Concert de Noël – Christmas Concert

(English text below – nederlandse tekst hieronder)

Aujourd’hui, les presque 300 élèves de l’école des Carrières à Soignies ont chanté lors de leur concert de Noël. Que du bonheur! Vous pouvez visionner les photos en cliquant dessus.
Les bénéfices du marché de Noël seront destinés à Amani. Nous devrions connaître les résultats finaux demain! Un tout grand merci à tous les élèves et instituteurs de mon ancienne école!

Today, almost 300 children of my old school have participated in their Christmas concert. Amazing! You can view the pictures below by simply clicking on them.
All benefits of the Christmas market will go to Amani. We will know the final results tomorrow! A big thank you to all pupils and teachers at my old school!

Vandaag hebben de bijna 300 leerlingen van mijn oude school hun Kerstconcert gezongen. Zalig! Je kan de foto’s hieronder bekijken door er eenvoudig op te klikken.
Alle opbrengsten van de Kerstmarkt gaan naar Amani. Morgen weten we het eindresultaat! Hartelijk dank aan alle leerlingen en leraars van mijn oude school!

Generator arrived at Amani!

Hi Bart and Alexandre,

Greetings from all of us at Amani. I hope this finds you both well. Just
wanted to let you know that after months in transit, the generator has
finally arrived at Amani! It came in a white van this afternoon and it
took about 6 guys to unload. We started it up and tested it out. It
hummed nicely, like it was supposed to. Now, we’re having the wheels put
on it.

The construction for the shed where the generator will be placed is just
starting. We had the plans drawn up a couple weeks ago and building will
begin this week. I’ll send photos as things progress.

Attached you’ll find a snapshot of the generator just after it was
unloaded in Amani’s storeroom.

Best regards,
Joe

News from Amani

Aujourd’hui, nous avons reçu le message suivant de la part de Joe, notre contact chez Amani Kids:
Today, we received the following message from Joe, our contact person at Amani Kids:
Vandaag hebben we het volgende bericht ontvangen van Joe, onze contactpersoon bij Amani Kids:

 
Hi Bart,

I just wanted to let you know that the generator has arrived in Moshi! I
just received an email from Clive, our contact at Power Providers, with
detailed instructions for building a shelter for the generator. We’ve
decided it will go near our water tower in the back yard. I gave the
plans for the shelter to our accountant, who will be arranging for
carpenters to begin construction on the shelter this week. As soon as we
have a spot for the generator – protected from the weather and from
thieves – then we’ll receive the generator.

Things are going well here otherwise. The short rainy season began this
week, which means we’ll have plenty of muddy footprints throughout Amani
for the next several weeks!

Hope all is well with you and Alexandre.

Best,
Joe

News from Amani Kids Home

Texte en français ci-dessous – Nederlandse tekst hieronder

We have received a nice letter from Amani Kids Home, the charity we support, giving an example of how our fundraising will help transforming lives. Also included were a superb drawing from one of the Amani children as well as a picture of James, another Amani child. We hope to meet James when we will visit the Amani Kids Home after our Kilimanjaro climb!

Nous venons de recevoir une belle lettre d’Amani Kids Home, l’oeuvre que nous soutenons. Celle-ci nous