FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE SANNEH FOUNDATION RECEIVES $450,000 FROM OTTO BREMER TRUST St. Paul, MN. (November 25, 2019) – The Sanneh Foundation (TSF) is pleased to announce the award of $450,000 in grant support from the Otto Bremer Trust. This major multi-year investment will provide general operating support for TSF’s work in all the places St. Paul families live, learn, work, and play. This new round of funding builds on six years of investments in…
Read MoreSign up to help us sort donated gear on October 6 so we can send it to kids who need it in Haiti. Join TSF staff and other volunteers for a fun service day at Conway Community Center. We’ll provide food and have the football and MN United games on the big screens. Help us get all the awesome gear that has been donated ready to go so kids in Haiti and beyond can get in the game!
Read MoreWritten by Alex Streitz On August 20th, Comcast came to Conway to meet with TSF and the children of the community in order to announce the expansion of their Internet Essentials program in public schools and libraries, as well as give away laptops to all the families in attendance and backpacks to each of the kids. This is a heart-warming occurrence even at surface value, but what lies underneath is what is integral to TSF’s…
Read MoreOn Friday, August 9th, TSF partner U.S. Bank welcomed student leaders from The Sanneh Foundation to their corporate headquarters.
Read MoreTony Sanneh’s FSN Interview Jamie Watson interviewing Tony Sanneh during the FSN halftime broadcast of the 5/22 MN United vs. Hertha Berlin match Sanneh FSN interview from The Sanneh Foundation on Vimeo.
Read MoreCommitment to the Community Dear neighbors, Tomorrow and Wednesday our Conway Community Center will be open for all from 11 am – 7 pm. At 4 pm every day we serve dinner thanks to our volunteers and staff. It’s one of the reasons I relocated The Sanneh Foundation administrative offices to keep us connected to the community we serve. We promise to provide a safe, warm community space on the East Side of St. Paul…
Read MoreJune Haiti Impact Trip Day 5 Our trip has been a wonderful mix of HI programs and visiting different areas of Haiti. Today we drove to Saut D’eau, a beautiful waterfall not too far from Port-au-Prince. Though only 10 miles as the crow flies from our guest house to the waterfall, it took us 2 hours to get there because we went the long way to stay on paved roads. When we arrived we walked…
Read MoreJune Haiti Impact Trip Day 4 – Hannah & Kendra Greetings from Haiti on day 4! Hannah and Kendra here with your quick update for the day! This morning we went to Papillion which is a Haitian run coffee shop and gift store that aims to keep families together by offering a living wage and daycare for their kids. We took a tour of their facility and saw how they made all their products. After…
Read MoreJune Haiti Impact Trip Day 3 We are heading back after an awesome day. We went to an artisan neighborhood this morning where they work with metal. The work was beautiful and we all got some trinkets This afternoon we were back at HI and we taught English and played with the kids. They were rockstars and we were mobbed for photos. The highlight was of the afternoon was the game we played against their…
Read MoreJune Haiti Impact Trip Day 2 To begin the day we started by driving through Port-au-Prince. Then, we went to the history museum and learned about the past and culture of Haiti. The second place we drove to was Cité Soleil, this was much different from Port-au-Prince. Cité Soleil was completely covered with garbage not just in some places, but also everything was much more compact and had a lot going on. Now for the…
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