Memo to: Family and Friends From: Pakisa K. Tshimika Re: Introducing Mama Makeka House of Hope
Dear Family and Friends,
I have shared with some of you in the past few years about my dream and
desire to develop an Non-Profit Organization that would provide space
for family and friends to participate in the lives of our brothers and
sisters in Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This
is no longer a dream, it has become a reality. Together with a group of
friends we have established a Non-Profit Organization in memory of my
mother who died two years ago. We are actually looking at it as a way
of honoring all our mothers through this organization. We are calling
it Mama Makeka House of Hope.
Mama Makeka House of Hope is a charitable Non-Governmental Organization
established under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and
was incorporated in California on June 18, 2003. As such, Mama Makeka
House of Hope is a tax deductible entity.
The mission we have chosen is to promote, advocate, and support Health,
Education, and Community Organizing/Empowerment Initiatives among the
underserved populations of Africa, the Caribbean and Central Valley of
California, USA.
In January 2005, I am planning a one month trip to Congo to evaluate
the needs for rehabilitating some of the Mennonite managed primary and
secondary schools. In addition to schools I will be looking at the
possibility for participating in improving the quality of health care
delivery at Kanzombi Clinic near Kikwit and at Kajiji hospital. Both
institutions managed by the Congo Mennonite Brethren Conference. I will
also study the feasibility of professional exchanges in the areas of
education and health. I should have specific projects upon my return at
the end of January 2005. Currently we are working on developing a
violence prevention program in Fresno and developing a partnership with
Queen Elizabeth Children’s Home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
I would like to invite you to become a “Friend of Mama Makeka House of
Hope.” If you are interested please complete the enclosed card and send
it back to the address indicated on the card. For your information I am
also including a little flyer with more details about the organization
as well as a short project description of the partnership we are
developing with Queen Elizabeth Children’s Home in Zimbabwe. We hope to
have the website running in a short time. For any e-mail communication,
please use mmhhopeaol.com until I advise you otherwise.
I look forward to hearing from you and the possibility of joining us in this new and exciting adventure.
