The Holiday season is a great time to give thanks and appreciation as well a time for charity and generosity. During the month of December, Be The Change is doing a fund raising drive to help out the Rabondo Community Project whom we have been working with for the past two years.

We recently had the pleasure to meet with Timon Bondo (founder of project) just before he left to Kenya. He is such an inspiration and is doing amazing work there. Please give what you can to this great organization. A little goes a long way for a small organization like this. 100% of your donation will go directly to school supplies, books, clean water, and other basic necessities for these children. Please read more about Rabondo mission below.

Timon moved to Minnesota in the early 1960’s through a foreign exchange program. He graduated from the University of Mn in 1996. 20 years after being in the United States Timon returned to his village of Robando. It was at that moment that his life was changed forever. He was shocked that his village had become engulfed in AIDS/HIV and poverty. There were many young orphans who parents had died of AIDS. There was no basic health care, no sanitary facilities, no electricity, no safe water, no schools or businesses. The only school was a building that was falling to the ground so the government was intending to shut it down.

Timon knew he had to do something to help his people. In 1998 he started a non-profit called Robando Community Project. The entire organization is done on a volunteer basis. Timon has built a primary school, a secondary school and a dining hall. He has started the construction of housing for the teachers, a kitchen, a health clinic and a well for clean water. He is still fundraising for uniforms, desks, and a food program. He dreams of building a dormitory for the orphans, so they have a place to stay and concentrate on their studies.

Timon has changed the village of Robando. He can feel their hope and gratitude for what has been done for them. He has showed them
that they have not been forgotten.

For more info click here to visit the Rabondo website.

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