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Jamii Community Holiday Fundraising

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This holiday season I'm asking my friends and family to consider donating to Jamii Community Village Seme instead of giving me birthday, Thanksgiving, Chanukah or Christmas presents.

In 2011, my boyfriend Joab Omondi was inspired to start an organization that would provide housing and care for adults with intellectual disabilities in his hometown in Seme, Kenya. Since then he has been working tirelessly towards this goal. He has been studying in Germany and will attain his certificate in Curative Education Therapy in July 2015. He has created a plan for his organization, officially registered it as a Community-Based Organization (CBO) in Kenya, and gathered support from friends and colleagues in Germany and Kenya to begin fundraising efforts.

I have personally become more and more involved in this effort, helping to draft and translate our project proposal, creating a website for the organization, and becoming a member of our German fundraising organization "Förderverein Jamii e.V."

I am deeply invested in the success of this project, whose real significance lies outside of my private life. Support for  people with intellectual disabilities in Kenya is still scarce, and government programs and NGOs are not yet doing enough. I believe that the greatest strength of this project lies in Joab's knowledge of and commitment to his community, and his conviction that people with intellectual disabilities are capable of far more than they often have the opportunity to realize.

Jamii Community is planned as a residential home for adults with intellectual disabilities. Right now, we are raising startup capital to cover expenses such as acquiring land and building structures. This modest Go Fund Me campaign is how I feel that I can contribute to the fundraising effort, and I want to thank you for helping me towards this goal. I believe that it is only with the support of our friends, families and communities that this project will succeed.

Thank you for your support.
Elizabeth

Organizer

Elizabeth R. Mealey
Organizer
Medford, MA

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