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Mwesigwa Benon
$5 of $360 donated
Kampala, Uganda
Until this year I lived with my family in a remote village in the northern part of Uganda. I came to Peace School six months ago. I had never been to school before. After my father died, Mrs. Oliver, who is a teacher at the School, brought me here. She was a friend of my father. I now live at Peace School with 14 other boys in the Boy’s Dormitory. During the holidays I go back to my village and stay with my grandfather. I miss my family a lot. It is good to see my mother, brothers and sister. My family speaks Swahili and it has been difficult to learn English and attend a school where classes are taught in English. My favorite subject is math. Thank you for helping me to get a good education. Note: Peace Nursery and Primary School is a private school serving orphans and other children unable to afford the costs of attending public schools. As such, it receives no funding from public sources. Located in a suburb of Uganda’s capital city Kampala, the school is in a hig...
Johanna Alejandra
$50 of $350 donated
Norte y Gütierrez, Colombia
My name is Johanna Alejandra. I am from El Cocuy, Boyaca State. I was born on February 24, 1995. My family includes my mother Gladys, my father Hugo, my twin brothers Carlos and Manuel, and my younger brother Sergio. My twin brothers were born prematurely and caught severe cases of pneumonia. We thought they were not going to survive; however, thanks to God they are now 11 years old. When I was two years old I fell from a second floor and suffered a traumatic brain injury. However, after medical treatment I completely recovered. My family’s income comes from my mother’s job. She works as secretary at the town’s high school. She has been working there for 15 years now. My father does not have a full time job. He sometimes works repairing cars. My mother is currently paying a mortgage for the house where we are living. The house where we live only has the lock up stage. Every month, my mother pays the mortgage, school expenses for the four of us and living expenses from her sala...
Paola Alejandra
$25 of $350 donated
Bogota, Colombia
My name is Paola Alejandra. I am 14 years old. I was born in Bogotá, Colombia, South America. My family is made up of my mother, my father, one sister and three brothers. My youngest brother, my younger sister and I are studying now. I am in 8th grade. I study at the Francisco Antonio Zea School. I study in the afternoon. At school I have good teachers that help me to become a better person. Currently we live in Usme neighborhood, a place located in southern Bogota. Usme has a lot of problems related to drugs, alcoholism, gangs, between others. However, I have good friends and get along with my neighbors very well. On my spare time I like to play soccer and help my mother with chores. My dream is to finish high school and go to college to get a degree in psychology. I want to be a psychologist and help children. I like this career because I have qualities that fit this profession. One of these qualities is that I like to listen to people. I like giving advice to others so they do n...
Teacher Training and Support - Ms. Sania
$490 of $490 donated
Punjab, Pakistan
Ms. Sania of age 22 years is working as school teacher with SHEED Society from last five years. Her education is matriculation (continued to stay and teach in the same institution). She was brought up in red light area Lahore by her parents and knew the situation of the children of the sex workers. She also has witnessed that many of young girls of the sex workers were forced by their mothers and acre takers in the prostitution only because they were not provided opportunity of the education and had no other choices for income. She says “I joined the SHEED Society only because of the reasons that SHEED is committed to work for the rights of the female sex workers and their children. After joining the SHEED society I am able to contribute for the efforts the education of the children. The students of my class now have dream to become TV artists, Teachers, Doctors, Managers etc but none of them says that they will be a prostitute in future. These outcomes give me much satisfaction a...
School Reconstruction in La Vallee
$2500 of $2500 donated
Sud East, Haiti
An earthquake registering over 7.0 on the Magnitude scale has devastated the country of Haiti. Almost 100% of the schools in the earthquake zone have been damaged or destroyed. Due to the instability of all the buildings, the Haitian students are without schools and many of them have been left homeless, forced to live outside. Almost every Haitian citizen has been affected by this tragedy. Many of the families in La Valle have lost loved ones. A large number of those dead have been children attending schools in Port Au Prince or the surrounding area. Due to the overwhelming numbers of dead buried in mass graves, many of these families will never know what has happened to their children. This project will be dedicated to the rebuilding and repairing of the schools in the La Valle/Jacmel region of Haiti in order to provide hope for Haiti’s future. [The project profile picture shows the high school before the earthquake.]
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