Our Global Partners

Form­ing true part­ner­ships implies an inher­ent respect, one for the other. Even as we acknowl­edge the needs of another, we rec­og­nize deep equal­ity of spirit. Poten­tially we all gain in wis­dom … love… and hope … as we come together in coöper­a­tion and unity.

In the ini­tial stages of form­ing part­ner­ship, it is very much about lis­ten­ing to the needs and wis­dom of the local peo­ple and then work­ing with them to address the prob­lems they face. In Jan­u­ary 2008, a small group of vol­un­teers jour­neyed to the Uru region at the base of Mt. Kil­i­man­jaro, Tan­za­nia, to lis­ten, learn and dis­cuss possibilities.

Solu­tions come by way of vision, com­mit­ment, time and gen­eros­ity. While a quick fix is not pos­si­ble, our inter­est in their prob­lems gives the Uru peo­ple energy and hope. After every meet­ing and gath­er­ing, the peo­ple chanted back to us, “It Can Be Done”!

Our cir­cle of friends and part­ners both near and far con­tin­ues to strengthen and grow.

Global Vol­un­teer Pro­grams Kilimanjaro

Our coop­er­at­ing NGO part­ner for the Uru Water Bore­hole Project. Com­mit­ted to improv­ing the lives of Tan­za­ni­ans through a com­pre­hen­sive pro­gram of vol­un­teer­ing projects tack­ling social, eco­nomic and envi­ron­men­tal prob­lems, they strive to strengthen edu­ca­tion, health­care, rural devel­op­ment and capac­ity build­ing.
www​.gvp​-tan​za​nia​.org

Acorn Women’s Group and Coöperative

Founded in 2011 as a coop­er­at­ing Tan­zan­ian NGO part­ner with It Can Be Done! Together we pro­mote and encour­age women’s social and eco­nomic empow­er­ment through sewing, quilt­ing, craft and busi­ness skill build­ing for Fair Trade prod­ucts and markets.

Unity Christ Cen­ter, Eau Claire, Wis­con­sin USA

Sup­port­ing It Can Be Done’s mis­sion for clean water relief in the foothills of Mt. Kil­i­man­jaro since 2008 as a proac­tive part­ner in prayer, their min­is­ter Rev. San­dra McK­in­ney joins the Jan­u­ary 2012 Mis­sion Trip to Tan­za­nia to sup­port the newly founded Acorn Women’s Group and Coöper­a­tive.
www​.uni​tyeau​claire​.org

More friends and part­ners around the world!

 

Mama Flo­ren­tia Masawe, Founder of Global Vol­un­teer Pro­grams Kil­i­man­jaro, retired social worker and tire­less com­mu­nity activist and volunteer	Alphonse L. Ngowi Project Man­ager, the Uru Water Bore­hole Project, com­mu­nity orga­nizer, vol­un­teer, and trainer of train­ers with Red Cross International	Hon. Everist Mom­buri Ward Coun­cilor Uru West
James Kiwara Head­mas­ter Kishu­mundu Sec­ondary School, Vice-​​Pres. Uru East Ward Water Board, GVPK Water Steer­ing Committee	The 4 Mama’s — Chris­tine, Margie, Flo­rentina, Bar­bara Joye	Eva Ngowi, Founder of Acorn Women’s Group and Coöper­a­tive, mother of 5 chil­dren, grand­mother to one and inspi­ra­tion to many.
Uru East Ward Water Board Rep­re­sent­ing 7 vil­lages, respon­si­ble for all ward water man­age­ment with first pri­or­ity as dis­tri­b­u­tion of water from the Kimo­cholo Bore­hole /​Uru Water Bore­hole Project.	Hon. Rose Temba, Ward Coun­cilor Uru East	Rev, Sandy McK­in­ney Min­is­ter of Unity Christ Cen­ter, Eau Claire, Wis­con­sin, com­mu­nity vol­un­teer work­ing for social jus­tice, join­ing ICBD Mis­sion Trip 2012 to Uru
Ful­gence ‘Tingi’ Tin­gi­tana, Retired engi­neer, Mnini School Board, com­mu­nity supporter	Anto­nia Tin­gi­tana, Activist for change	His Honor Lameck T. Kaaya, Mayor of Moshi
Hope United Methodist Church, Eau Claire, Wis­con­sin USA	Kishu­mundu Catholic Choir, Uru East, Moshi Rural District	Rt. Rev. James Zin­zow, ICBD Advi­sory Board: Engi­neer­ing /​ Uru Water Bore­hole Project, com­puter tech­ni­cal con­sul­tant and project planning

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In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame
by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thank­ful for those
peo­ple who rekin­dle the inner spirit  .…Albert Schweitzer