Greetings from Soroti, Uganda!
We have been busy with various projects here in
Soroti and at our high school Beacon of Hope.
Marc has also been very busy with meeting local church leadership in
hopes of creating a partnership on Malaria projects.
I’m writing today to present an opportunity to
meet a very real and present need for many of our students at Beacon.
The students at Beacon of Hope School here in
Soroti, Uganda are an amazing group.
These young women and men are always smiling, full of energy, extremely
motivated, and very hardworking. They
are focused on making a brighter future for themselves and their nation through
education, despite the fact that many of them have had to overcome unbelievable
hardship and personal trauma to get to this point in their young lives.
This year, the staff has identified a number of
students who have come to school without necessary personal care items…these
include soap, laundry detergent (the students all hand wash their own laundry
on Saturdays), and sanitary pads. Because of last year's drought, many
families in this part of Uganda have suffered economically and could not afford to provide these items for their young
scholars.
In order to meet these needs of approximately 350
students (boys and girls included), we need to raise about $3,000. We have identified a donor who is willing to
match up to $1,500 in order to meet this need, so every dollar you contribute
is actually two dollars towards our goal. Your financial support would help provide a student with the gift of dignity and hygiene for the school year. (If, by the grace of God, we earn
more than is needed to cover all of the personal care needs, all additional
money will be used to meet other direct needs at the school…think bed nets,
indoor residual spraying for mosquitoes, school supplies, etc…)
We are hoping to raise enough money by March 25th to ensure that these
students have what they need to stay healthy, clean, and happy for the
remainder of the school year. Would you
consider helping?
To donate online go to the Pilgrim Africa page...
From here, choose the Beacon School option. (For my Canadian friends…the site doesn’t work
as smoothly when entering your address.
But spare not—it will accept your details!)
Thank you so much for your consideration…it
really does mean the world to these students!
Want to read more about Beacon? Here’s the link…
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| An amazing group of young ladies |
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| The girls dorms. Note they are triple decker bunk beds! |
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| Snack time at school |
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