Projecto Sonjho

The Dream Project in Portuguese, Projecto Sonjho.

The kids that live in the house, I’m guessing on their ages. Many of them came to the house without a birth certificate, so we have to create them once they arrive. We currently have 11 living in the house, because social services has asked us to leave a bed open for them in case of emergency. We hope to have an addition built in the fall allowing us to house 2-4 more children.

Amido – abt 8

Carlos – abt 16

Helder  (silent ‘H’) – abt 7

Izack – abt 13

Joao – abt 16

Juma P (Pequeno, because he is the smallest and youngest of the 3) – abt 7

Juma G (Grande – big) – abt 11

Latino – abt 16

Nelson – abt 9

Njuale – abt 13

Pedro – abt 12

We also have some 4 Interns that live in the House. They are like the kids older brothers, making sure the kids are staying on task. It has been amazing to watch them interact with the kids, you can tell how much they look up to these guys. They all go to school during the day, except Nunu who takes night classes.

Sumate – Activities & Family Time/Bed Time

Nunu – Tutor & Administrative (Leadership Team)

Santos – Finances

Ernesto – Wake-Up & Morning worship

The workers are also like family to the kids. You will notice we have many cooks. Many people are in need of work and this way we are able to give them a little bit of money and feed them.  To give you an idea in Pemba, $100 a month is considered a decent wage for most people.

Maria – house mom (Leadership Team)

Daniel – Music (guitar and piano)

Genito – cook

Musa – cook

Antonio – Administrative (Leadership Team)

Zito – Crafts (mainly cards)

Mendes – Night guard

Momade – cook

Geneito - cook

We also have kids we work with in the community. Some of them you would think live in the house, because they are here so often, others come out for lunch during the week or on Saturdays to check in.

Helena (aka Bitta or some sort of nickname – she is Maria’s granddaughter ) – abt 5

Elsa

Chuale – abt 16

Antonio – abt 15

Osvaldo – abt 8

Mateus – abt 16

Anna – abt 8

Juma Mendes (his uncle is Mendes, not actually his last name)

Elicio

Aida

This house really does function like a family.  In fact, a lot of the kids and even some of the adults are related. One example is Izack and Njuale are twins living here and their older brothers are Musa and Genito who both help with the cooking. They have lost both of their parents, but because of The Dream Project they are able to see each other daily.

For Prayer Requests today, please pray for the kids/adults by name =)

It will make them happy to know people in the States are praying for them!

Amanda

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