The genesis of the One Person Project was at her mother’s deathbed.

“Have no regrets in life” were among her mother’s last words as she lay dying from breast cancer.

Nineteen years later, the project has produced 17 trips to Tanzania, six cargo containers and the creation of a not-for-profit society that funds an orphanage, as well as delivered books, clothing and other supplies, funded education and provided teaching and much needed medical supplies.

My social media is limited to a Facebook account that I routinely check and read about other people’s lives. I must confess, during the dark overcast winter months in the Okanagan I have spent more time on my Facebook account that I like to admit.

Our modern secular world is rife with bad, gloomy and negative information and news. It is nice to hear or read about something positive and uplifting amid the chaos of modern life. The One Person Project is such a story, one I stumbled across this winter on my FB account.

Peter was a childhood friend from my hometown and is a friend on Facebook. His account was tagged with Brenda’s the One Person Project visit to Tanzania this winter. It was a refreshing breath of fresh air to read about........

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