A New School Year Has Begun

by | Aug 15, 2021 | Blog

I’m happy to be back at school as a substitute teacher. Things are not quite the way they were before Covid, but slowly getting back to normal. There’s no way to predict what will happen this school year but I’m glad to see kids back at school....

St. Paul’s Back to School

by | Jul 26, 2021 | Blog

On Sunday, July 25, 2021, Village Education Fund delivered 39 backpacks to the children at St. Paul’s Sudanese Episcopal in Phoenix. This was our first event that we would like to make an annual one. We hope they have a great school year and that next year we...

Each one, Teach one

by | Jun 19, 2021 | Blog

It is summer time and the heat across the country has pick up waves and children are either indoors or in summer camps and also getting ready for back to school in the beginning of August 2021. It’s very exciting time for all the kids, the kindergarteners, first...

Back to School

by | Apr 11, 2021 | Blog

We are collecting 50 backpacks over the next three months getting ready for Back-to-School fall 2021. They will be for the children of St. Paul’s Sudanese Episcopal Church in Phoenix, Arizona. We will deliver them in July. Due to Covid, we were unable to host...

The Ten Cent Story

by | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog

About ten years ago, I printed a booklet of my short stories and poems for family and friends about the children and young people I had met along the way. This was before Facebook and cell phones. I didn’t think I’d ever see them again. Over time, I have...

For The Next Generation

by | Oct 14, 2020 | Blog

This week, I got to hold my new baby grand-daughter. I love babies. My daughter-in-law is Sudanese. God knew my son would marry a Sudanese girl and that I would have a Sudanese grand-baby. My connection with the “Lost Boys and Girls” of this generation is...