How You Can Help

You can join the Bibi Jann family and make a difference in the lives of Tanzanian children in several ways:

• Making a one-time gift to the school, either by designating it for a specific use (meals, uniforms, field trips, school supplies, medical supplies, etc.) for the general fund to be used as needed.
  
  
• Making a one-time gift to GRANDMA-2-GRANDMA, either designating it for a specific person or use (craft supplies, transportation, food, etc.).
  
  
• "Adopting" a bibi (grandmother) and her family - select from our list, or ask us to chose someone for you. Some sponsors give a sum every so often; others commit to so much a month - it's up to you. Still others rally friends and family around "their bibi" to build her own house or finance the children's education.
  
  
  

• Support The FAWCO Bibi Jann House
  Imagine having to raise your orphaned grandchildren because their parents have died of AIDS -- plus you are homeless.
  
  In addition to being poor, hungry and over-whelmed , five grandmas and their 16 grandchildren enrolled with the Bibi Jann Children's Care Trust had no roof over their heads until they moved into rented quarters on March 1, 2007. Generous American donors are paying the $50 monthly rent.
  
  With the help of Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas, we hope to either buy or build a permanent communal home for these families near the trust's headquarters in the village of Mbagala, 10 miles south of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in East Africa. The children will have a safe place to live, study and reassemble their lives.
  
  The project will cost about $50,000. Let's all work together to erect The House That Love Built! For more information, click here.
  
  

• WHAT YOUR DONATION BUYS
  $5 - Treated bed net to prevent malaria
  $15 - School uniform or a month of day care so parents can work
  $50 - Month's rental on communal housing for 4-5 families
  $100 - Teacher's monthly salary
  $130 - Bunk bed and bedding
  $300 - 6 months of batik-making supplies for grandmothers to make and sell
  
  
  
• PAYMENTS
  Payments can be made directly to Bibi Jann Children's Care Trust account #661087-9, to Oregonians Credit Union, 1437 SW Broadway, Portland OR 97201 USA. We ask only that you email us of the amount, the recipient, and date you're sending it to jannmmitchell@aol.com.
  (Donations for FAWCO House go through FAWCO Foundation, www.fawcofoundation.org)

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