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<div>4/15 Video Update - 5 days out! FINAL PUSH (plus what we're going to do with the funds we've already raised and what we will do if we hit the final $3k! 
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<div><strong>Keep the Fight Alive. Give Freetown a Future.</strong>
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<div>In just three years, a synthetic drug called Kush has swept through Freetown, Sierra Leone—turning vibrant young men into addicts, outcasts, and casualties.
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<div>Families are desperate.
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<div>Rehab doesn’t exist.
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<div>In some places, the only “treatment” is chaining people inside a room for days, hoping they survive withdrawal.
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<div>And now—horrifying reports confirm—human bones are being ground up and mixed into this drug.
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<div>Sierra Leone has survived civil war and Ebola…But Kush is threatening to wipe out the country’s future—targeting boys as young as 13.
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<div><strong>Why We’re Raising $10,000 — and Why It Matters Right Now</strong>
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<div>We’re partnering with <em>Sahid Bangura </em>— a local leader who has spent the last seven years on the ground, fighting substance abuse, mental health challenges, and walking alongside some of Sierra Leone’s most vulnerable youth.
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<div>But over the last three years, the rise of Kush has taken this crisis to an entirely new level — <em>faster and deadlier than anyone imagined.</em>
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<div>Sahid is not alone—others are trying to fight back—but the need is overwhelming.
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<div><strong>Your donation helps us fund this first critical step—giving Sahid and his team the capacity to:</strong>
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<div>✅ Launch community interventions in four of the hardest-hit neighborhoods
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<div>✅ Train volunteers from within these communities
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<div>✅ Run education campaigns in churches, mosques, and schools
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<div>✅ Amplify the voices of those living through this crisis—so the world sees what’s happening
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<div>✅ Fund the work—so Sahid and his team aren’t forced to choose between survival and serving the community
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<div><strong>Why Now?</strong>
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<div>Every week, more boys are lost.
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<div>Every day, more families collapse.
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<div>The scale of this crisis is bigger than any one group—but this is where we start.
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<div><strong><em>We’re planting a seed. We’re building capacity. We’re showing up.</em></strong>
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<div>And with your help—we can take this first step together.
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<div><strong>Where Your Money Goes</strong>
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<div>✔ $25 – Pays for educational materials for 50 students
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<div>✔ $50 – Supports a community engagement session
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<div>✔ $100 – Trains a local volunteer to mentor at-risk youth
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<div>✔ $500 – Funds a full outreach event in one neighborhood
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<div><strong>Giving God the Glory</strong>
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<div>We believe this work is bigger than any one person or organization.Our hearts—and this mission—are rooted in our faith.
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<div>We believe God sees every boy trapped in this epidemic. Every grieving parent. Every life still worth saving.
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<div>We trust that it is by God’s grace — and through people like you — that change is possible.
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<div>All glory to God—who moves hearts, redeems lives, and makes a way where there is no way.
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<div><strong>This Is Only the Beginning — But Together, We Can Do Something That Matters</strong>
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<div>We believe in the people of Sierra Leone.We believe there’s still time to act—and stop this epidemic from stealing another generation.
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<div><strong>Please—donate. Share. Pray. Act.</strong>
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<div>This is your chance to say: We didn’t look away.
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<div><strong> Want to Learn More?</strong>
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<div>This crisis is real. Below are verified news reports and documentaries that informed this campaign. If you’re skeptical — read and watch these:
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<div>BBC News — Sierra Leone declares emergency over drug kush (made from human bones)
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<div><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68742694" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68742694" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68742694</a></a>
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<div>NPR — Cheap, plentiful and devastating: The synthetic drug kush is walloping Sierra Leone
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<div><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/02/10/1229662975/kush-synthetic-drug-sierra-leone" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/02/10/1229662975/kush-synthetic-drug-sierra-leone" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/02/10/1229662975/kush-synthetic-drug-sierra-leone</a></a>
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<div>Clingendael — Deadly drug Kush haunts West Africa
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<div><a href="https://www.clingendael.org/news/deadly-drug-kush-haunts-west-africa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.clingendael.org/news/deadly-drug-kush-haunts-west-africa" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.clingendael.org/news/deadly-drug-kush-haunts-west-africa</a></a>
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<div>NL Times — Netherlands is the main source of synthetic drug Kush in Sierra Leone
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<div><a href="https://nltimes.nl/2025/02/25/netherlands-main-source-synthetic-drug-kush-sierra-leone" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://nltimes.nl/2025/02/25/netherlands-main-source-synthetic-drug-kush-sierra-leone" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://nltimes.nl/2025/02/25/netherlands-main-source-synthetic-drug-kush-sierra-leone</a></a>
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<div>Clingendael — Kush in Sierra Leone: West-Africa's growing synthetic drugs challenge and Europe’s and China’s part in it
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<div><a href="https://www.clingendael.org/publication/kush-sierra-leone-west-africas-growing-synthetic-drugs-challenge-and-europes-and-chinas-part-it" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.clingendael.org/publication/kush-sierra-leone-west-africas-growing-synthetic-drugs-challenge-and-europes-and-chinas-part-it" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.clingendael.org/publication/kush-sierra-leone-west-africas-growing-synthetic-drugs-challenge-and-europes-and-chinas-part-it</a></a>
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<div>AP News — A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There’s little help, and some people are chained
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<div><a href="https://apnews.com/article/sierra-leone-drug-addiction-0e04dee6f4f471c9cf732e63d5b37bcb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/sierra-leone-drug-addiction-0e04dee6f4f471c9cf732e63d5b37bcb" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://apnews.com/article/sierra-leone-drug-addiction-0e04dee6f4f471c9cf732e63d5b37bcb</a></a>
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<div>The Guardian — The deadly drug 'mixed with human bones': Sierra Leone’s war on kush (Video)
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<div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFWOC0vAux0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFWOC0vAux0" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFWOC0vAux0</a></a>
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<div>Channel 4 News — Drug mixed with human bones ravaging Sierra Leone (Video)
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<div>Voice of America — Generation Kush Documentary (S3, E25) (Video)
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<div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYgXzbNrf9o" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYgXzbNrf9o" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYgXzbNrf9o</a></a>
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<div><em>We want you to see it for yourself.</em>
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<div>Thank you and God bless.
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