Simon John in Tanzania is the director of Vision Complex Orphanage and School that provides for 50 orphans whose parents died from HIV/AIDS and kids with Sickle Cell Anemia (a genetic disorder that's most prevalent in East Africa) whose parents have died or can't afford to pay for medical care. Simon met us in our online "Morning Prayers" a few years ago. See the photos below of the kids who need a sponsor.
Also, write to Simon about visiting Vision Complex in Tanzania. Now, see their latest news:
Several current challenges:
#1. SICKLE CELL ANEMIA: The next hospital visit is on September 1: by making and selling bricks, Simon and volunteers have earned $130, but another $140 is needed by Sunday! There's an ongoing need of over $200 (that's $20 for each kid) each month for blood transfusions to treat the kids with this genetic disorder when Simon takes them to the hospital, so please designate "Vision Complex – blood transfusions."
#2. SEVEN MATTRESSES, so all the kids can get a good night's sleep instead of falling asleep during school and online prayers. Cost: $300, or about $43 apiece. Can you sponsor a mattress
#3. BASIC MEDICAL SUPPLIES, so that a staff member doesn't have to drive to the hospital each time a kid gets sick with a stomach ache, headache, coughing, etc., and the kid misses school, and the kid the and staff member both miss online prayers. Cost: $250 for non-prescription medicines.
#4. SCHOOL SUPPLIES: our orphans lack books, pencils, crayons etc., together with items for playing outside. Cost: $300 for school supplies.
#5. MONTHLY BUDGET: for the kids' schooling, teachers, and staff pay. Cost: $350 for monthly budget.
THE PUMP IS WORKING! We provided Vision Complex with funds to buy the pump and two 1,000-liter storage tanks. Simon sent us these photos: here's the pump they bought at this store. It goes inside the well and brings the water up and into a storage tank. There is a switch that turns on the pump when the water level is low in the tank. This switch prevents the pump from running constantly and burning out the motor.
You can see in this photo the small pipe that runs from the well to the top of a 1,000-liter tank that's sitting on a stand so that people can put a bucket under the faucet and turn it on to take the water where it's needed. This process provides the people at Vision Complex with enough water for drinking, washing, cooking, and watering their gardens.
Also, neighbors are coming to Vision Complex for water and are being invited to volunteer 
to make bricks from clay that Vision Complex can sell to pay for medical care for the kids who have Sickle Cell Anemia and need life-saving blood transfusions every month. On September 1, Simon must take ten of these kids to the hospital for blood transfusions, which will cost $270. Would you Donate $27 One-Time or Monthly to save a kid's life?
The bore-hole well at Vision Complex is only 20 feet deep, so during the rainy seasons it contains enough water, but during the dry seasons there is very little water or the water completely dries up. Buying bottled water is expensive, and river water can carry typhoid so it's not safe. Simon wrote us earlier – "We need to dig our well 60 to 70 feet deeper so we can have water in the dry season. We need $300 by August 10th before it starts raining: it will be very difficult if we wait until September when the rainy season begins. We need to dig the well another 60 to 70 feet deep right away. Then we will have water year-round for the kids to drink, and for the kids to learn how to grow spinach, cabbage, tomatoes and other vegetables around our buildings so we don't have to buy as much food, for making bricks to sell, and for further construction work." UPDATE: The funds have been provided and the well has been dug, but now they need to install an electric pump to draw up the water, instead of using a rope to lower buckets 90 feet down and haul it up, one bucket at a time. Please read more about this and help finish this project!
Simon also wrote – "This is our environment which promotes breeding of mosquitoes that carry malaria. We need 20 more mosquito nets at $6 each, so the total cost is $120: these nets will last for 2-3 years." These problems are connected because the Sickle Cell Anemia weakens the kids, making them more susceptible to Malaria. Agape Restoration Society helped provide $180 for the 30 mosquito nets needed. This was an urgent need that ARS met from its general fund, but now we need to replace those funds. There's also an ongoing need to replace more mosquito nets for the other 20 kids – just $6 each x 20 = $120 – as their old nets are wearing out. Please Designate Your Gift for "Vision Complex – mosquito nets." Thanks in advance!
Here's Amos holding his mosquito net:
Here's Lucy holding her mosquito net:
Here's Geoffrey holding his mosquito net:
Here's Diana holding her mosquito net:
Here's Laurent holding his mosquito net:
Here's Jovin holding his mosquito net:
Here's Nyisawanga holding her mosquito net:
Here's Jonathan holding his mosquito net:
Here's Yohana holding his mosquito net:
Here's Consolata without her mosquito net:
Here's Briton without his mosquito net:
Here's John without his mosquito net:
Here's Shane without his mosquito net:
Here's Judith Joseph without her mosquito net:
Here's Hellen Peter with her mosquito net:
Here's Patricia Fredrick with her mosquito net:
Here's Joel Paul. without his mosquito net:
Here's Ibrahim Peter with his mosquito net:
Here's Caroline Kusaga with her mosquito net:
Here's Gift with her mosquito net:
Thanks for visiting and taking a look at these kids' photos! Many are HIV/AIDS orphans, and kids with Sickle Cell Anemia who need blood transfusions every month. Thanks again for your support!
Yours sincerely,
"Dr. Bob"
Robert D. Hosken, M.Min., M.Th.S., D.Min.
President, Agape Restoration Society Inc.
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