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Our Highlights in January
DMA Hike
Some of the American Friends of Leaners in Kenya (AFLIK) board members gathered for lunch to discuss fund raising for the Rossholme Education Centre in the Kiambiu slum in Nairobi. There are 495 students there for the 2025 school year - in preschool classes and in grades one through six.


Connecticut, February 2025









Christmas Breakfast
The board of the Uzima Fund met to approve scholarships for 50 St. John Bosco students in Kitale, Kenya. There are 9 in primary schools, 15 in junior secondary schools, 14 in secondary schools and three in vocational schools.


Connecticut, February 2025










PEP Servers
Feed My Starving Children had a mobile packing event at Tokenecke School in Darien, Connecticut. It was organized by two high school students and over 385 volunteers, lots of them were students, packed 101,520 Manna meals in 472 boxes. That’s enough food to feed 277 kids for a whole year!


Connecticut, February 2025










Christmas Carrolers
We gathered with nine members of our former small group to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Before Covid, 13 of us had gathered every Sunday evening to discuss a book of The Bible. Now one member is in another state, and one is in an assisted living home.

Connecticut, February 2025