Dear Friends of Africa,
Here is the only picture I took of our first meeting on Jan. 16, 2010. Fr. Stephen Mosha had to leave early to perform his duties at the parish of St Augustine in Ossining, NY.
Fr. Stephen Mosha founded Life Project Africa and serves the people of [...]

Small and intimate the 24 students, parents, teachers and Administrators were able to enjoy a special bond of satisfaction in the accomplishments of the Ward School’s Project Peace.
The beautiful Pelham/Split Rock Golf Club, located at 870 Shore Road, Bronx, NY was alive in festive seasonal colors and decorations. The hearts of everyone [...]

The 2nd Ward School well is in progress and will be used to sustain the 400 Moringa trees planted and thriving at the hands of the Kenyan Youth Group.
“The rains are over and everything is green!”, says Agnes on Monday morning Jan. 18th. “I will be [...]

Join Ward Student Council at their
Family Holiday Banquet to benefit Wells of Love and Hope
at the beautiful
Pelham/Split Rock Golf Club
870 Shore Road
Bronx, NY
Thursday, Dec 17th 4-7pm
Cocktail Hour and Full Buffet Dinner
music, dancing, sing along
$42 per person
click on the DONATION button to pay online
All Children must be accompanied by an Adult

We struck water!!!
BUCKETS OF LOVE AND HOPE are being brought up every day by the students, teachers and local villagers around the Utini primary School. The first water well of William B. Ward Elementary School is real!
Tuesday, March 31 was Agnes Ndetei’s birthday, and when I called her that morning, [...]

Today March 22 is officially World Water Day.
There are many sites to visit to open your awareness of the status of clean water in the world. But I can tell you first hand we are the richest country in the world even though we aren’t seeing our selves as such right now.
We have [...]

The CTAUN “Best Practices” Award is given to the teacher who brought back something she/he learned about the United Nations from a CTAUN conference, taught it to the students and teachers and did some good with it.
On Friday Jan. 30,  at the conference for teachers called (CTAUN) Committee on Teaching About the United Nations, Ms. [...]

The new year is upon us and the students at Ward Elementary have taken off without me.
The 55 member student council, moderated by our Asst. prin.  John Fogliano,  has not only re-adopted Wells of Love and Hope for their Peace Project this year but the incoming Student Council president, Sammy Stone, ran his campaign on [...]

The wells of Love and Hope Peace Project never stopped for me.
When we had our African Cook Out on June 21st, it was just a segue into my plans for my trip to Kenya in August, especially since half my trip had just been funded by a very generous parent!
I spoke to Agnes, Anele, and [...]

How can we effect global warming?
22 members of the Ward School community have jumped on board to plant mango seedlings in Kenya. Planting trees in the deforested areas of the world like Kibwezi in Kenya, Africa can slowly but surely reestablish some balance in the ecology in the local area and the world.
8 year old [...]