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The Jacaranda School, in Malawi, offers free education to children who are orphans due to AIDS.  The school needs textbooks, desks, bathrooms and other essentials.  We want to provide the Jacaranda School with these basic school necessities.  The students at The Jacaranda School are eager to learn but long for the opportunity.

 

June 5 :  Grade 6 students help out

A big thank you to the students in Mrs. Swan's Grade 6 class at Shanghai American School for donating $330 from their bake sales.  Fantastic!!

June 3 :  SAS students donate

Thank you to the students at SAS that generously donated their refund from the Habitat China trip.  The total donated was approximately $500.

May 26 :  A Great Project 

Thank you to Ellen Levenhagen at Shanghai American School and her NAHS students for their $630 donation from their Empty Bowls Project, such a great idea. 

May 20 :  WE DID IT!

The Parent Teacher Student Association at Shanghai American School donated 7400 RMB, approximately $1080 and that has put us over the $25,000 mark.  Thank you to the PTSA for giving the proceeds from their annual Spring Bazaar. 

The biggest single donation was also credited to our account today, 23720 RMB, approximately $3450.  Dr. Hundley, from the Performing Arts Center at Shanghai American School kindly donated the ticket sales from a recent Chinese Traditional Dance concert, Fragrance.  WOW!!  We thank you and so do the children at The Jacaranda School.  This has truly been a wonderful day for the Jacaranda School.

May 18:

Another nice donation from Shanghai American School came in today.  A big thank you to Todd Parham and all the folks that participated in the annual Golf Classic on May 9th.  Your event raised 7200 RMB, approximately $1050, and we thank you for this very generous donation.

May 11:

A fantastic surprise donation came in today from Sally Oxenberry, MS music teacher at Shanghai American School.  In Feb 2007, she invited an a capella singing group, Blue Jupiter, and dancer, Rubeun Garciano, to perform at our school.  At the event 7000 RMB, approximately $1000 was raised and generously donated to our project today.  Thank you so much Sally.

May 10:

Happy Mother's Day.  A big thank you to all the people that honored their mothers by giving a gift to the children at the Jacaranda School.  Mother's are so special and your gift is very thoughtful.  Thank you

April 25:

Thank you to The American International School in Oman for the generous donation.  Their fundraising campaign was called "Malawi March".  Both the HS Community Service Council and the cast and crew of the ES production, Treasure Island, contributed to this fundraising effort.  A special thanks to Martha Langille for leading the charge.

The Shanghai American School Student Film Festival donated $965 from the festival held on April 17th.  Thank you to David Gran for organizing this event and all the students that participated. 

The work continues on the bathrooms, see the photos attached. 

 April 10:

 A huge thank you to everyone that has donated so far but a special thanks to those that honored my birthday by donating.  What a special birthday gift and no other would have made me happier. 

The rainy season has ended and the construction on the bathrooms has begun. The project started on Saturday April 4th, the same day Marie Da Silva was speaking at Harvard. I was fortunate to be in attendance that afternoon and am now convinced more than ever that The Jacaranda School is the project that I want to be associated with. Thank you Marie!  

The bathroom construction will be in 2 phases with Phase 1 being the secondary school. The foundation is finished and work has started on the exterior walls. The project should be completed before we arrive.  Phase 2, will be the bathrooms for the primary school and that will begin in early June.  We will arrive on June 18th just in time to help with the building.  The Shanghai American School students and The Jacaranda School students will spend a day working together on the site.  This will be a fantastic team effort. 

March 14:

It has been almost 3 months since the first donation was made and we have now reached $14,000.  Our goal was to hit this target before the construction on the bathrooms begins.  The rainy season should end soon and then the construction can begin.  Thank You to everyone who has donated from Shanghai American School and around the world.  We have truly become one community in this effort and all to benefit the children at the Jacaranda School.

This week, an amazing email was received from Marie Da Silva, the lady who started the Jacaranda School.  She will be speaking at the African Forum at Harvard University on April 4th.  She writes, "This is exciting for me.  I never knew, growing up in Malawi, that some day I would be speaking at Harvard.  I feel that education will give the children at the Jacaranda School a chance at a better future.  Who knows, maybe one of them will come to Harvard."

Please check back periodically for updates on the construction and to watch us get closer to our final goal.  There is still more work to do and we hope you will continue to support us in any way you can. 

The students and teachers from Shanghai American School that will travel to Malawi in June are really looking forward to the trip.  We will build houses with Habitat for Humanity in Lilongwe and then visit the Jacaranda School.    We will see firsthand how your donation has changed the lives of the children at this school.

Check the Jacaranda Foundation's website to find out more about this wonderful organization and Marie Da Silva.

http://www.jacarandafoundation.org/

Many thanks for your support -- and don't forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too!