For five years, TOA has rented a building that has housed the orphanage. It has long been our dream to own land in order to build a permanent facility and allow us room to farm so we can grow our own food. We also wanted to be able to design the buildings to meet the needs of the children better, enable us to take in more children, add vocational training buildings to our compound and provide staff housing.
At the beginning of 2011, God provided a miraculous gift that enabled us to purchase a 5.4 acre plot of farmland! (see photo above) Then our first important task was to drill a well so that we could have water – necessary to begin the construction project. Well drilling was accomplished in July and the water began to flow! The next task on our list is to build an eight foot high brick security wall around the entire 5.4 acres. This is a very large and expensive undertaking – but a necessary one as the land is surrounded by corn fields and has no immediate neighbors.
Theft is a serious problem in Tanzania. We do not want to bring building materials to the land and have them stolen in the night. We have had thieves cut our wire fence in the middle of the night (at our current orphanage location in town) seven different times! So we know that a cheaper wire fence is no protection at all especially in a more remote location with such a large perimeter. Therefore we must undertake the building of this enormous brick wall. Not only will it protect the building materials as we begin the building project, but will help provide good security for the children and staff once we move on to the property.
You can help in this first stage of the TOA Building project by sponsoring a brick – or 100 or 1000 bricks for the new security wall! 50 cents will buy one brick and mortar - $50 will sponsor 100 bricks - $500 will sponsor 1000 bricks. $5000 will sponsor 10,000 bricks and $50,000 should provide all the bricks needed to build the entire wall! Thank you for helping us build the new Treasures of Africa Children’s Village – one brick at a time!
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