1000 Helping Hands Campaign
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The 1000HelpingHands Campaign aims to enlist 1000 people who have a heart for less-privileged children to give N1,000(approx. $5)monthly for the next one year to assist the Destiny Trust to sustain its work with these children.
The Destiny Trust Children Foundation is a social intervention focusing on the care, education, rehabilitation and empowerment of homeless children in Nigeria, West Africa.(www.destinytrust.org)
At the Destiny Trust, children who are either orphaned or are homeless and without a responsible guardian are admitted into a programme which provides shelter, daily feeding, healthcare, education and all the basic needs. At least 16 children per time receive this kind of support at the Trust’s residential learning and rehabilitation centre located at Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. The Trust provides more than 1,800 meals monthly to resident children and other at-risk children who come in from its host community.
In addition, the Trust runs an education programme which caters to other poor children who cannot be accommodated at the Trust’s shelter but nonetheless require educational support. This involves preparing out-of-school children for schooling, school enrolment, afterschool assistance and back-to-school support. The initial campaign in August 2014 had raised N627, 000 (approx. $2,000) benefitting 100 children through supply of uniform and school kits.
With the current uncertainties in the Nigerian economy, we imagine that the challenges of sustaining our offering to needy children could become tougher. Ironically, many more children will need the form of help rendered even more. We will be happy to continue to give poor children a chance of survival despite the changes in the economy.
The idea of the campaign is to make it more convenient for people to do good despite the strain on their personal finance. We believe that ordinary people giving the little they can afford can make a big difference.
The proceeds of the crowdfunding is intended for the Trust’s spending over a one-year period as follows:
- provision of more than 21,600 meals,
- rent of the shelter for street children at Ibeju-Lekki,
- healthcare for 16 resident children
-1000 school kits to enrol or help children get back to school,
-books for the resident children enrolled in private school
-facility upgrade in one of the under-resourced schools attended by children in communities we work with
My name is Bukky Shaba and i'm currently studying for my master's degree in communicaton and development at Ohio University, Athens, USA. I am a volunteer at the Destiny Trust and I recently volunteered to manage this crowdfunding campaign tagged “1000HelpingHands” to support our work with street children in Lagos and will like to request your support on the campaign.
I am looking for friends and family that will commit to giving Destiny Trust N1000 (approx. $5) monthly for the next 12 months. My target is to get 1000 people to give $5 monthly to raise $5000 for the support of the homeless/underprivileged children in care of the Destiny Trust.
I will be grateful if you would also help share and promote this cause through your social media channels and blogs. The campaign will run from September 1-November 1. I am happy to answer your questions on this campaign and the Destiny Trust as an organization.
I look forward to your positive response.
The Destiny Trust Children Foundation is a social intervention focusing on the care, education, rehabilitation and empowerment of homeless children in Nigeria, West Africa.(www.destinytrust.org)
At the Destiny Trust, children who are either orphaned or are homeless and without a responsible guardian are admitted into a programme which provides shelter, daily feeding, healthcare, education and all the basic needs. At least 16 children per time receive this kind of support at the Trust’s residential learning and rehabilitation centre located at Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. The Trust provides more than 1,800 meals monthly to resident children and other at-risk children who come in from its host community.
In addition, the Trust runs an education programme which caters to other poor children who cannot be accommodated at the Trust’s shelter but nonetheless require educational support. This involves preparing out-of-school children for schooling, school enrolment, afterschool assistance and back-to-school support. The initial campaign in August 2014 had raised N627, 000 (approx. $2,000) benefitting 100 children through supply of uniform and school kits.
With the current uncertainties in the Nigerian economy, we imagine that the challenges of sustaining our offering to needy children could become tougher. Ironically, many more children will need the form of help rendered even more. We will be happy to continue to give poor children a chance of survival despite the changes in the economy.
The idea of the campaign is to make it more convenient for people to do good despite the strain on their personal finance. We believe that ordinary people giving the little they can afford can make a big difference.
The proceeds of the crowdfunding is intended for the Trust’s spending over a one-year period as follows:
- provision of more than 21,600 meals,
- rent of the shelter for street children at Ibeju-Lekki,
- healthcare for 16 resident children
-1000 school kits to enrol or help children get back to school,
-books for the resident children enrolled in private school
-facility upgrade in one of the under-resourced schools attended by children in communities we work with
My name is Bukky Shaba and i'm currently studying for my master's degree in communicaton and development at Ohio University, Athens, USA. I am a volunteer at the Destiny Trust and I recently volunteered to manage this crowdfunding campaign tagged “1000HelpingHands” to support our work with street children in Lagos and will like to request your support on the campaign.
I am looking for friends and family that will commit to giving Destiny Trust N1000 (approx. $5) monthly for the next 12 months. My target is to get 1000 people to give $5 monthly to raise $5000 for the support of the homeless/underprivileged children in care of the Destiny Trust.
I will be grateful if you would also help share and promote this cause through your social media channels and blogs. The campaign will run from September 1-November 1. I am happy to answer your questions on this campaign and the Destiny Trust as an organization.
I look forward to your positive response.
Organizer
Bukky Shaba
Organizer
Athens, OH
