Shipping Update - Ghana 🇬🇭- 2019

Our 2nd shipment of about 850 lbs has left our garage and heading to Ghana 🇬🇭 to support about 2,000 students in 4 different schools. We are preparing next for Haiti 🇭🇹 & Mali 🇲🇱
Thank you always for your generous support ♥️♥️♥️

Shipping Status to Ethiopia 2019

So so so excited!!!! 

On June 5, 2019, we dropped off (at a shipping terminal) about 900 lb. of school supplies heading to Ethiopia 🇪🇹 via our partner organization Temari Ethiopia (One Pupil). 

The school supplies are donated by the following schools: 

1. Louisville Collegiate School - http://www.loucol.com/
2. St. Albert The Great School - http://www.stalbertscatholicschool.org/
3. Our Savior Lutheran School - https://oslslouisville.com
4. Christian Academy of Louisville - http://caschools.us/
5. Ascension School - https://www.ascension-parish.com
6. St. Francis School - https://www.stfrancisschool.org/
7. Sacred Heart Academy - http://www.sacredheartschools.com/academy
8. Kentucky Country Day School - http://www.kcd.org
9. Frederick Douglas Academy II - GSA (Gender & Sexuality Alliance) Club in New York - http://fda2.net/
10. Westport Village - https://westportvillage.com/ in partnership with St. Albert The Great School

School supplies ready to go

To our supporters and donors, we thank you for your continued donations both in school supplies and in monetary funds. 

Thank you so much for your support!

Senait Mareligne
Founder/Director
www.unikids.org
smareligne@unikids.org
502.235.8682

UniKids, a 501©3 non-profit organization in Louisville, KY, provides gently used and new school supplies to students in orphanages and underprivileged families in developing countries.

Ethiopian Folk Tale - THE FOOLISH SERVANTS

For generations, Ethiopian stories such as this, with their perceptive wit and useful lessons, have been used to entertain and instruct young children.

I am sharing these folk-tales from the collection of stories by author Shlomo Bachrach, 1967. 

A folk tale always starts with the teller saying "Teret Teret" and the kids saying "YeLam Beret".

THE FOOLISH SERVANTS

Once there were two men who lived in Addis Ababa. 


There names were Joseph and Abebe. Each of them had a foolish servant. The servants made the men angry.

One day Joseph and Abebe met in the market. They talked about their crops, their families, and the weather. Finally they talked about their foolish servants. 

Joseph said, "My servant is so foolish that every morning he buries some chicken bones in the ground. He thinks that birds crying in the trees cause rain."

They argued about which servant was more foolish. They argued for two hours. Finally they decided to test their servants. 

Joseph said, "Here is how we will solve the problem. Tomorrow at two o'clock, bring our servant to my house. We will each give our servants a silly job. The one who does his job is more foolish."

The next day, the two men met in Joseph's house. As soon as they arrived, Abebe said to his servant, "Run home and see if I'am there. I want to talk to myself."

When Abebe's servant left, Joseph said to his own servant, "Here is one dollar. Go and buy me a new car." The second servant took the money and went out to do the job.

A few hours later the two servants met on the road. Both of them were very angry. Joseph's servant said, "My foolish master told me to buy him a new car, and he gave me some money. I can't buy it. He didn't tell me what color he wanted."

Abebe's servant said, "My master is more foolish. He told me to go to his house and see if he is there. Why didn't he telephone and find out quickly?"

Then both servants went home. 

Abebe and Joseph met a few days later. They agreed that both servants were equally foolish. 

Year-End Update 2017

Dear Supporter:

We would like to start this message by THANKING YOU!!! full-heartedly for your love and support throughout this year. Your school supplies donations and monetary funds have been monumental in making this year a success.
The school supplies collected this year have found a good match in different parts of the world. Here is our update:
Ghana - West Africa
Through our partnership with the Michael Lapsley Foundations, we shipped to four schools serving students in remote farming regions of Ghana. The school supplies will help about 2,100 students in these schools. We thank Ankomah Kyermeh Ernest for his leadership in disseminating these school supplies.
Philippines - Asia
Mabicay Elementary School - a makeshift classroom made of bamboos where about 150 students attend class. These students will receive about 565 lbs of school supplies to help them finish the school year and into next year. We thank Francis Carney who organized the delivery to the schools and Lodalina Tomon, the teacher who made sure the school supplies are disseminated to the students.
Kids’ International Ministries - students at Hope Learning Center received their school supplies as part of our continued partnership with Kids International Ministries. We thank Doug Bennett for organizing the delivery to the school and Madi Angelica Bennett for her leadership in ensuring that the students got taken care of with their needs.

Local Community - Kentucky
We sent school supplies to a kindergarten student in Russell Springs, KY. The little girl received the supplies she needed to help her through the school year.
We also donated school supplies to McFerran School in Louisville, KY. We thank Pamela Mudd-Sutton for reaching out to ensure that these students received supplies to help them brighten their days.

Ethiopia - East Africa
Genet Kindergarten School - The highlight of this years’ school supplies delivery!!!! Gilles Meloche and I were able to meet some of the students and deliver the school supplies in person!!!! What an honor to be part of their joy as they received the school supplies from their teachers.

Let the giving continues. Your continued financial support means we will be able to reach more students in 2018. Thank you for your continued school supplies and monetary donation.

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Thank you.
Senait Mareligne and UniKids Team
502-235-8682

Ethiopian Folk Tale - THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY

For generations, Ethiopian stories such as this, with their perceptive wit and useful lessons, have been used to entertain and instruct young children.

I am sharing these folk tales from the collection of stories by author Shlomo Bachrach, 1967.
Enjoy. Senait Mareligne

THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY

Once a young crocodile and a monkey lived near the Awash River. The monkey was very small and the crocodile was very big. These two animals were good friends. The monkey lived near the bank in a big tree, and the crocodile lived in the river and on the bank. 
These animals did many things together. If the crocodile wanted to play, he said to the monkey on the bank, ' Come and play in the water.'

When the monkey wanted to ride on the water, the crocodile let him ride on his back. The monkey often brought bananas to the crocodile as a present.

One day the king of the crocodiles became ill. The crocodile doctor came to examine him. He told the king that the only medicine that would cure him was a monkey's heart.

The king knew that the young crocodile and the monkey were friends. He called the crocodile and said, 'I need a monkey's heart. You are the only one who can get it for me.'

The young crocodile went away sadly. He did not want to hurt his friend, but he had to help his king. At last, he went to meet the monkey.

'Come and ride on my back,' he said to the monkey. 'We will go out into the deepest part of the river.'

So the monkey got on his back. He trusted the crocodile. They went out into the middle of the river. Then the crocodile said to his friend, 'I am sorry, but the crocodile king needs a monkey's heart to make him well. I must take yours now.'

The monkey was very surprised, but he thought quickly, and then he said to the crocodile, 'My friend, monkey's don't carry their hearts with them. They keep their hearts at home. Take me home and I will get mine for you.

So the crocodile came back to the shore with the monkey. When they got there the monkey jumped off the crocodile's back and ran to his tree. As he ran, he shouted back to the crocodile, 'You tried to trick me, so I tricked you. Goodbye, old friend.'

Then the crocodile swam away, thinking about the clever monkey. He was happy because he didn't have to hurt his old friend. 

School Supplies Collection - Our Savior Lutheran School

The fun of collecting school supplies has begun...

After the Mayor Give-a-Day week kick-off in April, we continued to build a relationship with more schools so students can donate their gently used and new school supplies. Our first stop was Our Savior Lutheran School. This is the school where both my kids went until grade 8. They adored their teachers and the community. OSLS teachers and staff have always been supportive of UniKids and each year, I have been stopping by the last day of school to collect what the students donated.

Students in the Philippines - 2016 school supplies recipients

Today, even if it was raining, Gilles (my other half) and I went to the school to collect while the students are gathered at the chapel for their graduation ceremony with family. The hallway was quiet as we pushed the cart from classroom to classroom. We finished our collect by the 7th-grade classroom. 8th-grade students normally are gone (already graduated) and they don't seem to have a thing left to donate :-)

The amount donated this year, I have to say, is quite low for a couple of reasons, I think. One is that I forgot to drop off labeled boxes in each classroom ahead of time and two, the fact that I am not an OSLS parent anymore, I didn't get a chance to personally rally the teachers to make time to help with the donation. However, beggars don't choose and I am grateful for the amount donated. Next year, I will be better prepared as I know for sure that OSLS students are givers and they will do more if prompted well. I want to thank the principal, Mr. Wrucke, the school office administrator Tracy Hannon, all the teachers, students, and parents.

Thank you so much for your continued support.

Senait Mareligne
smareligne@unikids.org

Ethiopian Folk Tale: THE GREEDY DOG

For generations, Ethiopian stories such as this, with their perceptive wit and useful lessons, have been used to entertain and instruct young children.

I am sharing these folk-tales from the collection of stories by author Shlomo Bachrach, 1967. 

A folk tale always starts with the teller saying "Teret Teret" and the kids saying "YeLam Beret".

The Greedy Dog

Tadesse lived near the town of Ambo. He lived with his parents. He took care of his father's sheep. Every day, he took the sheep to the field. His dog went with him. The dog was a good companion. He was very helpful. He helped Tadesse take care of the sheep. In the morning, the dog helped take the sheep to the field. In the evening, he helped bring the sheep home. The dog was a good worker, but he was also very greedy. He wanted everything for himself. 

One day, the dog stole some meat from the house. He ran away with it. Soon he came to a river. Over the river there was a bridge. As the dog crossed the bridge, he looked down at the water. He noticed his reflection in the water. He thought that it was another dog with more meat. At first, he was frightened by it. Then the greedy dog wanted the other piece of meat. He jumped into the water to get it. When he jumped into the water, he dropped his own piece of meat. He couldn't find the other dog or the other piece of meat in the water.

"Oh!" he said. "It was a trick. There is nothing here." Then he said happily, "I still have my own piece of meat."
He looked for it but it was gone. "Now I have nothing," he cried. In this way the dog learned a lesson. It is not good to be greedy.

The End!

Senait Mareligne