Help Improve Our Swazi Community
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Sanibonani (hello everyone)!
My daughter is a a volunteer living and working in the rural community of Nkwene in the tiny country of Swaziland. This is her home:

She has been here for 15 months, and although I have been able to receive some grant funding, there is still a ton of work to do. As the country with the highest HIV rate in the world, a large population of the youth has become orphaned or vulnerable. Much of her work does not require funding, such as engaging the primary school students during English class, working with a high school girls empowerment club and educating the young men of the community on sexual reproductive health, financial literacy, and respecting women.
Yet, some of her more ambitious projects do require funding. Her community has worked very hard to establish a preschool, as the importance of Early Childhood Education is a newer concept here. She was able to receive grant funding to purchase furniture, mats and educational tools for the preschool, completely improving the learning atmosphere.
Now She's ready to do more. I would like your help to raise the funds necessary to plaster the school building so a local artist organization can come paint beautiful and vibrant murals and educational pictures on the building and in the classroom. Here is the building as it looks now:

Nkwene could use some color and this will bring an incredible sense of pride to everyone. I would also like to use the money raised on completing an outdoor kitchen so the school will be able to provide the students a nutritional lunch, instead of the couple slices of bread the families of these children are able to afford.
These are the top two priorities, as this is the last phase of the preschool renovation, but the opportunities to improve the lives of these most welcoming and amazing people are endless. The more we raise, the more we can do. Additional projects can include the start-up money needed for an income generating project for the grandmothers of the community, a community garden to improve nutritional intake, and many more. Even your ideas, or where you'd like your donation to go is welcome! She lives on very little there, yet she wants to do so much. And with your help, we can do it together!
Anyone who donates $100 or more will receive a personal thank you card from her students!
Thanks for reading and please consider this, you will know exactly where your money is going.
My daughter is a a volunteer living and working in the rural community of Nkwene in the tiny country of Swaziland. This is her home:
She has been here for 15 months, and although I have been able to receive some grant funding, there is still a ton of work to do. As the country with the highest HIV rate in the world, a large population of the youth has become orphaned or vulnerable. Much of her work does not require funding, such as engaging the primary school students during English class, working with a high school girls empowerment club and educating the young men of the community on sexual reproductive health, financial literacy, and respecting women.
Yet, some of her more ambitious projects do require funding. Her community has worked very hard to establish a preschool, as the importance of Early Childhood Education is a newer concept here. She was able to receive grant funding to purchase furniture, mats and educational tools for the preschool, completely improving the learning atmosphere.
Now She's ready to do more. I would like your help to raise the funds necessary to plaster the school building so a local artist organization can come paint beautiful and vibrant murals and educational pictures on the building and in the classroom. Here is the building as it looks now:Nkwene could use some color and this will bring an incredible sense of pride to everyone. I would also like to use the money raised on completing an outdoor kitchen so the school will be able to provide the students a nutritional lunch, instead of the couple slices of bread the families of these children are able to afford.
These are the top two priorities, as this is the last phase of the preschool renovation, but the opportunities to improve the lives of these most welcoming and amazing people are endless. The more we raise, the more we can do. Additional projects can include the start-up money needed for an income generating project for the grandmothers of the community, a community garden to improve nutritional intake, and many more. Even your ideas, or where you'd like your donation to go is welcome! She lives on very little there, yet she wants to do so much. And with your help, we can do it together! Anyone who donates $100 or more will receive a personal thank you card from her students!
Thanks for reading and please consider this, you will know exactly where your money is going.
Organizer
Donna Panz
Organizer
East Providence, RI
