I'd like to take this moment to put in a plug for my school here in Mombasa. At Olives Rehabilitation Center we are starting a new year with even more kids, which is great. We are helping to give 100 more kids a chance (we have 410 kids now!). Unfortunately this means that we need even more financial support. It doesn't take much by American standards to make a big impact. It takes just 94 cents to provide lunch for one kid for an entire month and about 17 cents to provide water for that same kid each month. These, along with textbooks, are two of our biggest needs right now.
We are also saving money to buy land so that we no longer have to worry about rent, which will free up future funds for these recurring needs. We are about a third of the way there, woot! To read more about the land fund, check out this link: http://www.gvi.co.uk/blog/mombasa/olives-land-fund-needs-your-help .
Our goal, as with every G.V.I. project, is for the school to eventually be self-sustainable. We are currently working on getting an income-generating project underway. Until we get there, the help of any and all donors is much appreciated.
If you would like to make a donation, you can go here: http://www.gvi.org/education-support-for-disadvantaged-children-in-kenya or let me know via the comments section, Facebook or my email wood.kimberlymarie (at) gmail dot com. You can do this as a one-time donation, or maybe you can find a few dollars in your monthly budget to put toward a good cause. If you have any questions or want any more information, just let me know, I'm happy to answer anything you'd like to know!
Ok, shameless plug over. I promise not to make this a habit.
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