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2011 October: Two Knock Co-Founders and Directors, Michelle and Bruce, complete major physical feats and raise a collective $20,000 for the organization. October: Lunch program begins at Longuo Primary School, thanks to donations by the Insight Seminar teens who volunteered at the school in August. August: The Kilimanjaro Education Foundation, in partnership with Knock, completes construction on the brand new latrines at Mrupanga Primary School. August: 14 teens from Teen Insight travel to Tanzania where they volunteered at Mrupanga and Longuo Primary Schools. They conducted seminars and made physical improvements to the schools. February: Kim Krowne and Edward Lyimo climb and summit Mt. Meru, raising $27,000 for Knock Foundation. January: 16 educational scholarships are renewed, giving these children the wonderful and important opportunity of education. January: Children excitedly move into their new home at Matumaini.
2010 November: Construction on new Matumaini Child Care Center is complete! August: Conducted third annual HIV/AIDS - Life Skills Seminar in Rau Village, Tanzania for over 200 young adults, women, and for the first time, men. Also conducted first ever seminar at the Kilimahewa Center for about 150 participants. May: Construction on Matumaini buildings begins. April: Two week medical mission to Kisumu, Kenya was a huge success and planning of next year's trip already underway. April: Broke ground on construction of the new Matumaini Center. Fencing and gate installation complete.
2009 August: 26 teens and adults from Insight Seminars volunteers with Knock at Mrupanga Primary School for two weeks, conducting seminars and completing construction on a kindergarten classroom. July: Conducted Second Annual Life Skills - HIV/AIDS - Sex Education Seminar for 115 women and children in Rau, Tanzania. June: 290 textbooks purchased for Mrupanga Primary School, bringing the student to textbook ratio to about 5:1 March: 1 acre of land purchased for the building of Matumaini Child Care's new home in Rau, Tanzania. January: School lunch provided for all 316 students at Mrupanga Primary School. Money also donated to purchase oil, salt, and pay the cook's salary.
2008 June: Two-day Life Skills – HIV/AIDS – Sex Education seminar conducted for nearly 100 children and women in Rau Village in Tanzania April: First phase of the Piggery Project completed in Tanzania. 50 pig pens built and pigs delivered to the homes of 50 needy families caring for orphans. January: Comprehensive budget of $20,000 per year for Matumaini Child Care Center completed with the first quarter fully funded for the first time in Center’s history.
2007 May: Six bunk beds constructed at Matumaini April: Latrine reconstruction completed at Matumaini January: Matumaini Child Care’s basic needs budget complete; food and school fees provided for 20 children in Tanzania |
