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Sanga lives with his mother, 4 sisters, 2 brothers and one cousin. Sanga's father passed away in 2011 and his mother does not work. His oldest sister works as a maid to bring in a little money for the family. Sanga lives just outside N'gomebe in a village style house made out of hand made mud bricks. His house has no electricity, and no running water, so his mother and sisters fetch water daily for the family. Sanga is a good student. He recently passed his 7th grade examinations with Zambian standard of an A+ in all subjects. Sanga says he likes school because it will give him a good future and he has the best chance at providing for his family. He spends more time studying than playing with his friends because he knows how important his education is.

Where your donation goes

Total $403

Tuition

$279
Uniform

$21
Examination Fees

$90
School Supplies

$13

Sanga's Funding history

Year	Grade	Receipt	Status
2016	Form 4
2015	Form 3
2014	Form 2

Journal

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Jack

Thu, March 6, 2014 at 2:41 pm GMT

Sanga,
Great to hear from you my friend. I am glad that you are doing well and keeping up in your studies. Are there any specific topics that you enjoy studying? I would be interested to hear more about what you find to be exciting in and out of school. Who knows, maybe we have some passions in common?

As for the weather, I can guarantee that you don't want the weather we are experiencing in Chicago. It is brutally cold and snowy. I think that I would take the Lusaka weather over Chicago at this point.

Take Care,
Jack

Sanga

Thu, March 6, 2014 at 8:53 am GMT

Hi to all my sponsors and friends,

My first greeting goes to my one and only Mama Linda. I am happy that you , Mama, read the letter and were proud of it. For that I am grateful.

I am also saying Hi to Jack, Christopher and Becca. My schooling is going well and I am enjoying it. The weather here is only a little bit of sun with colds, so there are very few people walking about on the street. I admire the cool weather you are having.

I am really thankful for all of you in Connecticut. How is everyone in the group? Everyone here is happier from all the hard work of Mama Linda. We are very grateful as pupils and our teacher is as well. We miss you Mama Linda!!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN CONNECTICUT.

From Sanga

God Bless You All!!

Linda

Thu, January 30, 2014 at 7:05 pm GMT

Sanga, Thank you so much for writing such a nice letter! So informative and well written.
I am so proud that you finished well on your exams! Great job!
We are doing fine here in Connecticut although it is very very cold. We have snow on the ground and it is so
cold that the lake where I live is completely frozen and we can skate on it. Crazy, it is not every year that the lake freezes so that gives you an idea of how cold it is!
I look forward to seeing you when I get to Chikumbuso in April. All the best and give my greetings to everyone there.
Mama Linda

Sanga

Wed, January 29, 2014 at 8:22 pm GMT

Sending a hello to all my sponsors,

For some of you it has been a long time since I wrote, and for others we are just meeting for the first time. I am doing just fine together with my family. I really want to thank you for your sponsorship. I am working had in school so that you will be proud. I would like to say Hi to Mamma Linda, the hard working woman that formed Chikumbuso.

We opened our school on the 13th of January 2014. So far school is going well for me. I really enjoy it more than anything because I aim to become a doctor and I must finish school to get there. My grade eight exams were enjoyable to me because I studied a lot. I came in the 5th position in class out of 62 pupils. I passed all the subjects, and I think the year 2014 is going to be a good year for me.

Happy new year to you Jack, Shannon, Becca, Christopher, Melanie, Mamma Linda, and the Chikumbuso club at East Lyme High school. We miss you mamma Linda!! Continue with your hard work of helping those who are in need. We really appreciate what you are doing.

The weather here in Zambia is cool. How about there? We celebrated Christmas and the New Year here. How do you celebrate those in the USA?

Wishing you a Happy New Year! Thank you for all that you do.

Sanga

Jack

Tue, December 3, 2013 at 5:45 pm GMT

Greetings Sanga,
I hope that all is well my friend. How is school? Are you enjoying the year so far?

Talk soon,
Jack

Shannon

Fri, November 15, 2013 at 3:35 pm GMT

Hello Sanga!

Greetings from East Lyme High School in the state of Connecticut, USA! We are so excited to be your sponsor (Mamma Linda deposited money raised by our Chikumbuso Club last school year on matching day). We have started a Chikumbuso Club at our school to raise money and awareness to assist the Chikumbuso community. My students will be contacting you to find about how you are doing in school and what life is like where you live! We are so excited to be in touch! I wish you the best of luck in school! Dream big!

Best Wishes,
Shannon Saglio

Sanga

Tue, August 6, 2013 at 11:46 am GMT

Hi Jack, Becca and Christopher,

I am glad to have three friends in America, the country that I admire. I am greeting your families and friends. I am glad that I have so many new friends in America!

It is great to hear that you are a teacher Becca, that is good! Continue, it is a blessing from God that you are educating people so that they can become successful like you and go to University.

I wish to do the same as you Becca. I will be working hard. We have already started our end of term two tests. The exams are hard but not every subject. The most difficult ones are the two subjects that I don't like: geography and civics .

I believe I will earn a better position in my class after I get the results from my exams. My family is proud of you for helping orphans and widows. Also my friends and teachers are appreciating you for all of your help.

May God bless you!

Yours faithfully,

Sanga Mwanza

christopher

Thu, May 16, 2013 at 5:37 pm GMT

Hi Sanga I was wondering if your ok with me if you are the first student I fund

Becca

Sat, May 11, 2013 at 4:15 pm GMT

Hi Sanga!

My name is Becca and I am a teacher in Connecticut, USA. Congratulations on being an A+ student, you must work very hard. I am so glad I could help support you and your dreams of becoming a doctor one day! Keep working hard!

Your friend,
Becca

Sanga

Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:01 pm GMT

Dear jack
hope you are fine like me.
firstly i have to apologise for not writing this letter on the day it was supposed to be written .
we went to Eastern province of zambia to visit my grandfather,uncle,aunt and my cousins , they welcomed us very well and we stayed with mother for a week.
i enjoyed staying there because the place has a lot of animals;like elephants,lions and giraffes .
During the visit or holiday i was studying on my on free time and working on the field with my grand parents harvesting the maize .
All my family is greeting you and your family, hope are enjoying the weather as for me i am enjoying school and the weather here in zambia. Good to hear that you went to church during Easter.
Our exams where interesting and understandable i am sure i 'll pass all the subjects without fail. we opened our schools on monday 6th of may , we have not yet started learning all the subjects civics, science, math, Geography, english, office practice, Religious education.
I would like to know what you have been doing on your free time.
How was your holiday?
what were you doing during your holiday?
THANK YOU! ZIKOMO
sanga

Melanie

Sun, April 7, 2013 at 11:54 am GMT

Hi Sanga, I'm very impressed that you are an A+ student. Keep up the good work.

Jack

Wed, April 3, 2013 at 12:38 pm GMT

Greetings Sanga,
I am well, my friend. I am happy to hear that you had a nice Easter holiday. For Easter I went to my home on the other side of Michigan and enjoyed church with my family and friends. The weather was nice and we are finally starting to move from winter into spring, so I am happy.

So you have examinations? What topics are you studying? I am interested to know what you are learning.

Good luck on your tests and keep in touch!

Sincerely,
Jack

Sanga

Wed, April 3, 2013 at 9:04 am GMT

Hi Jack,

I hope you are fine. As for me, I'm fine and I am enjoying the holidays. I'm busy studying because we are about to write our end of term one examinations. I have been studying a lot. After studying I play football with my friends. Before playing I have to work in the field.

I enjoy playing football and being an athlete. How is your family and your friends? My mother she is greeting you and your family.

Durring the holidays on Friday I went to sleep overnight at my relatives. Then on Sunday we went to church for Easter. We have Easter Monday off, which is when I wrote you this letter. What about you? What did you do during this holiday?

One thing that makes me sad is when our national team Chipolopolo had a draw on the final game.

Thanks to you Jack and your family.

May god be with you wherever you are.

Zikomo Kwambili

Mulungu Adalisi- God Bless you all

Sanga Mwanza

Sanga

Thu, March 14, 2013 at 11:25 am GMT

Hi Jack,

I received the letter from you, it is so nice and interesting to read it. It has made me glad and I appreciate the letter I received very much. It has made my family happy to have a letter from outside the country like the USA, and to have a friend like you Jack. It was the letter of the day!

I would like to greet all your relatives and friends. As for my family and friends, we are all fine.

I am enjoying school activities like mathematics club. I participated in the athletics competition which we had on the 2nd of March, 2013. It was the entire schools sport competition and it took place at munali High School. Our school came in 2nd place out of 13 schools.

I want to be more involved in school activities. We will begin our examinations this month, and I am ready for it.

Thank You, Zikomo Kwambili
God Bless you!

Sanga

Jack

Tue, March 12, 2013 at 1:22 pm GMT

Sanga,
My name is Jack and I wanted to wish you good luck in your studies.

Zambia has had a huge impact on me during my life and I wanted to make sure that students like you get the support needed to succeed. Keep working very hard and make sure that you not only support yourself, but your family and your community. Also, make sure that those Chipolopolo Boys keep winning!

Good luck and keep me updated with your studies!
Zicomo Combili,
Jack

Godfridi

Tanzania

Experiences in my life are when I failed my examination during primary education and also when my parents failed to pay food for me. My difficult experiences in my life are when my parents have insufficient enough money to pay for all my basic needs at school such as food and other school contributions. The thing that makes me feel so proud of myself is when I succeeded in joining O-level education. This makes me feel that I will, I must, I can do everything. The most memorable and happiest thing in my life will be to reach my dream of being a doctor general so as I can help other people in society. My future dream is to be a GOOD surgical doctor. After me reaching my dream, I will give back help to my society and family, but also to WEF. I need to work hard upon reaching my dream in my life. Once I get chance to have power of changing anything in country, I will improve the education system by converting science subjects from theory to practical. In most of our schools, they teach science subjects mostly theoretically. I will start from there because as we know education is the key to every success in our people.

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School Year 2024

Bertha

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Bertha

Tanzania

Notable experiences in my life are, first, passing my standard seven examination and, second, entering secondary school. My most difficult experience was when I started to learn English. I have learned that if you want to do something, you have to work hard. I felt proud was when I entered secondary school. My most memorable and happiest thoughts are from when I celebrated at my birthday party. My dream is to be an electrical engineer. I will get there through studying hard and doing well in science subjects. If I had the power to change my country, I would like to improve the electricity supply especially in rural areas because there are shortages of electric power.

Raised $105
Needs $145

School Year 2024

Seraphine

Tanzania

The experience that I had early in life was to score good marks in my class, whereby I got good grades which encouraged me to study hard in class. The difficult experience that occurred in my life was an accident on my way back home. I learnt that I should not play again in bad areas. In my life I am proud of myself. I was getting low marks in class but now I have managed to improve a lot. The most memorable and happiest thing in my life is to play football. It exercises my body regularly and hence strengthens my body system. My dream is to become a mechanical engineer. The best way to reach it is through studying hard in school, in physics, mathematics and chemistry. If I had power in my country, I would change the education system of the country so that it helps graduates to depend more on self-employment.

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Needs $150

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