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Written by Alison Hofmeyer, Communications Consultant


We kicked 2014 off full speed ahead!  We have our cell phone drive going on to raise funds for the Life Box Container construction documents, we are preparing our Pune team to head back to India in March, and we did some website re-design and brainstormed some marketing strategies.  It's been exciting, challenging, and unbelievably hopeful.


In our meetings, we discuss the Education Module that will head to Maasai Community as soon as we hit our $12,000 goal.  We talk with the leaders about progress, get to hear the excitement and commitment in their voice, and imagine the community when it has its own community center, full of Life Box modules.  They will be a model for remote, underdeveloped communities all over the world.  They believe in their ability to overcome challenges and obstacles.  They believe in our partnership.  And we are thankful we get to play a part in such an exciting time for these people.

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It's easy for us to stay motivated and inspired.  We get to hear the voices of the community leaders on the phone and receive updates via email.  We are able to recall memories of the first time we visited them and celebrated the opening of their Bilibo Community School.  However, we realize that many of you, who are already supporters or may be considering joining our support base, may not feel as connected to this community.  For this reason, I wanted to use this space to share some of their faces and spaces with you.  Remember, in everything that we do as an organization, we are working with people.  Try as we may to combat issues like poverty and disease and trafficking, the heart of what we do is the people we work with.  So sit back, relax, and imagine you are walking through the Maasai Community with the ACI team, getting to know our friends and partners.

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Meet our friends.  People just like you and I, mothers, grandparents, brothers, children, all looking for the same opportunity to grow and learn and thrive.  These people are why we are here, why we work day in and day out.  We want them to know that we believe in their success, in their ability as human beings to to surpass expectations and barriers.  However, we also want them to know that we are with them, side by side, every step of the way.

Can they count on you, too?