EYES ON AFRICA

EOAF Invited to Provide CCG Feedback

Jeff Lakusta — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:06:06 +0000

The Eyes on Africa Foundation was just selected as one of only twenty charities to provide insight and advice on the future of JP Morgan’s Chase Community Giving program which included over 1,000,000 charities. We’ll have the chance to give our feedback, provide insight and ideas, and interface with Vice Chairman and Head of Corporate Responsibility at JPMorgan Chase! If you have any ideas about what you’d like to see changed, added, or praised in the facebook, Chase Community Giving – please let us know! We’ll have updates as we learn more about the roundtable and let you know how it goes!

Please give us your input on what you want us to say! And, as always, thanks for all your help with everything – especially Chase Community Giving which continues to be worth the millions of obnoxious facebook, email, and phone messages we left you all!

Project of the Day!

Jeff Lakusta — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:40:06 +0000

DoSomething.org continues its support of the Eyes on Africa Foundation making the “Kids of Malawi Project” it’s project of the day Sunday 18 July 2010! Check out their website to find us featured on the homepage. Thank you DoSomething!

Donation to Nwamitwa

Jeff Lakusta — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:10:40 +0000

You did it!

We just sent $10,000 to continue the construction of the Nwamitwa Community Center. The site is completely prepared and the architects’ plans are ready. We just started with the excavations for the foundation – and the training of the community builders. It’s an exciting time as we help to empower a community with the building of a new community center based on the “Etafeni model” we have loved and supported for years.

A recent update from our people on the ground in South Africa brings great news! “The project is going beautifully, with full involvement from the community. I think there has been more local contribution than outside funding. Just great!”

Read about our continued support of Etafeni, and this new community center modeled after it here.

Visit the Valoyi Traditional Authority who acts as the traditional governing body of the community. Their mission is “To provide services and leadership to the community and call upon all subjects to participate in the upliftment of the Valoyi Clan, while maintaining and inculcating cultural ethos.” We couldn’t agree more, and your efforts to help have paid off!

More updates soon, but visit their website here.

(Photo of the village Hosi – chief - on the cleared building site!)

Do Something

Jeff Lakusta — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:54:30 +0000

Thanks to DoSomething.org for helping support the Eyes on Africa Foundation and its mission. Go to their website and check out the incredible work they’re involved with:

Largest national database of teen volunteer opportunities in the US

850,000 teens took action last year through their programs

We are on track for 1.2 million teens taking action in 2010

Thanks for your support! EOAF on DoSomething.org

KOMP Fundraiser

Jeff Lakusta — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:28:31 +0000

Sunday 16 May, Atlantic College’s campus club (Wales), Eyes on Africa Foundation, is having a jumble sale, selling everything at the low cost of either £1, £2 or £3! The event will be in the dining hall 10.00am and 2.00pm allowing people to stop by on their way to brunch. Donations are already being collected. Thanks for all the hard work put into planning this fundraiser – come out and support the cause, buy something cheap, and have fun!

The Kids of Malawi Project (KOMP), in partnership with Build-On, is sponsoring the construction of a new schoolhouse for a remote village in Malawi. Read more about KOMP and the work of students across the world! Go here to read more about KOMP.

Kids of Malawi Project

Jeff Lakusta — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:17:31 +0000

Help Raise $35,000 :: Help Build a School in Malawi!

Casey Fictum and other campus coordinators from DePaul University have created a fundraising campaign called the Kids of Malawi Project (KOMP) and partnered directly with campus coordinators at the Atlantic College in Wales, as well as the entire EOAF network. DoSomething.org is also helping to promote this project!

The Kids of Malawi Project (KOMP), in partnership with Build-On, is sponsoring the construction of a new schoolhouse for a remote village in Malawi. Every donation adds more pieces to the puzzles. Each puzzle represents a portion of the school needed to finish construction. For example, one puzzle represents the BRICKS, another the BOARDS, etc.

Every puzzle piece will feature the signature of a donor, and once a puzzle is complete it will be on display to celebrate reaching one of the goals. Once all of the puzzles are pieced together, we will have reached our OVERALL goal – to build a school for the children of Malawi.

The school will provide more than 300 children with a stable location to be educated and discover their learning potential. Members of KOMP will travel to Africa to assist with the building project and to interact with the school’s community.

Remaining Projects	Progress	Fund Raising Goal
Bricks and Building	–	$5,000
US Staff and Labor	–	$10,000
Roofing/Furniture/Windows	–	$3,000
buildON Malawi Staff + Site monitoring	–	$4,000
Tools/Paint/Wood/Rebar	–	$3,000
Travel/Material Travel/Skilled Labor	–	$3,000

Contact Project Coordinator, Casey Fictum – caseyfictum@yahoo.com or Jeff at jlakusta@eyesonafricafoundation.org

Donate Directly to KOMP:

Eyes on Africa Helps Haiti

Jeff Lakusta — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:18:19 +0000

Haiti has been devastated by powerful earthquakes. In the true spirit of Ubuntu, Eyes on Africa felt drawn to leverage its base of support in an effort to help those affected by this disaster. Thousands of Haitians are in direct need of simple basics such as clean water and food. We want to do our share in helping our neighbors in their hour of need. Thanks to the support of select Advantage suppliers, you can help by purchasing specific brands of wine. Proceeds of every case sold are donated to Eyes on Africa’s relief efforts.

We have teamed up “Helps International” to provide food and shelter as well as water purification systems for clean drinking water. Join us. Direct your purchases to help those in need so that we may bring some relief to those in such immediate need.

At the end of April, Eyes on Africa Helps Haiti will donate its funds. So, you only have three months to purchase these brands with proceeds going to help those in need.

Pass on this unique opportunity. Every bit helps. Listed below are program details and supporting locations.

Timing of Program: Feb-April
Cause: Haiti Relief
Idea: For every case sold, proceeds will be donated to the relief efforts. Support is for selected brands only.
How to Help: Look at the chart below. Find your state (many are Nationwide), buy those specific brands. The money is automatically donated to Eyes on Africa Helps Haiti and Helps International.
Wine tasting: If you would like to set up a wine tasting to benefit Haiti, please contact Jeff Lakusta at jlakusta@eyesonafricafoundation.org

Participating States	Participating Wineries	Brands
Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, & Missouri	Bacchus Imports	Viu Manent: SecretoSophenia: Altosur, Finca Sophenia
Nationwide	Cecchetti Wine Co.	Line 39, Red Tree
Depending on State	Fine Line Wines	Fine Line
Ohio & Indiana	Lion Nathan USA	St Hallett, Wither Hills
Ohio	Oliver Winery	Oliver
Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, & Missouri	Precept Brands	House Wine, Vertikal, Washington Hill, and Waterbrook
Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, & Missouri	Rainier Wine	Mad House Wife

You can also donate directly to Eyes on Africa Helps Haiti here,

Garden of Edith – Africa Underground

Jeff Lakusta — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:56:38 +0000

Garden of Edith is having its biggest fundraiser yet. Garden of Edith is starting an army through art, music and activism to create peace in Africa. This special night at The Gallery Underground will benefit GOE’s causes including Eyes on Africa. Be sure to check it out!

January 30,2010 at “The Gallery Underground” at 7.00pm. 109 Linden Street, Fort Collins, CO

ND Senior Press Box Dinner

Jeff Lakusta — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:00:22 +0000

Thanks to the generosity of the Senior Class Council and Father Poorman, the proceeds of the senior class press box dinner went to benefit the Eyes on Africa Foundation. The press box dinner two years ago was one of EOAF’s very first fundraisers, and it means so much to be able to return having accomplished so much. I am so lucky to be able to share this incredible night with friends and classmates who have been so influential in starting and sustaining EOAF. Thank you!

- Jeff

KLTY Radio Interview

Jeff Lakusta — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:00:02 +0000

Thank you 94.9 KLTY! You can hear Jeff Lakusta’s interview with Starlene Stringer, just click KLTY interview.

http://www.klty.com/family_friendly_morning_show.php