As this unforgettable year winds down, we are asking you to help meet our remaining year-end need of $1,457.00.
This is what remains of our $20,000 year-end goal. These funds are used and needed to pay the teachers and run the school. It's our proverbial stuff of nuts and bolts, meat and potatoes. It's how we keep the doors open.
84 of you have given to us during the holidays, at a time where it would be so much easier to turn inward. Your extension of generosity has sustained our big/little school during this deeply uncertain season.
When each of us looks back at 2020, I hope we are astounded at our capacity to expand rather than constrict, to share rather than fear. You have modeled this time and time again and we are grateful.
Together, we are The Hope Project.
Surrounded by Hope.
Executive Director, Jackie Frazier, surrounds herself with HOPE and inspiration - literally. These are the photos that are now directly next to her as she works.
Pictured are the 13 graduates of Hope International now attending (two have recently graduated) university. Six will be nurses and two engineers. There is a future accountant, agriculturalist, and IT professional amongst them. Also, an economist and hopeful lawyer.
These students would not be chasing these dreams if they first had not had the opportunity to graduate from Hope International. Their hard work, the support of their teachers and families, buoyed by all of us who spur and support them...this is the alchemy of hope that makes it all possible.
Thanks to many of you, we are around $6,000.00 away from our year-end goal of $20,000. This is a significant part of our annual projected income. With your generosity, we will continue to educate 1200+ students and future graduates of HOPE.
With 2020 finally winding down, wishing you peace, health, hope and connection this holiday week even still.
Full Shelves and Full Hearts
This week we received photos of our freshly-spruced medical clinic interior and newly stocked shelves. Through a Facebook Birthday Fundraiser over $1,500.00 was raised to fill these shelves that serve so many.
The medical clinic is staffed by our on-site nurse, Sonnie Guzeh. In one month alone this year, Sonnie treated 15 cases of malaria, 10 infections, 20 common colds and 12 cases of parasites within the school and neighboring community.
Sometimes the impact of this big/little school seems ginormous. Sometimes it seems as small as a band aid. Sometimes it is both.
We are nearing the year-end and are right around $8,000.00 away from our year-end goal of $20,000. If you are looking for a way to have impact in the world that is both big and small, we would welcome your partnership.