Author: Duffy Pearce

Many thanks to Book Clubs 4 Change whose generous donation helped us reach our fundraising goal for 2018 – which was $12,000 for sending high school girls to boarding school in Kenya. We are now setting our sites on sending another 20 girls to boarding schools in Kenya. The grandmother’s would also like help to…

A group of Saint Paul Women in Recovery raised $600 by making and selling malas as Christmas Gifts.

The Marit Women Group considers themselves blessed to have received  large  sewing orders which will help them fund scholarships for three additional scholarships. “Serphine and I are busy stitching away all day long,” says Mary Lieta. “This will go a long way in helping us assist the three girls that we added to the original…

With severe drought gripping many parts of East Africa, many are facing starvation. Grandmother Circles US and the Consociates of the Sisters of St. Joseph Carondelet were able to send the Marit Women’s Group $800 to purchase food  supplies. Here’s an update from Mary Lieta: “We have now purchsed a huge consignment of maize and are…

(Posted 31 January 2017, updated 2 March 2017) Marit Women’s Group members in Kenya were able to collect enough money to pay for an additional three girls to attend school — in addition to the 20 girls attending on scholarships funded by Grandmothers Circles in the United States. Two computers were purchased and immediately put to work: Funds…

Grandmother Circles in Kenya recently rushed to aid secondary school girls whose dorm was destroyed in a fire just before end-of-year exams began. It was a school where the local circle had already been providing water and sanitation. Grandmother Circles members went over quickly with practical assistance such as clean underwear and sanitary supplies. More importantly…