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Kim Jones House - The Need
The emerging and worsening AIDS crisis in the town of Moshi, Tanzania and its rural surrounding area is creating an expanding group of orphans with little hope and dim prospects for a brighter future. Moshi is a relatively tranquil, fertile and beautiful area situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, but much like most areas of Tanzania and sub-Saharan Africa, its largely agrarian economy is stagnant and produces little more than the minimal food the areas’ residents require. By and large, the 200,000 people of this area have been able to get by – it’s a simple life, but enough. The emergence of AIDS within the area in the past 10 years has changed that balance. As of 2008 the adult population infection rate is approaching 12%. We’ve met a number of the orphans this looming crisis is producing and save for some unexpected miracle; they will be joined by hundreds more. What happens to these orphans? Some are taken in by extended families, some of which have the resources to provide them adequate care and education. Others become street children, surviving off handouts and petty crime. In Moshi the number of street children has doubled to 1,000 in the past 2 years. The future for these children is very bleak. |
Kim Jones House Background The orphanage housing 36 orphans and feeding many more was built on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in 2012 and was named KIM JONES HOUSE. Kim Jones, who died in November 2010 of breast cancer, was a friend of the Foundation for Hope in Africa and her family has been very generous with this home for children. Moshi, the area near the Kim Jones House, is a relatively tranquil, fertile and beautiful area situated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, but much like most areas of Tanzania and sub-Saharan Africa, its largely agrarian economy is stagnant and produces little more than the minimal food the areas’ residents require. The emerging and worsening AIDS crisis in the town of Moshi, Tanzania and its rural surrounding area is creating an expanding group of orphans with little hope and dim prospects for a brighter future. The Kim Jones House is giving them hope and encouragement and many have gone on to college. PROJECTS 2018 Marango. Eye Glass Clinic 2014 Kim Jones House. Security Wall 2013 Kim Jones House. Water Catchment System 2012 Kim Jones House Completed. |
Foundation For Hope In Africa
1100 Grand Avenue #B306
Schofield, WI 54476 ~ 715.574.7785
1100 Grand Avenue #B306
Schofield, WI 54476 ~ 715.574.7785
