<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049</id><updated>2012-02-13T23:57:18.055-08:00</updated><category term='fundraiser'/><category term='SHIPS - by Linda Lohr'/><category term='entertainment'/><category term='raffle'/><category term='Moringa Community Center'/><category term='Moringa Goes Green'/><category term='picnic'/><category term='PayPal'/><category term='website'/><category term='Jeff&apos;s Trip to Ghana'/><category term='Moringa Knows How'/><category term='auction'/><category term='Kimberton Gardening Students Help African Gardening Students'/><title type='text'>Moringa Community Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-5525582706157178993</id><published>2012-01-23T09:38:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T09:46:50.266-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kimberton Gardening Students Help African Gardening Students'/><title type='text'>Kimberton Students Can in USA to Help Canning Program in Africa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bhm985ZcOYk/Tx2b4fyMKzI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/JkB_JPAtaX0/s1600/KimbertonGardening.Blog.Pic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 307px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700884098227907378" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bhm985ZcOYk/Tx2b4fyMKzI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/JkB_JPAtaX0/s400/KimbertonGardening.Blog.Pic.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Each year the Garden Program at Kimberton Waldorf School in Phoenixville PA has a table at their annual Holiday Craft Fair where they sell canned goods, herbs, teas and salves made by the students from the produce they grow in the school garden under the direction of teacher Mrs. Celia Martin. It has been the habit of the garden department’s annual school fundraising event to donate 20% of it’s sales to a charity that the students discuss and decide upon. In 2010 the kids sponsored a family at the homeless shelter at the Salvation Army in Pottstown PA. In lead up to the December 2011 Craft Fair the students discussed many options and decided upon giving this year’s charitable portion of funds raised to MoringaCommunity.Org. The kids really liked the idea of canning in the USA to help the students of the Moringa Project in Ghana gain momentum on their own canning imitative to fight hunger throughout W. Africa. Between sales of canned goods, dried herbs, and Christmas wreath decorations, the Kimberton students raised enough money to donate over $700 to the Moringa project. Many thanks go out to students Hannah, Emily, Marie, Ella, Maggie, Areeya, Mitchell, and Ben who actively participated in this year's fundraising project and a special thanks for picking Moringa Community as your beneficiary. We will put your donated funds to immediate use in our own gardening and canning program at our compound in Ghana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-5525582706157178993?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/5525582706157178993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2012/01/kimberton-students-can-in-usa-to-help.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/5525582706157178993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/5525582706157178993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2012/01/kimberton-students-can-in-usa-to-help.html' title='Kimberton Students Can in USA to Help Canning Program in Africa'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bhm985ZcOYk/Tx2b4fyMKzI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/JkB_JPAtaX0/s72-c/KimbertonGardening.Blog.Pic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-4292079611961722048</id><published>2011-05-02T11:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T12:18:57.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Moringa News Spring 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.moringacommunity.org/images/MoringanNewsMarch2011.pdf"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 123px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602195774622774722" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d_1GZbGf2b4/Tb7_YBSVtcI/AAAAAAAAAKE/7dLi4Nzpj-A/s400/MoringaSpring2011News.Link%2Bcopy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Although Moringa has quite a ways to go to reach our goal of self sustainability by 2013, we could not be more proud of all that has been accomplished and the key milestones we have passed. Our Spring 2011 Moringa Newsletter is dedicated to our roughly 250 private American donors, to our corporate sponsors, Jarden Home Brands and DeWalt Power Tools, our sponsor Rotary International, and last but certainly not least, in gratitude to the five multi-denominational churches that have supported our mission of fighting poverty through education.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please click on the photo link &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.moringacommunity.org/images/MoringanNewsMarch2011.pdf"&gt;2001 Moringa News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (at left) to have an enjoyable read of our latest Newsletter issue titled “Turning the Corner.” In this issue, we purposely trumpeted the news of all our remarkable achievements to date. We have much good news to share. However, we continue to struggle financially, and have additional crucial programs planned but are without the funds to move them forward. We are hopeful that as you learn of our recent activities, you will be inspired to help us with continuing your financial support. “Turning the Corner”, our spring 2011 Newsletter, is our way of holding ourselves accountable to our donors and illustrating how truly effectively we have put their funds to work. To that end, this issue is brimming with good news. However, as of this release, we are still in desperate need of funds to cover the purchase of a second project vehicle to lighten the load of our worn out 1999 Kia project truck. Without reliable wheels, well, you are Americans. I doubt that I need to do much to convince you of that very real need. We also have three programs that still remain unfunded that we believe are key to us reaching our goal of self sustainability by 2013. Thanks to all who have supported us to date and we remain ever hopeful that our project will continue to be blessed by your kind support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.moringacommunity.org/SupportUs/Donate.html"&gt;Please Click Here to Donate Today,,, We Need You!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-4292079611961722048?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/4292079611961722048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2011/05/moringa-news-spring-2011.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/4292079611961722048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/4292079611961722048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2011/05/moringa-news-spring-2011.html' title='Moringa News Spring 2011'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d_1GZbGf2b4/Tb7_YBSVtcI/AAAAAAAAAKE/7dLi4Nzpj-A/s72-c/MoringaSpring2011News.Link%2Bcopy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-964821966649056324</id><published>2011-03-14T08:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T09:06:39.132-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moringa Knows How'/><title type='text'>"Moringa Community Knows How"  Celebration in Ghana.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1PU02RXAI2w/TX44HWArrTI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/jjm2Wxz1XZk/s1600/Festival-Blog-Photo%2Bcopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 335px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583962286804675890" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1PU02RXAI2w/TX44HWArrTI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/jjm2Wxz1XZk/s400/Festival-Blog-Photo%2Bcopy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;On the morning of March 29, 2011 approximately 300 people will gather on the grounds of the Moringa Community School of Trades in Baako / Central Region, Ghana for a day long event that has been promoted as the &lt;strong&gt;"Moringa Community Knows How / Food Preservation and Small Business Development Fair".&lt;/strong&gt; This event is planned to dramatically unveil the power of food preservation through home canning via the provision of a fine noon-time meal for 300 people using 100's of quart jars of our tomato and vegetable preserves canned at the Moringa Compound in September and October 2010 at the height of the Central Region crop harvest in Ghana. As the end of March marks the tail end of the dry season in Ghana when food is scarce and many families typically are reliant on only cassava (a starchy tubor root) to see them through this harsh time, we believe all will take delight in partaking the well balanced delicious meal such as what we will be preparing and serving to all our 300 guests from our preserved stores. We believe this will draw a very high level of interest in this simple practical solution to W. Africa's food security issues that MoringaCommunity.Org is introducing into W. Africa. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Although the size of our facility and our preserved stores are significant, for crowd control and logistics purposes, we must limited attendance to our 300 invitation advanced ticket holders only. Invited guests have been carefully selected to include key representatives from many surrounding villages, government officials from Accra, The Ghana Ministry of Social Welfare, the USA Peace Corp as well as other key local people that are credited for volunteering thier labor to build our Moringa Community Center. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;In addition to formal presentations such as the keynote address by USA Moringa C0-Founder, Jeffry Lohr, there will be ongoing demonstrations of our home canning process, demonstrations of Moringa's Third World Machine Shop Program, The Moringa Computer and Business Eductation Department, our Agriculture Department, our Kente Weaving Program, Moringa's Cistern/Artesian Well Running Water and Irregation System and many other exciting things we offer on our 9 acre compound in the village of Baako. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;A big objective of the "Moringa Community Knows How Event" is to introduce and encourage development of a self sustaining management plan that will enable Moringa Community Ghana to become more and more self sufficient as we move into our fourth year of the Moringa project next year in 2012. We intend and hope for this to be a major media event for the people of Ghana to better encourage Moringa's model of African's helping African's to develop a practical, sustainable, small business economy that is African owned and African Run. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;To see first hand what we will be exhibiting at this March 29th event and also to catch up on the latest news of our achievements to date, please have a look at our March 2011 Newsletter - &lt;strong&gt;"Turning The Corner"&lt;/strong&gt; that you will find on our site at:    &lt;a href="http://www.moringacommunity.org/Events/Newsletters.html"&gt;http://www.moringacommunity.org/Events/Newsletters.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-964821966649056324?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/964821966649056324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2011/03/moringa-community-knows-how-celebration.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/964821966649056324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/964821966649056324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2011/03/moringa-community-knows-how-celebration.html' title='&quot;Moringa Community Knows How&quot;  Celebration in Ghana.'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1PU02RXAI2w/TX44HWArrTI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/jjm2Wxz1XZk/s72-c/Festival-Blog-Photo%2Bcopy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-175764954183583954</id><published>2010-10-26T19:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T19:38:59.990-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moringa Goes Green'/><title type='text'>Moringa Goes Green</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/TMeKwi79E8I/AAAAAAAAAJk/QNn7QfFO3BU/s1600/Jeff-Web-Find-the-bird.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532543233864569794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/TMeKwi79E8I/AAAAAAAAAJk/QNn7QfFO3BU/s400/Jeff-Web-Find-the-bird.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It is often said that the first one to be served by service, is the server. It is true. To give yourself over to service to others releasees an energy you did not recognize before, and this special energy has incredible power. The power not only to reach out to others, but to reach within yourself, and feed that place in our spirit that is the wellspring of all the goodness man can do. It changes who you are, it changes those you service, and it tips the scales a tiny bit towards having the good guys get some help. The satisfaction of knowing your efforts ease the burdens of others is a richness that Jeff and I will continue to embrace in our lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most demanding part is getting started. Even this project was an unintended visitor in our lives. We invited Abu to come to our home and to Jeff's shop, without even conceiving that an entire village in Ghana would be coming with him. But instead of reluctance, we let excitement be our guide and the adventure began.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All leaders get weary. The conventional wisdom that help should be supplied to the weak is one I would like to challenge. For it is the strong too that need the help, for they are the engines and engineers that make things happen. The Moringa leadership of Abu/Jeff/Linda are struggling under the strain. This is becoming clear in our household, but fortunately we do have a new volunteer that has signed on... our lovebird Chong is assisting Jeff with his proofreading his emails, as you can see in the photo. Birds are notoriously stupid, but a smart parrot is about as smart as they get, and we are desperate for help, so Chong will be helping with correspondence. You can see Chong already at work in the photo, he is the little "green" bird on top of the monitor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So if anyone has felt they would like to help us, but were concerned about talent or ability--remember we have just hired a parrot.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-175764954183583954?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/175764954183583954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/10/moringa-goes-green.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/175764954183583954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/175764954183583954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/10/moringa-goes-green.html' title='Moringa Goes Green'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/TMeKwi79E8I/AAAAAAAAAJk/QNn7QfFO3BU/s72-c/Jeff-Web-Find-the-bird.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-9076769263255777946</id><published>2010-05-29T14:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-29T14:31:35.142-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Seeds for Moringa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/TAGCTZzeB0I/AAAAAAAAAJU/aUT4CKL5WMI/s1600/Mt.Carmel.Baptist.Seeds4Moringa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 295px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476801891715123010" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/TAGCTZzeB0I/AAAAAAAAAJU/aUT4CKL5WMI/s400/Mt.Carmel.Baptist.Seeds4Moringa.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Under the guidance of congregation member and long time Moringa supporters Milton &amp;amp; Louise Aldridge, the members of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church of Midland, Virginia completed thier spring 2010 Moringa Seed Drive and shipped a box of 344 prized seed packets to the Moringa compound in Central Region Ghana on May 14th.  The seed project was headed up by (pictured from left to right) Nancy, Savannah, Kinsley, and Sarah of this mission minded farming community church.  Having learned about the Moringa project through his attendance at the J.D. Lohr Woodworking School in PA and also having witnessed the extreme levels of poverty that is everyday life in third world countries by themselves living overseas in the 1970's and 80's, it was abundantly clear to Milt and Louise how effective the Moringa project clearly was.  It was therefore a quick decision to put their oars in the water for Moringa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The girls pictured here, who meet every Wednesday at the church, handled the challenge of making signs and placing collection boxes at the two main entrances to the church to encourage members to purchase garden seeds as a gift to the Moringa Commmunity in Ghana.  Several times during the three months of the seed collection project, the members of the church were reminded of the girl's project, and the members came through with the seed packets.  A follow-up annoucement was made to the church members when information was received of Jeff Lohr's trip to Ghana earlier this year.  This encouraged the members to purchase additional seed for a final count of 344 packets for the the Moringa Community project in W. Africa.  In Milton's words, "It has, truly, been a pleasure for Louise and I to have been involved in this effort, for the Biblical scriptures reminds us of the importance of sharing with others."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-9076769263255777946?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/9076769263255777946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/05/seeds-for-moringa.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/9076769263255777946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/9076769263255777946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/05/seeds-for-moringa.html' title='Seeds for Moringa'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/TAGCTZzeB0I/AAAAAAAAAJU/aUT4CKL5WMI/s72-c/Mt.Carmel.Baptist.Seeds4Moringa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-4183821439474832358</id><published>2010-04-21T18:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-21T19:07:05.629-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SHIPS - by Linda Lohr'/><title type='text'>SHIPS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S8-od7jyCBI/AAAAAAAAAJM/D1PuYSnMX6A/s1600/DeWaltToolsOnTruck.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462770105181145106" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S8-od7jyCBI/AAAAAAAAAJM/D1PuYSnMX6A/s400/DeWaltToolsOnTruck.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;"All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;James Freeman Clarke&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moringa is such a different critter. We are an organism whose viscera is trust and faith in our belief that this is the fuel that drives the engine that roots to an energy with endless power. For these strong, unwavering convictions carve out the sacred ground for great deeds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mythology has taught us that man has always believed that help from the universe will come, if you call it by the right name. We summon help in the name of the truth of goodness, reliance of character, and recognition that service is the higest form of spirtual discipline. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And we have received responses. There are those who have answered our call, have heard our unique voice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week, a truck frighteningly overloaded, left Tema with five pallets of high quality machines lashed to the bed, to make the long journey to Breman Baako.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somewhere in the Atlantic, a cargo ship is charting it's way to Spain. In the belly of the vessel, is a treasure that will not be unloaded in Spain. But instead, a few weeks later, make port in West Africa. And the food preservation supplies aboard will begin the quiet revolution permitting Africa to feed itself, one village at a time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several hundred years ago, ships came to Africa to load slaves to take to other countries. Hopelessness, poverty, misery, and greed were the harvest from the bad seeds these deeds planted. The ships that arrive today bring the gift of hope, the restoration of dignity,the promise of economic growth, a respect for opportunity, and relief from painful circumstances through generosity and good will.&lt;br /&gt;A good seed, and thus, a good harvest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for those who helped load these ships. Thank you for those who were courageous enough to captain these ships. And thank you for those who never doubted the ships would arrive. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wait till you see what happens next...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Linda Lohr&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-4183821439474832358?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/4183821439474832358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/04/all-strength-and-force-of-man-comes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/4183821439474832358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/4183821439474832358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/04/all-strength-and-force-of-man-comes.html' title='SHIPS'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S8-od7jyCBI/AAAAAAAAAJM/D1PuYSnMX6A/s72-c/DeWaltToolsOnTruck.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-7634747667926640303</id><published>2010-03-11T17:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-11T11:25:46.804-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jeff&apos;s Trip to Ghana'/><title type='text'>Jeff's trip to Ghana - 2010</title><content type='html'>Having returned from a two week "working" tour of the Moringa Project in Ghana, my only fear with this entry to our BLOG is that I don't find the words to adequately express how truly important this project is to so many desperately impoverished, but no less deserving, hard working and wonderful people. Abu, Yusif, Rafani, Isaac, Sarah, Joanna, Sowah, John, Kate, Fati, Ebo, Hackman, Quaino, Bugier, Kassman, and easily over 100 other villagers, volunteers and workers that I labored alongside while in Ghana, I honor you and I am humbled by you. I am so very proud of what you have accomplished with the relatively meager resources Moringa USA has been able to find ways to supply to you to date. Clearly you understand and trust that you are building a future for yourselves, your children, your village, and your country. You could not be more deserving of our help. &lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Before I begin, I can say with certainty that very few, if any, Americans reading this entry can comprehend the complete lack of the most rudimentary resources on hand and available in Africa that we in America assume are just as easily available to all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S5mc6hOgBCI/AAAAAAAAAIs/xr3SdpPSx3A/s1600-h/3rd-World-C-Clamps-8035.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 282px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447557753446859810" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S5mc6hOgBCI/AAAAAAAAAIs/xr3SdpPSx3A/s400/3rd-World-C-Clamps-8035.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My leading photo will mean little to those among our Moringa supporters that are not woodworkers but considering the majority of our donor base consists of humble American woodworkers and carpenters like myself, you will understand this photo immediately and why I choose to present it. Note on this glue-up, we had to find some way to get it done, given that there were only two C-clamps to be had in the village. Nonetheless, we had to meet the challenge to devising a way to glue and clamp a configuration that needed 12 clamps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because I had the privilege of living in a country where we have public libraries, where I was given the gift of a public education, where information is free for me to find it if I am ambitious enough to simply look for it, I was able to meet this challenge. Because of the educational opportunities afforded all western countries, improvising alternatives to basic problems in physics is possible. There are no such educational resources in West African countries, even in Ghana with the highest literacy rate in that part of the continent. This is evident in Baako as the community and surrounding villages has no library. Even the local school I visited with a student body of 200 plus kids had little more than a dozen books that I could find and these books were spread between 8 classrooms with roughly 30 kids to a class.  In my opinion, anyone of these fine carpenters could have done what I was able to do had they had even the most fundamental book of simple physics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is why I selected this first picture as a backdrop to set the stage for what I must tell all our supporters of what I found life to be in the Central Region of Ghana. Here are some quick examples: any kind of healthy food was hard to come by. A bed consists of a floor (or if you are lucky) a board with a mat on top of it. No doctors or clinics within 100 square miles, books are not to be had and the luxury of a piece of paper and a pencil was like a gift from the heavens. No post office in the entire district of 244 settlements. Few wells for drinking water. Electricity, even when available, is unreliable. Phone lines are non-existent. Shopping for consumer products is erratic and typically only second hand goods are available. Roads that were last paved by the British circa 1950, and not maintained since (except by local farmers who patch the holes), but more on that later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;Now try to enter that world, then look at what these wonderful people have built. By themselves, 100% by hand labor, in circumstances that make even the simplest of tasks difficult. And I have not even mentioned the punishing heat (temperatures between 100 - 114 degrees F during my stay) that makes even modest physical effort stressful and back breaking daily toil incomprehensible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S5miXYfbL5I/AAAAAAAAAI0/GFU0ghKJPLU/s1600-h/MoringaCenterWestSide.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 302px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447563746876272530" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S5miXYfbL5I/AAAAAAAAAI0/GFU0ghKJPLU/s400/MoringaCenterWestSide.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Nevertheless, the communal will of the people was harnessed under Abu's and Yusif's leadership and the power of hope was the engine, and when I walked into the village, I found this waiting for me. We had a vision that crossed oceans and cultures, and together we simply made it happen through one essential ingredient, "TRUST". How to express the emotions I felt when I saw that we not only had a dream, but we put feet under that dream, and what we carved out of the jungle was now the finest building in all of Baako. Our Moringa Community School of Trades.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;I will post more information on my experiences in the weeks to come. Right now I have work demands so that I may make a living for myself and my family as none of our Moringa USA team earn any wage from our work on this project. For those of you that are already donors... Be very proud. You have lent your muscle to this project, and look at what was created. For those who now can see what we do and have done, join us, and enjoy the satisfaction and pride that comes from showing your true strength by lifting others up. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;Sincerely, Jeffry Lohr&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S5mnLVAer1I/AAAAAAAAAI8/fBS76A1C-Tw/s1600-h/IMG_7580+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447569037340880722" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S5mnLVAer1I/AAAAAAAAAI8/fBS76A1C-Tw/s400/IMG_7580+copy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Please donate today to &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)" href="http://www.moringacommunity.org/SupportUs/Donate.html"&gt;MoringaCommunity.Org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;You can be confident your money will go exactly where it is intended. Everything is ready to go but we still need $5,850 for 6 utility poles installed and get the Moringa Community Center connected to the main power grid. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sidebar, Only Jeffry's plane ticket was paid by Moringa. All other travel expenses were funded personally.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-7634747667926640303?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/7634747667926640303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/03/jeffs-trip-to-ghana-2010.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/7634747667926640303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/7634747667926640303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/03/jeffs-trip-to-ghana-2010.html' title='Jeff&apos;s trip to Ghana - 2010'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S5mc6hOgBCI/AAAAAAAAAIs/xr3SdpPSx3A/s72-c/3rd-World-C-Clamps-8035.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-6933836538347397578</id><published>2010-02-05T11:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T06:34:14.349-08:00</updated><title type='text'>BC High raises more than$1,240</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2x3LbQ37TI/AAAAAAAAAIU/K2U2hBUEByY/s1600-h/Moringa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2x3LbQ37TI/AAAAAAAAAIU/K2U2hBUEByY/s400/Moringa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434849888510143794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span id="role_document" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;color:transparent;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;color:black;"  &gt;The following message was emailed to Jeffry Lohr about a New England's High School's initiative to support Moringa Community!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, as we "speak" the &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1265399482_5"&gt;Student Affairs Office&lt;/span&gt; is counting up the money    collected in this morning's Mite Box for Moringa.  We had a heck of a    time yesterday: to drum up support and some understanding among the kids as    just what it means to mill lumber by hand, we set up a "planing" station and a    "ripping" station in the student Commons, right in front of the Powerpoint    that you sent last week.  Anyone who could rip more linear inches through    a 4/4 piece of rough pine in &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1265399482_6"&gt;60 seconds&lt;/span&gt; with a handsaw than the Principal    could (15.125") would win a "Get Out Of JUG Free" pass (JUG is detention after    school..."Justice-Under-God", etc).  Well, as the attached pictures    hopefully show, we had about 50 - 75 kids over two lunch periods crowd around    the two dozen challengers (For the record, only two kids - both seniors- beat    the Principal).  All in all, it was a blast!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow up message from Tony:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The totals are in for the homerooms from grades 7 through 12 and the event yielded $1,243.99!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-6933836538347397578?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/6933836538347397578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/02/message-from-bc-high.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/6933836538347397578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/6933836538347397578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/02/message-from-bc-high.html' title='BC High raises more than$1,240'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2x3LbQ37TI/AAAAAAAAAIU/K2U2hBUEByY/s72-c/Moringa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-6719867078586461674</id><published>2010-02-04T18:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-04T19:00:15.916-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Latest Construction Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2uIIT8bdKI/AAAAAAAAAHk/_ya3eL_dyw4/s1600-h/DSCN2648.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2uIIT8bdKI/AAAAAAAAAHk/_ya3eL_dyw4/s320/DSCN2648.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434587051726697634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As Jeff continues preparation for the upcoming trip later this month, the construction of the Moringa Community Training Center is nearly complete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2uHwu0vPlI/AAAAAAAAAHc/EMLu81-UmCI/s1600-h/DSCN2644.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2uHwu0vPlI/AAAAAAAAAHc/EMLu81-UmCI/s320/DSCN2644.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434586646625336914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Look at these incredible pictures Abu just sent from Baako, Ghana, where the bright blue Moringa Community truck is proudly parked next to its new partner in the continued development of this grass roots organization! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many people to thank in the village for their endless dedication to making this cause a reality.  For updates on the new staff and volunteers in Ghana, check our &lt;a href="http://www.moringacommunity.org/Who%20We%20Are/WhoWeAre.html"&gt;website!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2uHpc5ZBQI/AAAAAAAAAHU/4-BInGdgp-k/s1600-h/DSCN2619.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2uHpc5ZBQI/AAAAAAAAAHU/4-BInGdgp-k/s320/DSCN2619.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434586521553929474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-6719867078586461674?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/6719867078586461674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/02/latest-construction-update.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/6719867078586461674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/6719867078586461674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/02/latest-construction-update.html' title='Latest Construction Update'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2uIIT8bdKI/AAAAAAAAAHk/_ya3eL_dyw4/s72-c/DSCN2648.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-8998830469910655563</id><published>2010-01-28T05:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T06:02:36.539-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rotary Club presents $5,211 check</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2GWmuAf50I/AAAAAAAAAFc/xvZZhSlKiU4/s1600-h/RotaryCheckPresentationWebSize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2GWmuAf50I/AAAAAAAAAFc/xvZZhSlKiU4/s320/RotaryCheckPresentationWebSize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431788217514846018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last week, founders Jeff and Linda Lohr attended a luncheon where the Spring-Ford Rotary presented the $5,211 grant check to Moringa Community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pictured from left to right are:&lt;br /&gt;Jeffry Lohr, Linda Lohr, Janet Neff (Spring-Ford Rotary), Mike McCarthy (Rotary District 7430 Governor), and Damien Petaccio (Spring-Ford Rotary President).  Not pictured, because he is the photographer, is Glenn Holcomb, who facilitated introductions of the project to various Rotary Clubs that supported the grant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ceremony was held at the Vo-Tech School in Limerick, PA, less than a mile from where the Moringa Community project was conceived.  Moreover, the function of the Vo-Tech School is harmonious with the founding purpose of Moringa Community - to build strong and effective lives through education in the trades and escape hunger through their own industry and hard work.&lt;br /&gt;Many thanks to the Rotary Club for their belief in our project!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="role_document" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span id="role_document" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-8998830469910655563?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/8998830469910655563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/01/rotary-club-presents-5211-check.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/8998830469910655563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/8998830469910655563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/01/rotary-club-presents-5211-check.html' title='Rotary Club presents $5,211 check'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S2GWmuAf50I/AAAAAAAAAFc/xvZZhSlKiU4/s72-c/RotaryCheckPresentationWebSize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-1912927720776904760</id><published>2010-01-05T10:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T10:18:46.707-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Construction in final phases</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S0OBGG8zvGI/AAAAAAAAAE8/-PxLvsJFxYU/s1600-h/DSCN0113.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S0OBGG8zvGI/AAAAAAAAAE8/-PxLvsJFxYU/s200/DSCN0113.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423320318229068898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S0OBCSk3gaI/AAAAAAAAAE0/c8vW1FaYALs/s1600-h/DSCN0110.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S0OBCSk3gaI/AAAAAAAAAE0/c8vW1FaYALs/s200/DSCN0110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423320252630401442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abu has recently sent more pictures of the progress at the Moringa Community Training Center in Baako.  With the roof and electrical rough-in complete, the finishes are underway!  The stucco coating has been applied and decorated with the traditional West African Adinkras (symbols of hope, and faith, dynamism, friendship, and interdependency).&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, Jeffry is finalizing preparations for his trip in just a few weeks!  Stay tuned and consider supporting the growth of this grass roots endeavor through our &lt;a href="http://www.moringacommunity.org/SupportUs/Donate.html"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S0OBT-L_HBI/AAAAAAAAAFM/9v0QAmIiUdg/s1600-h/DSCN0154.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S0OBT-L_HBI/AAAAAAAAAFM/9v0QAmIiUdg/s200/DSCN0154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423320556394978322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S0OBhvwudUI/AAAAAAAAAFU/YlcAkDlsJG4/s1600-h/DSCN0213.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S0OBhvwudUI/AAAAAAAAAFU/YlcAkDlsJG4/s200/DSCN0213.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423320793040713026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-1912927720776904760?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/1912927720776904760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/01/construction-in-final-phases.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/1912927720776904760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/1912927720776904760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2010/01/construction-in-final-phases.html' title='Construction in final phases'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/S0OBGG8zvGI/AAAAAAAAAE8/-PxLvsJFxYU/s72-c/DSCN0113.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-4838999173676915074</id><published>2009-12-01T04:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T04:58:11.121-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Abu's update of 11/30</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SxUQO7RvuII/AAAAAAAAAEc/Pr0BF6tUvKw/s1600/roofing+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SxUQO7RvuII/AAAAAAAAAEc/Pr0BF6tUvKw/s320/roofing+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410248375971854466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following a period where local volunteers would alternate between construction of the Training Center and harvesting the last crops of the season, the roof structure is now complete and awaiting the installation of the roofing sheet and rain gutters.&lt;br /&gt;Plastering will continue after the electrician finalizes conduit and outlets.  A temporary electrical line will be installed for a January opening while work on the permanent line is advanced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the potential shipment of small agricultural tools, such as rakes, hoes, watering cans, and tools, the Training Center may also be able to support a small garden for use in the Food Preservation program.  Suitable crops for the region could include tomatoes, onions, shallot, okra, string beans and other beans, egg plant, cabbage, sweet pepper, chille peper, carrot, cucumber, squash, plantain, banana, cauliflower, pineapples, orange, lemon, mango, lettuce, cow pea, and citrus.  There may also be the ability to build bee hives as part of the Woodworking Program that could result in small batches of honey.&lt;br /&gt;As the Training Center opens in early 2010, there will be much to report on progress and results.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-4838999173676915074?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/4838999173676915074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/12/abus-update-of-1130.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/4838999173676915074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/4838999173676915074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/12/abus-update-of-1130.html' title='Abu&apos;s update of 11/30'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SxUQO7RvuII/AAAAAAAAAEc/Pr0BF6tUvKw/s72-c/roofing+3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-2765030384646043010</id><published>2009-12-01T04:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T06:09:44.808-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2009 Rotary Grants Awarded</title><content type='html'>The hard work has paid off!&lt;br /&gt;Over the past year, Jeff and Linda Lohr have made multiple presentations to the Rotary Clubs in Royersford, Pottstown, and Collegeville about the mission and work of Moringa Community.  Additionally, &lt;span class="bodyText"&gt;Abubakar “Abu” Abdulai &lt;/span&gt; was able to connect with the Ghanaian chapter and  obtain a formal letter from the Takoradi Rotary Club in Ghana.  As a result of these efforts, Moringa Community was awarded a 2009 Spring-Ford Rotary Club grant , as well as a 2009 Western Montgomery County District Wide Rotary International Grant.  This translates into more than $5,000 to support the Moringa Community training programs in Baako, Ghana.&lt;br /&gt;Congratulations and thank you all!  Stay tuned for updates on the work supported by these grants.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-2765030384646043010?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/2765030384646043010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-rotary-grants-awarded.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/2765030384646043010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/2765030384646043010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-rotary-grants-awarded.html' title='2009 Rotary Grants Awarded'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-5880199511403431240</id><published>2009-11-02T03:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T03:30:11.130-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Abu's 10/26 Baako update</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I am very excited on how our center is coming up.  This last week we worked on the gable and organizing the roofing members.  We also built a shed to at the training center so we can work under cover when it is too hot and protect the Mr. Jeffry's third world table saw, as it could rain at any time.  The shed is just temporary structure using local materials.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The area bis also in the last part of the growing season, so each week a group of volunteers alternate their work on the training center and their farms, preparing the land for next season. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;We also now have our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1257160909_0"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;official Ghana business certificate of &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;NGO&lt;/span&gt; operating in that district.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I am saying are we doing well and the work is moving fine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Thank you all for the support.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-5880199511403431240?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/5880199511403431240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/11/abus-1026-baako-update.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/5880199511403431240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/5880199511403431240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/11/abus-1026-baako-update.html' title='Abu&apos;s 10/26 Baako update'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-1779881237057953015</id><published>2009-10-25T19:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T20:29:38.243-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fundraiser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moringa Community Center'/><title type='text'>Successful fundraiser raises the roof!</title><content type='html'>Thank you to all of the contributors to our recent fundraiser.  With you generous support, we have raised the money that was needed for the roof of the new Moringa Community Center in Baako.  Visit our website for more details and pictures of the progress!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-1779881237057953015?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/1779881237057953015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/10/fundraiser-raises-roof.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/1779881237057953015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/1779881237057953015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/10/fundraiser-raises-roof.html' title='Successful fundraiser raises the roof!'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-6343745285792793316</id><published>2009-08-16T12:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T03:21:19.814-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fundraiser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='auction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entertainment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='picnic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raffle'/><title type='text'>September 26, 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SohmLZkzpRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/sLLc5YcgbaA/s1600-h/Lot-3-watercolor_and_pen-and-ink.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SohmLZkzpRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/sLLc5YcgbaA/s400/Lot-3-watercolor_and_pen-and-ink.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370654901669176594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We will celebrate the first anniversary of our NGO with a fundraiser and party on September 26, 2009.  The event will feature live entertainment, a picnic dinner, an African art exhibition and sale, a big screen SKYPE connection to our project in Ghana, as well as an auction (sample item shown),   silent auction, and raffle.    &lt;p class="bodyText"&gt;&lt;span class="goldTextsmall"&gt;Date:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style7"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Saturday  September 26 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="goldTextsmall"&gt;Time:&lt;/span&gt; 3:00pm to 7:00pm &lt;span class="style7"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="goldTextsmall"&gt;Place:&lt;/span&gt; The Lohr Farm, 242 N. Limerick Rd. /  Schwenksville PA 1947&lt;span class="bodyText"&gt;3 (the site where our project was  founded in 2008) &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="bodyText"&gt;Tickets for this event are $20 per person in advance or $25 per person at the door on the day of the event.  Watch for additional details to be posted on the website soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-6343745285792793316?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/6343745285792793316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/08/save-date-september-26-2009-fundraiser.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/6343745285792793316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/6343745285792793316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/08/save-date-september-26-2009-fundraiser.html' title='September 26, 2009'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SohmLZkzpRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/sLLc5YcgbaA/s72-c/Lot-3-watercolor_and_pen-and-ink.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-8218115850141312849</id><published>2009-08-16T12:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T12:53:25.984-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PayPal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website'/><title type='text'>New website with PayPal functions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SohjQTCCjKI/AAAAAAAAAD0/cU-z7_Q3utU/s1600-h/webShot.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 160px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SohjQTCCjKI/AAAAAAAAAD0/cU-z7_Q3utU/s400/webShot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370651687277202594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our new website is nearly ready to go with improved layouts and navigation and the added functionality of PayPal.  Now donations can be made with just a few easy mouse clicks!&lt;br /&gt;Here's the preview; Look for the launch by the end of August.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-8218115850141312849?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/8218115850141312849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-website-with-paypal-functions.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/8218115850141312849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/8218115850141312849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-website-with-paypal-functions.html' title='New website with PayPal functions'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SohjQTCCjKI/AAAAAAAAAD0/cU-z7_Q3utU/s72-c/webShot.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-9111295937390416169</id><published>2009-05-11T14:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T08:39:04.530-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rachel trains Jeffry on new web site</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SgiZz8e_5EI/AAAAAAAAADU/-AcP4mKgjVM/s1600-h/Rachel.Web.Photo.IMG_3375.copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334682876308874306" style="width: 150px; height: 151px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SgiZz8e_5EI/AAAAAAAAADU/-AcP4mKgjVM/s200/Rachel.Web.Photo.IMG_3375.copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SgiZ49XNPlI/AAAAAAAAADc/yxZT8Bev9Hc/s1600-h/Rachel.Teaches.Jeff.IMG_3361+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334682962443976274" style="width: 181px; height: 151px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SgiZ49XNPlI/AAAAAAAAADc/yxZT8Bev9Hc/s200/Rachel.Teaches.Jeff.IMG_3361+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today was quite an eventful day.. Rachel Mai Tran, our wonderful new web site designer and Todd Brackett our volunteer Technical Advisor spent the day at the Farm / Moringa USA office. For us to work out how to manage the web site following Rachel's departure to Ghana. &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks so much Rachel and Todd. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2009754927239957049-9111295937390416169?l=moringacommunity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/feeds/9111295937390416169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/05/rachel-trains-jeffry-on-new.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/9111295937390416169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2009754927239957049/posts/default/9111295937390416169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moringacommunity.blogspot.com/2009/05/rachel-trains-jeffry-on-new.html' title='Rachel trains Jeffry on new web site'/><author><name>About Moringa Community</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06711861318416516433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SgiZz8e_5EI/AAAAAAAAADU/-AcP4mKgjVM/s72-c/Rachel.Web.Photo.IMG_3375.copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009754927239957049.post-3441166285860459051</id><published>2009-04-11T18:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T22:11:44.918-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Young Girl's Story: Savina Fosu</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SeqxUuBai3I/AAAAAAAAABE/oBve3uAH5-4/s1600-h/herstones.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SeqxUuBai3I/AAAAAAAAABE/oBve3uAH5-4/s320/herstones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326264478828497778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Moringa Community Supporters,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abu has not only come through with all he is doing and organizing in Ghana,,,, but he also came through VERY PASSIONATELY AND EFFECTIVELY  with the story about the little girl that I had asked him to report to us about. My reasoning here will be as obvious to you all as it was to me...  We wanted and needed to know more about the people of Ghana we are trying to help.  Well read on below and things will unfold&lt;br /&gt;before you that should galvanize everyone's resolve that not only are we doing good work,, we in fact have to work even harder.   Once again meet Savina Fosu below,, you all know her already, now you will really get to know her through Abu's investigation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below are Abu's words written in red,,, copied back to me from questions I posed to him last month.  They will speak for themselves.  When looking at the photos that are attached in the Zip File,, understand the one bed you see is where the entire family sleeps.  I won't say anymore,,, I know give this page to Abu and his passionate story.&lt;br /&gt;Jeff&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**************************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;In a message dated 4/15/2009 1:47:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sadick1777@yahoo.com writes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Abu, I have gotten very good results from the photo of the little girl with the load of rocks you see below. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Again, what is this little girl's name?&lt;/span&gt;Her name is Savina Fosu   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;What are her hopes for the future?&lt;/span&gt; Her hopes in future are to complete her education and become a teacher or nurse Does she goes to school? Yes she goes to school   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; how are her studies coming along?&lt;/span&gt; Not too good she said its not like studying in the city, they have enough   facilities for study, they help their parents to cell local don nuts before going to school after school they all go to farm to meet their parents there, she never got time to study before or after school and in the evening because they don’t have electricity in their house they cant study, why is she not studying and helping her parent always she said that is the only way she can continue her education to help her parent take of the in school and she hope I day she will go to school and study without working that will disturb her study   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;What does she like best to do?&lt;/span&gt; Going to school why because she can learn and have fun doing the break time with her friends   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;how many brothers and sisters does she have? &lt;/span&gt;She has six sisters   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;what is her favorite food?&lt;/span&gt; Rice and stew   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Does she have her own bed? &lt;/span&gt;Well I didn’t ask her that because I saw where all sleep and the parents bed you will see that in the picture   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;AGAIN &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SeqxxX0c1fI/AAAAAAAAABM/CjEU0vlEDFI/s1600-h/BEFOREGOINGTOSCHOOL.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lDLC-n1cphA/SeqxxX0c1fI/AAAAAAAAABM/CjEU0vlEDFI/s320/BEFOREGOINGTOSCHOOL.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326264971084748274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;WHAT IS HER STORY?&lt;/span&gt; HOW AND WHEN IS SHE GOING TO SCHOOL TO SPEND ENOUGH TIME ON HER STUDY TO BECOME WHO SHE WANTED TO BE IN FUTURE, HOW DIFFICOULT ITS FOR THE SCHOOLS IN CITY AND TOWN FIND IT TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION HAVING ENOUGH TEST BOOK AND FACILITIES.  SCHOOL LIKE SAVINA’S SCHOOL, WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT THE GOOD LORD GIVE THE POWER  WISDOM, WEALTH WHY DO CHILDREN AND YOUNG ONCE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS  WHAT ARE THEY  DOING TO THIS YOUNG ENOSENT CHILDREN AND THE REST OF CHILDREN, IS SHE GOING TO CONTINUE HER EDUCATION AFTER SHE COMPLETED FROM THIS SCHOOL IN THE VILLAGE AFTER WHAT SHE WENT   THROUGH BEFORE COMPLETING HER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, HOW MANY PEOPLE BUY DON- NUTS EVERYDAY IN THIS VILLAGE , HOW LONG DID HER PARENTS START FARMING BEFORE GIVING BIRTH TO &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;SAVINA  HOW OLD IS SHE NOW  12 YEARS, AT THIS AGE  SHE WORKING VERY  HARD BEFORE SHE GET HER NEEDS  TO SCHOOL IS SHE GOING TO GET PRGNANT DURING  SCHOOL OR IT WILL HAPPEN AFTER SHE COMPLETE HER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WHERE PARENTS FAIL THEIR RESPONSILITIES  THE CHILDREN FIND THEIR WAY OUT WHICH DO NOT BRING GOOD RESULT AT THE END, IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH TO HELP HER AND THE REST OF THE CHILDREN. PLEASE  LET DO SOMETHING TO HELP THEM, SOME PEOPLE ARE DOING IT AND  THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS ARE PROUD OF THEM THEY FILL HAPPY TO CALL THEM MY FRIENDS  MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER ITS ALWAYS DIFFICOULT TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS, ITS INDEED VERY &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;EASY TO  WRONG PEOPLE WHO WILL BE HAPPY AT THE END. WHY MANY CHILDREN KNOWING YOUR CONDITIONS. DO THEY HAVE CHOICES AFTER SLEEPING ALWAYS IN THE DARK NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY IN THE HOT AND SUNY WORKING IN THE FARM? WHAT COULD THEY HAVE AS FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT AFTER WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH   BOTH DAY AND NIGHT; LIFE IT’S INDEED FULL OF EXPERIENCES NOT A PANISHMENT. MAY BE SUNDAYS IS  CHURCH DAY OR  VISITING THEIR LOST FAMILIES AN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;D FRIENDS THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THEM WHO IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN WHY &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;NOT SHARING YOUR FRIENDS TEERS HOW WOULD SAVINA LIFE WILL BE, DID SHE HAVE HOPE IN LIFE FROM  WHERE. MORINGA COMMUNITY .ORG IS LISTINING TO THIS CHILDREN AND THE YOUTH EVERY DAY USING THEIR OWN RESURCES TO BUILD SOMETHING GOOD IN FUTURE SO SAVINA AND THE REST WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO LEAN ON IN FUTRE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ALL THAT SHE IS GOING THROUGH NOW.YOU CAN CHOSE TO HELP HER  PERSONALY SO IS THE REST OF THEM. STRONGLY BELIEVE THE PHOTOS WILL SPEECH MUCH BETTER THAN I DO, PLEASE YOU ARANG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;E IT THE WAY AMERIACA WILL UNDERSTAND FROM THIS STORY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. 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