Daraja Circles

Our Founding Donors

We are particularly indebted to our original donors – the generous few that believed in our vision to build that first bridge for our girls. Without them we would not be here.

Elsie Carr

Karen and Jack Doherty

Do A Little Foundation

Christa and Robert Savala

Tumaini Circle = Hope ($10,000 and above)

Each donor listed here gives hope — not only to the girls they support with their generosity but also hope to their families, their communities and their nation.

Alison Fuller
Kathleen and Steve Gaughran
Lee Ann and Hugo Patterson
Lisa and Kevin Rodondi
The Siebel Foundation
The Thornhill Foundation

Wakati Ujao Circle = Future ($5,000, 9,999)

These generous donors provide the key to open doors and greatly enhance the future for our promising students.

Paula Cordeiro
Diane and Rod Dammeyer
Stephanie Danforth
Jack Velps and Nancy Hanssen
Michaela Hoag
Mary and Carl Lukach
Suzanne and Scott Montgomery

Omidyar Network, Inc.
Vivienne and Mo Virani

Busara Circle = Wisdom ($2,500)

Each of these donors make a gift that sponsors a girl for an entire year including, tuition, school supplies, uniforms, food, medical care and more.

Annie and Steve Bowman

Pia Pagh & Friends
Stephanie Danforth
Joanne Hom and Steve Disenhof
Mary Ann and Thomas Herbert
Peggy Hetherington
David Lee
Kirsty and Tim Mooney
Amanda and Brandon Onstott
Barbara Rick and Jim Anderson
Julie and Malcolm Whyte
Karen and Malcolm Whyte

Hakimu Circle = Leader ($1,000-2,499)

Each of these donors helps to keep Daraja going and inspire others to follow their lead.

The Bannick Family

Lisa and Michael Blanchette

Shelly and Sheldon Bloom
Carr Cavendar
Ellen Cutler
Caroline and Kit Everts
Marjorie Grevious and Lisa Robinson
Susan and Monty Hardy
Carolyn Ireland
Paula Kamena
Gail and Fred Kittler
Craig Lanway

Eliza and Chase Lape
Amy and Rick Magnuson
Cathleen McCafferty
Margaret and William Montgomery
Cheryl Moser
Louis & Flori Petri Foundation
Pyne Family Foundation
Gayatri Rocherolle
Carol Scarioni
The Whitfield Foundation
Jane and Craig Williams

Mpsaidia = Supporters (Below $1,000)

Mipsaidia refers to “all who aided” or “all who helped.” These supporters, hundreds strong, help to ensure that our girls are well fed, that they receive medical care, that they have books and supplies and so much more.

Mariam Ahmadian
Mercy Albaran
Grace Altenau
Viviana Alexandrowicz
Zahra Ammari
Carol Anderson
Katy Anderson
Linda Anderson
Patrick Aquino
Patricia Armstrong

Susan August
Mehran and Maijeh Ayat
Minoo Ayat
Ken Bacon and Ann Marie Constanza
Patricia Barroga
Lisa and Maddie Barto
Michele Barton
Carol Bason
Lyda Beardsley
Georgia Belaire

John Bell
Philip Benezra
Susan Berkhout
Jean Bertrand
Bob and Jane Bessin
William Blackford
Victoria Bohlman
Mrs. John Bowcock
Johanna Brandiff and Mark Stefanski
Stuart Brown

Alan Brune
Shelley Buntman
Anne Cadigan
Aisha Carabello
Shawn Cartwright
Kathy Carver
Fung Yee Chan
Chrystal Chissell
Kathryn Clark
Patricia Clark

Lynne Clements
Sherri and William Coats
Anthony and Frances Coglitore
Glenda Collins
Melissa Congdon
Raelene Conkin
Pamela Conley
Tom Conneely
Kathy Coutre

James Cox
Kristen Cozad
Carman Cunningham
Kira Dahlgren Lancaster
Cathy Dahlstrom
Rouhi Davari
Theresa Dell
Edward and Jacqueline De Roche
Andra Dillard
Marjorie Disenhof

Jill Dodsworth
Sharon Dohemann
Tom and Carol Doherty
John Donnellan
Lindsey Duran
Rosemary Eagan
Catherine Enos
Melvyn and Kathleen Estey
Noelle Fetters
Amy Fletcher

Ann and Giles Florence
Kimberly and Paul Florence
Marshall Foster
Joel Franklin
Suzanne Frazer
Robin Fryday
Yasuko Fukuda
Shaul Gal-Oz
Felecia Gaston
Maureen Gaughran

Joanne Gearheard
Brian Geddes
Steve Gelb
Marjorie George
Edward and Najia Gernat
Cheryl Getz
Saeed Ghaffari
Trish and Mark Goodman
Marc and Doreen Gounard
Adelaide Green

Erica Gregory
Bill Green
Jon Groesbeck
Tony Guzman
Byron Hamby
Edward & Carole Harkins
Pamela Hart
Brook E. Hartzell
Fern Hassin
Marc Hayman

Lori Hayward
Cheryl and Ward Heneveld
Scott and Tamara Hennessey
Melissa Hernholm
Catherine and Peter Heyworth
Sherri Hogle
Holly Holter
Kenrick Hom
Sara Howard
Marjorie Hunt-Heinlein

Julie Jay
Julie Jin Huh
Mehebub and Nasim Karmali
Don Kline and Collette Sell
Karen Lafferty
Regina Lavingh
Nyla Levy
Marc Loupe and Anette Harris Loupe
Jacqueline Luckett
Patrica Jenkins

Julie Johnson
Janet Jones
Patrick and Margaret Kaye
Craig Keller
Jeffrey Kin
Ulysses King
Kathy Kinsella
Robert Koch
Audrey Koh
Carol Kornfeld

Tracy Ladd
Debra Lavin
Roger Lazarus
Judith Leeds
Elizabeth Leonard
Debra Lewis
Luci Li-Akana
Cecelia Linayao
Lofrano Family
Ryan Loney

Lucy Long
Mary Jo Looney
Emil Lovely
Donna Ludlum
Mark and Giulian Lukach
Ruth and John Lynch
Ava Mack
Jeffrey Maggioncalda
Faramarz Mahdavi
Mitra Mahdavi

Manda Makki
Jill Maling
Meredith and Thomas Mannion
RIchard Mantei
Renee Marcelle
Marin Capital Management
James McCormick
Kathleen and J. Michael McDade
Donna McGrath
Patti McGuire

Mary Brooke McPherson
Bill Merriman
Meshelle Mifsud
Jacob Mizrahi
Cecelia Mizzoni
Susan Montgomery
Jo and Tom Moore
Alexandra Morris
Margie Morrison Zivin
Michelle Mosman and Jack Hubbard

Dorothy Mott
Elizabeth Moy
Kathleen Murphy
Shashi Murthy
Behzad Nasre
Walter Nathan
Barbara Nazarewicz
Gary Neiger
Tracy Neumann
Randi Nigut

Patty Oberstar
Patricia Obidi
Michelle Paganucci
Peggy Pascal
Tom Patterson
Sally & Doug Peck
Judy Pederson
Courtney Peraza
Carter and Pamela Perez
Nancy Perrin

Long Phung
Bill and Audrey Pitts
Madeline Pratt
Louise Puleo
Reyes Quezdda
Craig Rasmussen
Diane Reed
Paula and Bob Reynolds
Vahid Rezaei

Elizabeth Ridley
Walter Robb
Keith Robinson
Durdam Rocherolle
Marshal and Christine Rosario
Gregory Rosston
Lonnie Rowell
Lorra Rudman
Cheryl Sachnoff
Paul Sack

Dee Sala
Mike Saltzman
Greg Siegman
Jeffrey Samorano
Virginia Savage
Lynn Scadden
Maija Schaefer
Garret Scholz
Dana Schornstein
Bette Schuster

Carole Segall
Deirdre Sheerin
Frank Silva
Gilbert Simonetti
Michael Sommer
Bill, Sara and Lizzie Somers
Aneena Sorenson
William Soskin
Julia Spaulding
Scott Spaulding

David Steege
Mark Stephenson
Nancy Sullivan
Susan and Ken Sutherland
Kathleen and John Swart
James Swide
Karen Swift
Vee and Tom Tabor
Lalita Tademy
Mary Rose Theis

Brian Thompson
Stuart Thompson
Alicia Torre
Bret Tovani and Mo McGrath
James and Victoria Treadwell
Kristina Tringali
Barbara Tyler
Mark Vander Ploeg
Carol Varni
Molly Venable

Richard C. Vieille
Jessamy and Imre Vizkelety
David and Sue Warner
Betty Watson
Victoria Weiss
Patrica and Burton Went
Russ Whitlark
Christine Whitney
Jackie and Andrew Whyte
Donna Wiggins

Gloria Wilson
Michael Wolfe
Dayna Wu
Jane Yates
Carol Yelton
Debra Young
Stuart Zemel
Diane Ziesing
Teresa Zucchet
Catherine Zumberge