75 dollars and a chicken

Recently one of our partners in Sudan met Maqueng Deng Mayang, a man crippled with blindness and polio. Upon hearing of his need for a donkey, which only cost $75.00, our friend provided Maqueng with $100.00, along with some food and medicine. Maqueng went on to spend the rest of his money on a chicken. But the chicken was not for himself, but to present to the man who had given him the gift. He rode his new donkey a size hours into town to meet our partner and give him the chicken!

What an amazing expression of thankfulness!

Our ability to meet the needs of our Sudanese brothers and sisters allows them the opportunity to experience that same desire we have; to give sacrificially out of our own gratitude for what we've been given. Isn't it awesome to be a part of this process? Read more about our Sudan Regrowth project updates here.

Wells for Jach!

In December a group from Mocha Club went to Jach, an area that boarders Darfur. Around 20,000 Sudanese refugees have settled in Jach recently and one urgent need they all have is clean water. This was confirmed by a visit to two specific communities called War Lang and Chowlek, where the wells are hand-dug and full of dirty water. War Lang has almost ten thousand people and no wells for clean water. Chowlek, a town of seventeen thousand, has just one well.

Mocha Club is determined to bring these villages 6 wells this Spring. Clean water will prevent these refugees from getting diseases like cholera and malaria that contaminate their water. Consider making one of your projects helping to provide the refugees in these two villages with wells for clean water!

spare change to make change.

In Africa, a little goes a long way, and it's so easy to help. Just ask Jessica, who recently lead her church in a make change campaign. They printed out our "Spare Change to Make Change" labels, placed them on cups, and passed them out to the church to make collections. Throw in some information about where that money is going on a powerpoint, and 4 weeks later -- $1000 was raised!

The money Jessica's church raised will go to fund our various education projects around Africa.
One of our current projects is the elementary school we're building in Kibera, Kenya. We also have a primary school in progress at the Village of Hope in Gulu, Uganda.

Thanks to campaigns like Jessica's, we are able to fund these projects and give an education to the future leaders of these communities.

Inspired for Action.

Sammie knows what it means to get your whole school involved. A high school senior from Spokane, WA, she got inspired after learning about Mocha Club at a Sanctus Real concert.

Sammie decided to grab a couple of friends, and get her high school to take action and raise money for Africa.

You can read about their campaign initiatives here.

taking a STAND.

STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition is a group of students at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN that want to make change. Their mission is to promote awareness on the issue of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan and to influence national policy regarding the issue. They partnered with the Mocha Club at the end of the fall semester to run a Make Change campaign. STAND called it "Rock for Darfur" and raised over $1000 for Sudan Regrowth projects! They plan to hold another event, "Walk for Darfur", in the spring.

we're launched!

we officially launched the MAKE CHANGE SITE today! contact us if you are interested in running a campaign.

Taking Mocha Club to the next level.

Are you a leader on your college campus...in your church...at your high school? Mocha Club is about to launch out a new initiative called Make Change that will equip YOU to activate your community by running a campaign to provide aid to millions suffering in Africa.

What is a campaign, you ask? It’s you using your VOICE and your LEADERSHIP to call others to come together and make change. You have the ability to engage your community to be a part of something bigger than themselves and make a huge difference! An initiative of African Leadership and the Mocha Club, a Make Change campaign is based on the premise that a little help goes a long way...and YOU have the power to influence your community to learn...to act...to give...to make change.

Just like in Mocha Club, you can decide on a specific project that gets you excited...like building clean water wells in Darfur, Sudan, or sending kids to school in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, or supporting Child Mothers at the Village of Hope in Gulu, Uganda. As you continue to read and learn about the different areas of injustice all over Africa, try and notice what gets you the most fired up -- that's where your voice and your influence will be the most effective! Once you decide on the project area you think others would get excited about helping with, we can get you materials and resources to run a campaign - which can be one night, one week, one semester, or one year!

Mocha Club is all about creating community, connection, and a long-term commitment to give, while Make Change offers a short-term way for others to get involved by giving their time and their money through a campaign.

If this sounds like something you would want to be a part of, email us at makechange@mochaclub.org. And look for the launch of our site in the coming month.

It’s time to Make Change for our friends in Africa.