Athens, GA
30605

Telephone

+17062064426

Website

https://www.snyderupendo-okat.com/

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