Karibu! That means "Welcome!" in Swahili.
New Life International Foundation For Children is a Christian, not-for-profit organization based in Auburn, Washington. On October 26, 2004 we received our Certificate of Incorporation from the State of Washington for a Non-Profit Corporation. We then applied for and received our 501 (c) (3) status from the IRS in 2005. This Foundation has an eight member Board of Directors, comprised of qualified individuals with impressive higher-education credentials.
Our mission is to support an indigenous work to care for and educate the poor and orphaned children of Africa and one of the organizations we have chosen to support is The New Life Foundation in Moshi, Tanzania, established by Glorious and Josephine Shoo. The Board has determinded they are a very dedicated and credible African couple committed to caring for the children that they serve. Their references include World Vision and Compassion International. Their vision is to see the lives of impoverished children changed through the Word of God, meeting their basic needs, and receiving a quality education.
Our eight board members volunteer their time and services, seven of them have been to Africa. By volunteering, the board has been able to send 98 cents of every donated dollar to care for and benefit the children.
NLF has four main departments:
1. Fountain of Hope (Christian School)
2. Fountain of Joy (Vocational Training)
3. Fountain of Love (Outreach and Leadership Training)
4. Fountain of Zoë (Loving care for babies)
Fountain of Hope
Fountain of Hope is a Christian elementary 24/7 boarding school. It offers a home like atmosphere to primarily orphans, as well as children from very poor families and difficult circumstances. Due to extreme poverty, most of the children at NLF are not even able to afford public schooling. Your support can change this and offer them a chance to get ahead.
Fountain of Joy
This is the vocational training center for teen mothers and at risk girls from very poor families. Some are literally saved from life threatening situations. The participants are not able to afford the cost of the necessary assistance or further studies due to poverty and difficult circumstances. Throughout the course of their time at the Fountain of Joy, the participants learn embroidery, tailoring, home economics, hotel management, business administration, and other practical life skills all in a Christian setting. We hope to soon expand the training to be able to send our graduated girls and boys back to their villages to solve many of the daily problems that are keeping their families and neighbors stuck in poverty. This could include clean water management, basic medical care, agriculture optimization, disease control/eradication, road development and erosion control, to name a few.
Fountain of Love
This is the outreach and training center for Christian leaders of children and church ministers. Our graduates are trained in evangelism to reach people in towns and the most remote villages. We run camps, seminars, children’s crusades, Bible clubs, and many other children’s ministries. We also go to public primary and secondary schools to teach the Word of God, as well as teaching health education and raising awareness of HIV/AIDS and other diseases. We provide home-based healthcare for HIV/AIDS patients.
Fountain of Zoë
This is a home where we care for abandoned babies and orphans from day one of their lives. We also care for babies who are HIV/AIDS positive by offering them care, love, prayer, and good nutrition to give them the best hope for survival
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