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We came to Africa for the animals. But we fell in love with the children. We came from all over: from California to Connecticut, from Wisconsin to Texas. Tourists on a great adventure to the heartland of the Masai Mara. What we didn’t know is that we’d take part of Africa home in our hearts. It was a side trip, really. An optional morning visit to a local school to meet some of the students. Our guide, Tony – Antonio Marangabassa – suggested we might bring some supplies: pens and pencils, paper, perhaps a soccer ball. Moved by the experience of touching Africa’s future, many of us wanted to do more. We listened as Tony and his wife Eunice told us of their dream of bringing a better education for Kenya’s children – particularly for girls, for whom schooling is still secondary to serving the farm and family. Tony and Eunice dreamed of providing more supplies, raising scholarships for students to attend high school and college, and – ultimately – a new schoo

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