"The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated... gratitude is like a functional fuel that makes human beings perform even the impossible." - by William James as shared by Edward Guma former refugee from Kyangwali

Thank you to the following:
A special thank you to Jason Kenison, theWebGuy  for donating his time to make this website possible.

A very special thank you to Eric Glustrom, Executive Director with Educate! for his inspiration and for helping Africans with their education and leadership.

Jeanne Ratzloff at PeopleWeaver.com for posting Project Meds and Nets on her website and for her dedication to helping others through the Kyangwali Women's Microcredit Project.

Global Healing who gave us a grant in March 2008 to purchase quality insecticide-treated mosquito nets so that every refugee household would have at least one net. Also for funding the livestock shed, latrine, a portion of orphanage building and furniture for orphanage (CCO). The grant was received September 2008.

A very special thank you to Americans For Philanthropy  for allowing Think Humanity to speak at their February 2009 dinner event in Alamo, California and to return and be on a panel in October 2009 at the Diablo Country Club in California. Thank you for the grant in February 2009 and the scholarship fund donation in May 2009.

Mountain View Rotary Club of Loveland, for fundraising for Think Humanity at their annual Hoedown event in April 2009.  100% went towards the purchase of 1,400 mosquito nets.

Red Empress Foundation for giving a grant  to Think Humanity in May 2009. 100% went towards the purchase of 300 mosquito nets.

Birthing Kit Foundation (Australia) for the grant for 200 birthing kits to give to expectant refugee women in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Uganda.

Overlooked sold 200 malaria awareness t-shirts for World Malaria Day 2009. Their donation was received May 2009 and 100% of the donation went towards the purchase of 200 mosquito nets.

Thank you Overlooked for raising donations for 64 mattresses in  December 2009 to go to the girls at the Girls' Hoima Hostel. Read about the donation and  Wereje Benson, TH program manager's thank you letter on the Overlooked website.

Thank you Overlooked and founder Dallas Harris for raising money for mosquito nets for World Malaria Day April 25, 2009. T-shirts can still be purchased. Please buy a t-shirt to help us fight malaria. $5 will go to Think Humanity for each shirt sold (which will allow us to purchase a mosquito net)

Kim, Eric, Sydney and Jordan for sponsoring Phoebe with her education and the donation for 1000 mosquito nets in 2008 and 200 nets in 2009.  Also Steve and Lisa Allen for donating for 300 nets, December 2008.

Thank you Crocs/Crocs Cares (formally Soles United) for donating 240 pairs of shoes for refugees in Africa.

Kiristina Beebe, Senior Tradshow Manager with Crocs, Inc. donating boxes of shoes for orphans in Kyangwali.

Thank you Sycamore Creek Elementary School in Raleigh, North Carolina for holding a variety show where you held a refugee awareness night and as a result 342 pairs of Crocs were donated from the children and their families at Sycamore Creek Elementary Schooll.

Sycamore Creek Elementary School helps refugee children

Letter from Kirby to Sycamore Creek

Kirby's letter to Sycamore Creek Elementary School

Thank you Doshi Group of Kenya and Uganda for your partnership to help girls at the Hoima Hostel.

Mr. Asheet Soni CEO and Priya Takiar

Thank you Dave Hanes with Recycled-PC of Loveland, Colorado for donating 2 laptops to TH in Africa  so that managers can type up reports. www.recycled-pc.org

...and to all of you who have made donations for mosquito nets, to the orphanage, livestock project and education. Thank you so much.

We all have the same goal to help people in Africa.

COBURWAS Club To unite, transform and develop communities in Africa through education, social entrepreneurship, volunteerism and humanitarianism.     

Think Compassion Think Compassion is a non-profit organization dedicated to teachers and children living in Africa. We strive to give everyone a chance to reach their full potential through education, documentation and sustainable community projects.

Educate! To educate and empower the next generation of socially responsible leaders in Africa. 

Africabags To economically empower the people of Malawi Africa with a sustainable economy.

Myspace.com/thinkhumanity                                                                                                                   http://www.myspace.com/oneintwenty                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Orphange Project LIberia  

Thank you Screen Door Studios, Karen Canino, for your donations in materials, time and sales towards the livestock and net projects.

Helpful links:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention