Water is Life!! Our local crew installs rain tanks so people won't go to the Adhu river, where infected flies on its banks is blinding 1/4 of the population. Now clean, safe water for all.
Kakooge, Uganda "Polaroid Project"
Our CEO encourages silliness, fun!..as each child gets the only photo they've ever had of themselves. They'll be rewarded their pictures after the day's gardening projects ends:)!
Logo, Eastern Congo "Polaroid Project"
For children to keep an image of themselves, some never having even looked in a mirror.
Efe Pygmies, Nduye, Eastern Congo, "Polaroid Project"
The Efe Pygmy children of Nduye having a picture of themselves instead of BEING photographed. Magic, JOY!!
Eastern Congo: Polaroid Project
Pimbo, Eastern Congo (DRC) For children-students who've never had an image of themselves (no phones, laptops, etc), our Founder gave as many as she could a Polaroid picture:))!!!!
Karenga, Uganda (Karamoja)
After years of improving the Primary school, the Headmistress-teachers residence was renovated; running water, toilets, solar light, to help ease the stress of a difficult place.
After renovations
Before Renovations
Solar Panels for Light
Pipes for running water being installed
Pakwach, Uganda
First computer lab for students; now materials arrived for toilets-showers for school staff, who were showering with monitor lizards and other vermin outside.
Eastern Congo
Rain tanks arrive Congo bound for Luma school to prevent students going to Adhu river where they'll contract river blindness.
Luma students returning from fetching water from Adhu river
Eastern Congo, South Sudan, Northern Uganda....
As Candace leaves for our Projects caring Pi Sigma Alpha students at YSU rally for funds to help the children caught in these Hellscapes.
Beverly Vista School (Beverly Hills) Fundraiser
28 Fifth-graders at Beverly Vista School, w/ teacher Kris Milliken, Fundraised their hearts out amongst fellow students and parents; resulting in an astonishing contribution towards helping the children and students of Africa.
Eastern Congo, South Sudan, Northern Uganda...
Candace will be at our Projects in May; children there improvise games like nails-on-boards, and still use marbles; send a soccer ball or dvd (film) for our mobile cinema set-ups: Go to the JLP Wishlist
Northern Uganda, Eastern Congo, South Sudan
Stop kids who haven't any TV, wifi, computers, phones, video games, nor Cinemas from going to shacks where drunken men use generators to show porn. Buy HERE an appropriate dvd-film for us to show them a movie at their school.
South Sudan
Candace will be at our Projects soon: Children in these Hellscapes have little joy, wanna make their month, buy a dvd-movie (HERE); especially an African produced film, they'll be sure and see it on a makeshift Bush Cinema (Isoke below) or a Mobile-traveling one.
Northern Uganda, South Sudan, Congo etc.
Our CEO's heading to our Projects; Soccer is everything to children without phones, TV, cinema, WiFi, video-games etc! She'll gladly schlep soccer balls there if you'll buy 'em: HERE . This way they won't play with dirty plastic bags wrapped together with string!
Pakwach, Uganda
We established a computer lab for girls at their primary school; and by August there'll be new toilets and showers for teachers and Headmistress; otherwise they'll bathe with the infamous monitor lizards that infest the place:)!
Gathering firewood for cooking, bathing, most everything
Monitor Lizards of Pakwach
Kajo Keji, South Sudan: Mobile Cinema
Our Mobile Cinema operating for 5 years, going school to school, left with the population that fled to Uganda. Kajo Keji is now a battlefield. It brought education, recreation and news from the outside world to isolated students. The moment things calm down we'll return.
JLP NYC Soulcycle held Feb. 4th, 2017
Sponsored Xavier High School students brought loads of enthusiasm to our sold-out Charity Ride, "Soulcycle". A win-win: proceeds go to our Projects you hear so much about concerning the children in Africa, and kids here made happy as well!
Adumi, Northern Uganda
Our rain tank arrived for the Deputy-Headteacher and the nurse; another 4 are due at its school, 2 kilometers from the Congo. Water! is a developing world crisis. But students get more excited about a soccer ball, THE African sport; help provide some go to our WISHLIST
Eastern Congo
We're sending Rain Tanks to Eastern Congo so students don't have to fetch water at the Adhu river where there's flies carrying river blindness.
Students coming from the infectious Adhu river with water in jerry cans to bathe, cook, clean and drink with.
Karenga, Uganda, Northern Karamoja
After we provided costumes Karenga students competed in their National Contest, hoisting our Founder on their shoulders, an African gesture of profound gratitude. The whole community participated: strung beads, measured costumes, rehearsed dance and song, all under the elders direction. An especially good time to bring JOY, since Sudanese refugees trickle in from over the hill to become students.
