A thousand things. One thing. Nothing at all.
A classroom for kids in a refugee camp so they can finish their Primary level schooling at our Nakivale HOPE Primary School.
Houses for teachers so that they can:
- Live with their families, not crowded on the floor next to their colleagues
- Have a pleasant living environment, not sleep in rented rooms next to a pub
A boarding section for students in DR Congo so that they can keep attending our HOPE school in Bunia.
Staffrooms, Administration and Head Teachers offices, not essential I guess but would any teacher in Australia expect any less? Why should our schools be substandard just because they are in a different part of the world?
50 class sponsors. Class sponsors give $100 a month (or more sponsors for a smaller amount) and that money is able to pay not only a teacher but go towards the administrative cost of running a school and buying school resources, meaning that we are able to provide free or almost free education to many children.
20 individual child sponsors. Individual sponsors give $40 a month and that money goes to school costs and living expenses. Some of the kids sponsored live with relatives who can't afford to care for them, some of them live in our homes. Some of them have HIV/AIDS. Some of them have other needs. We have two boys homes in Mbarara and currently there are several boys without sponsors. More sponsors mean more boys off the streets.
People to put in capital to build a school in Kakira Sugar Works where one of our partners currently tries to care for and educate around sixty orphans. We would need a school with a boarding section. And at least 10 class sponsors. See above.
10 people (or really an unlimited number) who want to partner with what HOPE does and who are willing to donate large amounts of money with no strings attached, meaning that the money could go to any of our projects, to be used at HOPE's discretion.
People who would love to put money into the evangelism/mission arm of HOPE. This money is NOT tax deductible. But the reward I believe is greater than any tax break. This money goes into the preaching of the gospel and also an emergency medical fund.
Is that it?
Probably not.
But it would be enough.
For now.
Bless you all this Christmas.
bron
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