Waka Waka Project

The Waka Waka Project was co-founded by Katie Moorehead, who is Carolyn Brigit Flynn’s daughter.  Katie, who is a kindergarten teacher in Sunnvale, traveled to Tanzania for seven weeks in Summer 2010 to volunteer teach with Cross Cultural Solutions.  She fell in love with the children and families of Karanga Village, where she lived.  By following her heart, she began to try to make sure that the children from impoverished nearby families were enrolled in school, and she and other volunteers personally sponsored three of them.  Although schools are very expensive for many of the struggling, single-parent families of Karanga Village, in terms of U.S. dollars it is very inexpensive–a small amount goes a long way.  Friends and family here in the U.S. told her they would love to donate to help educate the kids, and  the Waka Waka Project was born.

To learn more and to make a donation, go to: Waka Waka Project

Welcome to The Waka Waka Project

A project to provide quality education to children in Karanga Village of the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, formed by Katie Moorehead (who is Carolyn Brigit Flynn’s daughter), Regina Guzman and Sarah Baida-Spell.

In Swahili, Waka Waka means “Shine on.”  In Summer 2011, Katie Moorehead, Regina Guzman, and Sarah Baida-Spell founded a new organization by this name in order to provide a way for some of the most destitute children in the Karanga Village of the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania to access quality education.

The Waka-Waka Project offers private school sponsorships to children whose single-parent families struggle to provide even basic needs like food and clean water for their children. By focusing on private schools, Waka-Waka’s founders believe that they will ensure the most beneficial education for their students, complete with smaller class sizes and two healthy meals a day. This environment will, in turn, increase the opportunities in life – not only for the sponsored student, but also for his or her family. The children enrolled with Waka Waka know that there are people in the world whom they have never met, who believe in them and who want them to succeed. These children are smart, capable, and driven. We can’t wait to see their futures shine as bright as their smiles do now.

The Waka Waka Project was established to help and empower the children of Karanga Village in Tanzania by facilitating better education opportunities. Our goal is to foster, through quality education and ongoing, personal support, the capacity for these young children to become adults, parents, and leaders who bring lasting change to their community.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Waka Waka Project is the result of the friendship and collaboration between Katie Moorehead, Regina Guzman and Sarah Baida-Spell. The three met in Tanzania in the summer of 2010, when, as volunteers in Kilimanjaro, they developed close bonds with the families and children of Karanga Village. After witnessing the severe poverty in which these families live -and how those conditions affect the education opportunities for the children- they decided something needed to be done. Working directly with partners in Tanzania, they are determined to improve the lives of these kids and the community by funding their education. With the support of international sponsors, The Waka Waka Project is changing lives and brightening futures.

Non-Profit Support from EdPowerment:  The Waka Waka Project is supported by EdPowerment which is a qualified 501 (c) 3 charity, non-governmental, non-profit organization. All of the funding for The Waka Waka Project comes from tax-free donations made by you. 100% of all donations go directly to the education of the children in the Karanga Village in Moshi, Tanzania.

To learn more and to make a donation, go to: Waka Waka Project

You can e-mail The Waka Waka Project at wakawakakids@gmail.com