In 2007 Roger and Derrik enjoyed a full safari with Muchinga Adventures and proprietor Johnny DuPlooy in the Luangwa River Valley, Kafue Flats, and Tondwa Crater. Roger and Derrik wished to assist the nearby villages as part of their experience. Working with Johnny’s wife Laura, they...
Although now disbanded, Colorado Ghana Children’s Fund/Chosen Souls was a Colorado based organization founded in 2003 by Ghanaians who attended University of Denver. Their goal was to assist a Ghanaian charity, Chosen Souls, in their mission to get school age children off the streets and...
Foundations receive many grant requests. We do our very best to read all of them and seriously consider the merits of each. Some fit well and others not at all. It was clear from the outset that Madina Village School and Bobby and Francis Mustafa...
FFF became involved with Gotta Have Hope in 2013 when an old friend of Roger’s named Dave Jensen introduced him to the courageous work of the small, yet impactful organization. Dave had sent Roger an email briefly explaining the type of projects that Gotta Have...
FFF became involved with Six Degrees of Separation in 2017. The organization was founded by a group of women following the January 2010 earthquake that caused severe devastation in Haiti. After realizing first hand the negative side of bureaucracy that can happen with large scale...
In 2014, Michael was introduced to Kakenya’s story through a colleague who had been impressed with her TED talk. Michael was so moved by what he heard that he continued to dig a little deeper to learn more about her mission and vision and subsequently,...
FFF was originally introduced to the plight of Rwandan students in 2011 through a college friend of Derrik’s named JJ. Although intrigued by the initial conversation, and the story that JJ told of his bright, young friends back in Rwanda who lacked the money to...
Africaid was founded by a bold 16-year old, Ashley Shuyler from Denver, Colorado, following a life-changing trip to Tanzania in 2001. During that trip, she realized that there were so many young women without any educational opportunities and decided to do something about it. She...
