Newsletter

WINTER

2023

It’s the holiday season, and at LOHADA we are finding so many reasons for joy and laughter. Our gratitude comes in warm mugs of porridge that fill little bellies each….

SUMMER

2023

The LOHADA family is deeply saddened by the loss of our dear friend, Alessandra Glickman. She and her family visited Arusha in April to build a dorm for our secondary boys. She and her puppets, Doctor and Bear, were ever ready to play with the kids……

WINTER

2022

Many have felt the pinch of inflation this year, especially when buying food. In Tanzania, too, prices have tripled, especially for meat, rice, and produce……..

SPRING

2022

Though the fighting in Ukraine is more than 5,000 miles from Arusha, it impacts Africa and LOHADA children in very real ways………

AUTUMN

2021

It’s the season of miracles, but at LOHADA, we witness the miracle of life-transforming love every day……….

SPRING

2021

If you haven’t seen LOHADA in a while (and with the pandemic, few visitors have), you might not recognize the place, or even the kids………..

AUTUMN

2020

This year has been like none other. After travel restrictions due to Coronavirus, we have missed seeing our dear friends and supporters…………

SPRING

2020

If you celebrate Christmas, you put socks in holiday stockings, right? This year, give socks to the kids at LOHADA instead………….

WINTER

2019

Our children are sheltering in place with extended family or other families as we weather the Coronavirus epidemic………….

SPRING

2019

During the holidays we celebrate miracles in our lives. Here’s one. Esther Ryoba was 12 when she and her sister Neema were orphaned………….

WINTER

2018

Wow! The first three months of 2019 have been full of surprises and miracles at LOHADA. Our supporters and sponsors are going above and beyond to change the lives of children who once had no hope…………

SUMMER

2018

The work of LOHADA has never been more critical. Throughout the winter, the Shinyanga region, home to many LOHADA children, faced hunger as drought conditions became dire…………

CHRISTMAS

2017

Since its humble beginnings, LOHADA has answered the call to help children as their needs arise. Now a new challenge demands our response………….

SPRING

2017

It has long been a dream of LOHADA Director Happiness Wamburato open a vocational school for children aging out of Camp Joshua Christian School. Now the dream is coming true…………..

AUTUMN

2016

The pleasures of Christmas at LOHADA centers seem simple to most of us. A new dress or shirt to wear to church…………..

CHRISTMAS

2016

A meal with spiced rice and a little meat. Maybe a bottle of soda. But to the children we serve, these celebrations are a miracle…………..