We Walk So They Won’t Have To
Toloha Partnership has been given the incredible opportunity of partnering with Son Set Ministries for one of their annual camps, Erasing the Lines (ETL). ETL is a week in which middle school and high school students from local churches in Eastern NC gather to spend the week serving and showing Jesus to the community. This week (July 17-21) ETL is celebrating their 10th year with over 165 students participating. When the students arrive they are broken into small groups (mixed ages/genders/churches) of about 10 students with a college or young adult leader. Groups are assigned varying...
Read MoreAssessment Team Update!
Sunday was an incredible and much anticipated day! It was a day the Toloha Partnership team has anxiously awaited and a day Daniel has been longing for almost 12 years! It was the day the first team departed from Kinston, NC to travel to Toloha Village in Tanzania to begin, what we hope to be, a long-term partnership. Perry, Daniel, Josh and BurtThe Assessment Team consists of Daniel Makoko (native of Toloha Village), Burt Rudolph (project engineer) and team members Perry Rudolph and Joshua Spear.Sunday night at 11:25 pm the team flew out of Washington, DC to Istanbul,Turkey and then onto...
Read MoreIt’s GO Time!
Last May we began meeting and actively seeking God’s face for how we could be a part of Daniel’s story and a part of what the Lord is doing in Toloha, TZ. Now, just over a year since those prayer meetings, we are thrilled that an Assessment Team of four is leaving TOMORROW (Sunday June, 9th 2013) to go to Daniel’s home village of Toloha, TZ! I think these words from Daniel truly sum up our team’s sentiments:“Oh my Lord, it is real now! I did not believe if someday this would happen. A hope for getting clean water to my people in the village — I will always adore You (God) and...
Read MoreDaniel’s Story Part 2 – The Road from Tanzania to the USA!
As a young man, Daniel felt a deep obligation to help his mother and father who were continuing to struggle in the Toloha village in Tanzania. After Daniel completed his secondary education, his brother encouraged him to pursue a job and send money home rather than returning to the village. Daniel started working at Mkwaja Ranch for a prominent British family and quickly earned the respect of his boss. Daniel was a valued and trusted employee and was promoted and transferred several times. During that time, some of Daniel’s friends decided to apply for the Diversity Visa Lottery. The...
Read MoreDaniel’s Story
Pictured above: Daniel, his wife and 2 sons. Photo by Lindsay CorriganAbout one month ago, anyone who googled “Toloha” would get nothing from the search engine related to Toloha, Tanzania – not even on Google maps. And now, this www.TolohaPartnership.org is the first or second link leading to the village of Toloha, and our Facebook page is the next – gotta love the world wide web! Our team would like to take this opportunity to introduce the world to Toloha and share why we love the people there so much. It all started with Daniel. Daniel’s story is amazing, and there is so much to share...
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