Mandy Stein (EWS '09) Supports Uru Community in Tanzania

Emery/Weiner alumna Mandy Stein was just a teenager when she first went to Africa and fell in love with the people in Tanzania. While in college, she had the bold idea to help the children there get an education, and more remarkably, with the help of many Houston-area neighbors, she started a school that now supports hundreds of students, even one of whom is now a doctor.

"I believe in the power of one," Stein said. "I also know that I can't do everything, but I can do something."

Mandy Stein lives in Tanzania, but she returns home to Meyerland to visit friends and family and also to garner donations from the community, which has supported her Tanzanian school for more than a decade. This time, she'll fill a container that will ship bikes, books, clothes, and more 8,800 miles away.