Step by step

Hi all!

I know that its been a long time since I posted anything but i have not stopped working for this cause.

Elizabeth is in school and doing really well. She was at first afraid that other children would give her a hard time about having been pregnant at such a young age and losing the baby. Fortunatly through God's grace she has not faced those kinds of problems. God really is a God of second chances. She is settled back into the school system and doing well at school. She has a future!

I think what helps too is that she has has some good support from her paternal aunt. Even though the aunt cannot carry her financially she has provided her with a roof over her head and makes sure that she has food in her stomach. She is lucky because not many children have that.

There are two more children we should be taking on board for next term. It's two sisters. they are orphaned and live in a home that their parents left for them. The older child is 14 and its a child headed home. Currently there are battles with other family members who want to take the home away from them and convert it for their own uses. This is one of the other problems that children face beacause as adults we fail to write wills. Relatives take advantage of this.

As you probaly know the World cup is being held in one of our neighbouring countries South Africa. Many of the proceeds of the games are going towards a campaign called One Goal. They have given us statistics that there about 72 Million children in the world that are out of school and 60% of them are in Africa and most are girls. That is a lot of children!

You know we can make a difference to just one childs life. You can change a childs past by making the future brighter. 72 million uneducated struggling adults is what we will create if we do nothing and the poverty in Africa will not end.

So we have a chance to make a difference now. Yes it's long term but we can do it. And we will do it, step by step.

Zimbabwe is currently working on a new constitution and one of the things that we want to advocate for as Bright Minds Bright Future is free primary school education so that at least every child gets a chance to learn how to read and write. We are also still working on creating libraries in various schools and locations so that children get exposure through reading. So if you have any books you would like to donate let us know.

Take care for now.