What’s in a Name

by admin | Jun 21, 2010 | Rachel's Home

Steph introduces us to Rapelang While I was teaching the children at Rachel’s Home, the children began to call me Madame because I held professional status. I soon learned the power that a name holds in Lesotho. Each Sesotho name holds meaning as many North American...

What We are Funding

by admin | May 30, 2010 | Rachel's Home

When you donate to the Penny Project, this is how we put your money to work: Monthly Budgeted Costs Teacher’s Salaries (3 Teachers) $1000 Helper’s Salary $100 Donation to Hilda $20 Total Salaries and Gifts $1120 Food (Bread/Peanut Butter/Milk) $300...

Greg introduces us to Kaebetsoe

by admin | May 24, 2010 | Rachel's Home

As the editor of this here page, I’ve pestered many a person to write a story about a child that touched their heart. Onsite, I was primarily involved in the construction of the classrooms and as such my contact with the children was in little snatches of time....

Imagine

by admin | Apr 23, 2010 | Rachel's Home

I want you to walk into the smallest bedroom in your house. Take a look around. Imagine that the furniture is gone. Imagine that it has been replaced with old beat-up bunk-beds, stacked three high on three walls. That’s a total of nine beds. Now I want you to imagine...

Lois introduces us to Boney

by admin | Apr 12, 2010 | Rachel's Home

Well, we have been home in Canada for just over a year now, and there are children and memories from Rachel’s Home that will forever be etched in my heart and memory. One child that took a piece of my heart is Boney.  He is almost a young man in body, but in mind...