It's a long time since my last update. We have been moving forward step by step. I have learned that it is so much harder than I thought it was to get a charity up and running. I understand now that one cannot just sort out all problems overnight but the charity grows day by day.
Well a quick update on Nyasha and her siblings. They eventually got into school sponsored by a church organisation. She came over to tell me. And the good thing is that I have not seen her or her siblings begging of late and thats a good thing. I have also learned that there are many charities / trust funds that have been set up all over Zimbabwe. The challenge however, is to be affective, to make a difference and not lie dormant.
We have a young girl that is starting school in the second term. We will call her Elizabeth although that's not her real name. Elizabeth is a vulnerable child. She lost her mother some years ago and had to stay with her aunt. After starting secondary school she got pregnant at 13 years of age and was sent by her aunt to stay at her boyfriends rural home. She gave birth to a little girl who lived for only a week.
Having lost her baby and with a boyfriend that was obviously not interested in her she decided to return to her aunts house. She has decided that she wants to go back to school and approached us for funding. We have decided to sponsor her and give her a brighter future.
The country is full of young girls who fall prey to older men because they many times have no source of income and think they are running for a better life. In reality these men are struggling themselves but to a young girl who has nothing they seem like they are the answer. My hope is that we can begin to empower these young women to know that there are other ways to survive and that they must perservere with their education because it will open so many doors for them.
We have also decided to steer the focus of the organisation to building libraries as well as sponsor school fees. There is a need to encourage a reading culture. Exposure to books and computers opens up a whole world for each person.
So if there is anyone out there who would like to donate books we would really appreciate it.
Until next time, stay blessed.
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That is such good news about Elizabeth. Bright Minds Bright Future are sowing a seed into her life. She will see the imapact when she graduates !! I will be sending you some books soon. One of them will be the biography by Donald Woods called Biko. It is his account of the black activisits Steve Biko's life. It will be a good educational book. I will also send some good fiction like To kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee and the Fading Sun by Zimabawe's David Mungoshi. Keep up the good work. Bit by bit, your library will grow. Then you can hire a reading room where people come to read books newspapers but not allowed to borrow. When you are larger, people can begin to borrow.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. We really do need books that will inspire people and be role models.
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