Visitors and Volunteers Make Aziza's Place a Brighter Place!

In March we welcomed back Co-founder Amjad Ghori who makes at least four trips per year to visit Aziza's Place. Amjad has a special relationship with all of the children and staff here and is passionate about their well-being. It is his ultimate priority to make sure they are being given the best opportunity to be safe, healthy and educated. Amjad is instrumental in our operations and development and works closely with the AP team to ensure our programs remain high-quality. He is so proud of the children's accomplishments in the three years AP has been open; from their English and computer skills, to their overall sense of selves. He is now focused on how to best shape and expand our programs to help prepare our eldest residents to pave a solid path for their future.

Along with Amjad, we are also happy to welcome Jana Doebler, Aziza's former au pair, and her friend Katharina Eckmann. Both are originally from Germany but are spending a year in Austrailia working in the architecture field. They have had a blast spending time with the kids and teaching the basics of architecture to Chiev, our current architect-in-training. Thank you Jana and Katharina for making AP a part of your life.

All at AP are thrilled to have a visit from Missy Washington who spent nearly one year at Aziza's Place as Communications Director (and art teacher, and English teacher, and more!) We have missed her presence since the day she left and we are so happy to have her back from California for two weeks. Her impact on the children and program development made an everlasting mark at AP. Rumor has it Missy is going to come back on AP staff early next year, thank goodness!

We send a heartfelt thank you to volunteer Janice Juszczak who is currently savoring her last week at AP. She has been an incredible asset and source of support for us the past three months. She taught our most advanced English class as well as our extra staff and sibling English class. She has had a great experience here and established lasting friendships with her students. Her charisma and great stories make the days brighter at AP and we thank her for her hard work and all the love she put into her time here. We are holding her to her word that she will come back to see us soon!