The medical team at Mbiriizi school in Uganda. We gave medical and dental exams to 1,000 children. Sadly we leave tonight. For details, please click here!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Sylvia and The Medical Team in Uganda!
The medical team at Mbiriizi school in Uganda. We gave medical and dental exams to 1,000 children. Sadly we leave tonight. For details, please click here!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Special Recognition Plaque for Mr. Ken Melrose
Mr. Ken Melrose, former chairman of the Toro Corporation, was presented with a special recognition plaque from Sylvia Allen.
Mr. Melrose generously gave a donation to Sylvia's Children for the library. His generosity made it possible for these children to expand their learning outside Uganda and into the world.
It is through the generosity of industry leaders like Mr. Melrose that we able to continue our work to change the lives of these children through improved education and health. He has already demonstrated his belief in education As the founder of his own health care foundation, Mr. Melrose demonstrates as well his understanding of the importance of quality health care.
Thank you, Mr. Melrose, for your kind, caring and giving heart.
Mr. Melrose generously gave a donation to Sylvia's Children for the library. His generosity made it possible for these children to expand their learning outside Uganda and into the world.
It is through the generosity of industry leaders like Mr. Melrose that we able to continue our work to change the lives of these children through improved education and health. He has already demonstrated his belief in education As the founder of his own health care foundation, Mr. Melrose demonstrates as well his understanding of the importance of quality health care.
Thank you, Mr. Melrose, for your kind, caring and giving heart.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Monmouth University Shines Light on Ugandan Orphans Through Lens of Holmdel-based Charity
WEST LONG BRANCH, N. J. – Monmouth University’s School of Social Work and the Center of Distinction for the Arts will present “Sylvia’s Children,” a two-month-long exhibition of the Mbiriizi Advanced Primary and Day Care School in Mbiriizi, Uganda, Africa, starting on March 1.
The educational public display officially kicked off with an opening reception on Friday, March 5 from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Pollak Theatre Gallery, Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch and will have a closing reception on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Exhibition attendees will be able to fix their eyes upon countless photos of the school and its 1,001 students, as well as get the opportunity to view genuine artifacts from the surrounding area, including African musical instruments, clothing, woven mats, toys, baskets, bark cloth and other items indigenous to Uganda. In addition, products made by the children at the school will be for sale including beautiful beaded jewelry, baskets, woven purses, nativities made from banana leaves, “garbage” balls, Ugandan slave bracelets, and beads of life necklaces.
The exhibition is the brainchild of Sylvia Allen, the Holmdel-based founder of Sylvia’s Children, a charitable organization created with the mission of supporting children at the Mbiriizi Advanced Primary and Day Care school in the village of Mbiriizi, by raising awareness and funds to educate, feed, clothe and shelter them. One-quarter of the children at the school have been orphaned due to losing parents to the AIDS epidemic.
Since launching the organization in 2003, Allen has succeeded in ensuring an annual sponsorship for 93 of the 235-orphaned children and has raised $300,000, all of which has gone directly to the school. She has also constructed a well; built and fully stocked a library; purchased seven acres of land; donated an Internet-equipped computer; constructed a dormitory with triple-decker bunk beds; built a playground; provided sporting and musical equipment; and built three additional double classroom blocks as well as hiring a full time nurse and building new stoves for increased cooking efficiency.
“We are so excited about this opportunity to showcase our school and our children and their talents,” said Allen. “We are also grateful to Monmouth University for providing us with the space and exposure. The exhibit is exciting, interactive, educational and inspiring. We are particularly grateful to Alphagraphics in Red Bank who designed our display boards and provided us with such professional and ethnically accurate look.”
Through the gallery exhibition, Allen hopes to inspire and educate the public on how they can participate in helping to create a self-sustainable model for underserved third-world schools, like the one in Mbiriizi, and thus supporting the children.
If you would like to attend the closing reception, please RSVP by calling Allen at (732) 946-2711, or by e-mailing Sylvia @sylviaschildren.org, no later than Feb. 26.
For more information on Sylvia’s Children, visit www.sylviaschildren.org
To find more information on the exhibition, visit www.monmouth.edu/arts_events/exhibitions.asp
The educational public display officially kicked off with an opening reception on Friday, March 5 from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Pollak Theatre Gallery, Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch and will have a closing reception on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Exhibition attendees will be able to fix their eyes upon countless photos of the school and its 1,001 students, as well as get the opportunity to view genuine artifacts from the surrounding area, including African musical instruments, clothing, woven mats, toys, baskets, bark cloth and other items indigenous to Uganda. In addition, products made by the children at the school will be for sale including beautiful beaded jewelry, baskets, woven purses, nativities made from banana leaves, “garbage” balls, Ugandan slave bracelets, and beads of life necklaces.
The exhibition is the brainchild of Sylvia Allen, the Holmdel-based founder of Sylvia’s Children, a charitable organization created with the mission of supporting children at the Mbiriizi Advanced Primary and Day Care school in the village of Mbiriizi, by raising awareness and funds to educate, feed, clothe and shelter them. One-quarter of the children at the school have been orphaned due to losing parents to the AIDS epidemic.
Since launching the organization in 2003, Allen has succeeded in ensuring an annual sponsorship for 93 of the 235-orphaned children and has raised $300,000, all of which has gone directly to the school. She has also constructed a well; built and fully stocked a library; purchased seven acres of land; donated an Internet-equipped computer; constructed a dormitory with triple-decker bunk beds; built a playground; provided sporting and musical equipment; and built three additional double classroom blocks as well as hiring a full time nurse and building new stoves for increased cooking efficiency.
“We are so excited about this opportunity to showcase our school and our children and their talents,” said Allen. “We are also grateful to Monmouth University for providing us with the space and exposure. The exhibit is exciting, interactive, educational and inspiring. We are particularly grateful to Alphagraphics in Red Bank who designed our display boards and provided us with such professional and ethnically accurate look.”
Through the gallery exhibition, Allen hopes to inspire and educate the public on how they can participate in helping to create a self-sustainable model for underserved third-world schools, like the one in Mbiriizi, and thus supporting the children.
If you would like to attend the closing reception, please RSVP by calling Allen at (732) 946-2711, or by e-mailing Sylvia @sylviaschildren.org, no later than Feb. 26.
For more information on Sylvia’s Children, visit www.sylviaschildren.org
To find more information on the exhibition, visit www.monmouth.edu/arts_events/exhibitions.asp
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