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Jinhua Shen (申金华 )
$195 of $195 donated
Sichuan, China
I come from a poor village. My family has no income besides a couple acres of sterile farmland. The output of our fields couldn’t even support our basic daily expenses. Because we couldn’t afford the tuition fee, I dropped out of school for one year when I was in elementary school. In order to continue my education, I did some labor, and my father borrowed a little money from his relatives and neighbors. My elementary school was three hours away from my home, and the bus ride took two hours. I had little money for other expenses like food. I usually skipped meals at school and stayed hungry. Day by day, I went hungry until I graduated from elementary school. Eventually, I got accepted by the County Middle School. Holding the admission letter, I was so happy, but only for a while. My father told me that he couldn’t afford to pay for my tuition fees. I worked hard during that summer and tried to earn enough money to be able to attend. Unfortunately, I still didn’t have enough ...
Lillian Aero Olok
$300 of $300 donated
Amuru, Uganda
Lillian is a student in Educate!’s Socially Responsible Leadership Course that focuses on the entrepreneurial and leadership skills students need to find solutions to poverty, violence, disease and environmental degradation. Educate! trains teachers who become mentors to their students (like Lillian), building powerful relationships that give youth the confidence to lead change. The mentor also facilitates the Educate! Social Entrepreneurship Club that gives students like Lillian practical business skills while aiming to solve a community need. The amount requested covers the cost of training, salary and transportation for the Educate! mentor, as well as all materials/handouts/textbooks provided in the Socially Responsible Leadership Course. An orphan from a young age, Lillian had to drop out of school when she became pregnant. This became a turning point in her life. The struggle she went through pushed her to become an inspiring leader and mobiliser on all fronts. She developed ...
School Kitchen Construction at St. Therese Laviale
$3000 of $3000 donated
La Vallee, Haiti
This project asks the Givology community to help build a kitchen for the St. Therese Laviale School. This school is located in Haiti and provides education to some of the poorest families in the rural community of LaVallee de Jacmel. As you know, even before the earthquake, families in Haiti struggled to feed their children. It is a harsh reality that many school-age children go all day without food or clean water. The World Food Program assists in feeding the children of rural Haiti by providing meals at their schools. However, the program requires that each school have a safe storage space and a kitchen in which to cook the meals. St. Therese Laviale School does not have these facilities and thus has not been able to participate in this program. After the kitchen project is completed, approximately 250 students will receive a simple meal of rice and beans during the school day. For some, this is the most nutritious meal of their day. All of the materials needed for this project wi...
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