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We believe the richest experience we can have is giving of ourselves without the expectation of return.

Our board members are all volunteers. None of them receive a salary. In Tanzania, they work with students and teachers. In the US they raise funds, run in-kind drives, hold fundraisers, meet with individuals and groups to tell our story, design our materials, and handle a myriad of administrative tasks facing a US organization working internationally.

Orphanage Boys

Maasai Girls

Sponsorship

Mobile Library

Teacher Training

Partners

Mary Dupont

Founder, President, Treasurer, Chair

An attorney and CPA, Mary is a retired partner of KPMG, LLP, the global accounting firm. She is a founding partner and managing director of Whittier Associates, a family investment firm; a member of the Boston College Law School Board of Overseers; and the former CEO and Board Chairperson of The Jim Arden Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps Tanzanian orphans. She is also a former board member of a number of other non-profit organizations, including the United Way of Westchester and Putnam and the Westchester Council for the Arts, both located in New York.

Sheryl Seyfert

Founder, Vice President, Grants Director

Sheryl is a retired marketing and public relations executive who, most recently, worked for Nauset, Inc., a non-profit organization for disabled adults. She also worked as a journalist, writing for the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald. She is a current board member, director of in-kind programs and volunteer with The Jim Arden Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps Tanzanian orphans.

Bebe Dudley

Founder, Literacy Pogram Coordinator

Bebe is a retired public school educator. She is very active in her community, serving as the volunteer secretary for the Christian Activities Council; a puppet ministry and conference delegate for Buckingham Church in Glastonbury, CT; and the coordinator for the Milner School tutoring program. She is also a member of the Friends of the Library in Hebron, CT and and a board member and volunteer with The Jim Arden Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps Tanzanian orphans.

Fred Dudley

Founder, Volunteer Program Coordinator

Fred is a retired Vice-President of Marketing and Sales at Gerber Scientific, a board member and volunteer with The Jim Arden Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps Tanzanian orphans and a board member of Heads Up! Hartford Operations. He is also the Chairman of Christian Outreach of Buckingham Church in Glastonbury, CT.

Robert Decelles

Corporate Secretary

An attorney and CPA, Bob is a retired partner of KPMG, LLP, the global accounting firm; a founding partner and managing director of Whittier Associates, a family investment firm; a member of the Boston College Law School Board of Overseers; and a past board member of a number of non-profit organizations including The Boys and Girls Club of New York and the International Center in New York.

Dennis Conry

Volunteer Counsel

An attorney licensed to practice before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the United States District Court, Dennis is the founder of Conry Law, a legal firm located in Wareham, MA. He is a current member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, a former member of the Executive Committee of the Plymouth County Bar Association, and a former pro-bono advocate for the Plymouth County Bar Association.

Katherine Decelles

Orphanage Boys Scholarship Coordinator

A CPA, Katherine is a senior associate at KPMG, LLP, the global accounting firm. She is a member of the board and Treasurer of The Jim Arden Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps Tanzanian orphans, and an annual volunteer at the TACODA Children's Center in Arusha, Tanzania.

Isaya Lukumay

Maasai Girls Scholarship Coordinator

A leader and organizer in the Maasai community in Tanzania, Isaya was responsible for bringing the priceless gift of fresh water to his remote village of Eluai. He was the first Maasai warrior to work in a UN sponsored HIV/AIDS awareness program in his community, to run in a London marathon and to be invited to the United States Military Academy at West Point where he was recognized and honored by the entire cadet brigaide. He presently lives in the US where he is a student as well as an employee of CVS Pharmacy.