Our Purpose

Our purpose is to serve and minister in the communities of Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and primarily Zanzibar (Unguja Island). It is our desire to empower the local church and the community by assisting our Tanzanian Partners in addressing the extreme poverty in these regions. We accomplish this through humanitarian means such as medical missions, community health development, vital construction projects, and through our child sponsorship program in which we corporately provide for the nutritional, educational, emotional and spiritual needs of 103 children affected by HIV/AIDS.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

CLINIC SETUP(monday)

These are the medicines that we used in the clinic.
One happy little girl that received a wheelchair.
Doug R. has a tendency to doze off...anywhere(:
This was the giant spider I was talking about, it must have been about five inches long-no joke!
After we passed out the wheelchairs.



We were on television all across Tanzania!

These are the wheelchairs that we donated to the people of Zanzibar.
Hello again, my fellow bloggers and blog readers. It's me again, reporting live from somewhere in Africa. How did you sleep? Excellent! Today was very eventful here on Zanzibar. In the morning. around six, we had breakfast. Then the team and I, AKA team Shok Shok-

Quick Story!
Shok Shok, pronounced Shook Shook, is an African fruit that looks somewhat like a red sea urchin on the outside, and the part that you eat is inside of it, and that part looks just like a peeled grape. We came up with the team name because Kathy and I were laughing at how it sounded, but were surprised at how good it tasted! So bam! Team Shok Shok it is. Now back to your original programming.

-Went to the Chief Ministers Office for a conference. During this conference, we presented the Chief Minister the medicine that we would be using in the free clinic on behalf of Crossroads Bible Church. Then he presented them to the Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Wheelchairs were also presented. Next we all got onto the bus and made our way to the clinic. Once there, the wheelchairs to those who needed them. The people who received them were the happiest people you have ever seen! They just smiled and smiled. After passing out the wheelchairs, we looked around the clinic to see what would go where, had an encounter with a giant spider, and left not to long after. We went to the hotel, and had a relaxing evening.

Remember, pictures coming when we get back!

<3
-Team Shok Shok.

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