My Nonprofit Reviews

I have known Keen Harris for well over ten years now and I am continually amazed with her energy, creativity, and vision for her work in Africa. She is always ready to give the credit to those who she encounters in her ministry, the African people themselves. Haramabee's first work was enabling particularly women to developed businesses to help their families to become self sufficient. Keen would purchase crafts, necklaces, purse, religious items ect. and bring them back to the states. All the proceeds went back to the villages.
As an educator, Keen's organization began supporting children through High School. When those students were ready to graduate she began her Grow a Doc and then Grow a Nurse program where students who graduated from medical programs supported by Harambee would pledge to go back to their community to practice. This was not a difficult pledge to make since these students had a tremendous sense of community responsibility.
Every year when Keen has returned from an African visit, she comes back with a new vision of what could be done to encourage self identity. Realizing the if a little girl did get a doll to play with (which was rare), she started collecting Black dolls to give away on her next trip. These made the recipients face light with pure joy.
Last year we donated a goat for Keen's project and received the hilarious video of the goat being transported to her home village on the back cart of a motorcycle.