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Peter Kazickas' new initiative Sprout took him back to Zimbabwe. Peter, together with his friends Aluna and Eli, plans on spending three more months teaching children coding. Right upon arrival they had a chance to be a part of the most important political transition in the country. Here are some of Peter's observations:

Basketball Power manager Arminas Vareika together with two program's coaches, Lukas Danilevicius and Arturas Serzantas, spent unforgettable two weeks with Hoops 4 Hope program in Zimbabwe.

During the visit to Lithuania, Neila Baumiliene, KFF New York office director, met with Jurbarkas Mayor Skirmantas Mockevicius to discuss opportunities for children and youth in the area. Jurbarkas regional newspaper "Šviesa" (Light) shares some highlights of their meeting:

In early November Jurate Kazickas spent a week in Lithuania. With each visit, Jurate brings many delightful ideas to Lithuania and gathers research for foundations future work. Here Jurate shares some highlights of her trip:

Peter Kazickas, the founder of Basketball Power, first visited Zimbabwe and volunteered with the Hoops4Hope program 7 years ago. He fell in love with this country and its people and kept searching for more ways to help the Zimbabwe children ever since.

On this Thanksgiving Day of 2017, all of us at the Kazickas Family Foundation would like to thank all of you who have been working hard to make this world a better, safer and more caring place for the children all around the world.

Adolfas Damusis Democracy Center invited journalist, writer, philanthropist of Lithuanian descent living in the USA, KFF director Jurate Kazickas to visit M. Martynas National Library during her stay in Lithuania. Neila Baumiliene, KFF NY office director, joined her on the tour as well.

The Kazickas Family Foundation is the Basketball Power founder and main sponsor. One of program's teams, Lentvario Motiejaus Šimelionio Gimnazija team, was honored to meet the KFF New York office director Neila Baumilienė. 

Cincinnati Emergency medicine doctor Herb Loyd and head of Emergency medicine at Cincinnati hospital Kurt Knochel can proudly announce that the first year of three year plan to expose 24 Lithuanian Physicians training in the specialty of Emergency Medicine about how to manage and direct Emergency Medicine Departments in community hospitals is done with tremendous success.

Veterans Day is a U.S. legal holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars. Great Britain, France, Australia and Canada also commemorate the veterans of World War I and II on or near November 11th: Canada has Remembrance Day, while Britain has Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday of November). In Europe, Great Britain and many other countries it is common to observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. every November 11.