Give the gift of EDUCATION and give a child HOPE!
Last January, thanks to a very generous donation, we had the amazing opportunity to put every single school-age child at our carepoint in Swaziland in school for the year. Putting 112 children in school was a feat we never dreamed we could accomplish, and the results were inspiring. In March, we got a chance to see first-hand the effect it had on the children, their families, and the community of Nsoko. It gave them RELIEF. It gave them JOY. It gave them HOPE. It gave them the promise of a BETTER FUTURE.
Swaziland School Fees from The Sound of Hope on Vimeo.
You see, these precious little boys and girls lead very difficult lives. They live in a country with the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the world, and one of the highest death rates in the world. A country with up to 70% unemployment, and staggering numbers of people living in poverty. Each and every one of these precious children are fighting for their future against astounding odds. And each and every one of them have a dream.
But they can’t accomplish their dreams if they can’t go to school.
School fees in Swaziland are expensive, and so are exam fees, and school uniforms. Many families go hungry, just so they can afford to send one of their children to school. Often, little girls will sell their bodies to older men, just because they promise to pay their school fees.
It is no stretch of the imagination to say that for these kids – attending school is a matter of LIFE and DEATH.
So today, I am asking you – begging you – to help us put these children back in school for this year. I am asking you to respond to this need today, and to give generously! Give $25 to help a child buy a uniform. Give $50 to help a child go to school. Give $100 to save a life. Give these children the gift of EDUCATION, and you will give them the gift of LIFE, HOPE, and a FUTURE.
We still have $9,275 to go to meet this need, and the funds are due by the end of January. Believe me when I say, there is no better way you could spend your money, than to invest in the lives of these little boys and girls! So what are you waiting for? Please GIVE NOW!
**Want to learn more about the plight of these children in Swaziland, and what The Sound of Hope is doing about it? Check out our Swaziland page here!<