This holiday season, you’re likely being pulled in many directions for your holiday shopping. I get several emails a day about how I should shop this year – all worthy causes, such as Seva.org, Kiva.org, Heiffer.org, Amnesty International, and many others. So why would you even consider Project Wezesha as your option this year? Well ….
For better or worse, we’re a very small organization with one important project on the table and over a dozen wonderful children in our scholarship program. Because we are so small, all of your donations go to one of three possible places – the building of Amahoro Secondary School, the school fees of our 12 rock star students and the salary of our co-founder, Lucas Lameck – which is small by our standards but life-changing for this amazing young man. Lucas is currently using half of his salary to attain his own high school diploma with the hopes of one day going to university, which will only enhance his capacity to work on improving access to education for children in this region.
Here’s another amazing reason. Yesterday, while I was sitting in a NonProfit Academy workshop on High Impact Philanthropy, I received a text from Tanzania. It’s the first text I’ve ever received from anyone there (Lucas and I usually email or skype). Here’s what the email read (word for word/letter for letter):
My name is Dibeith. How are You and your fine that we have very happy because we can pass an exams. me and saidi. can help me to get the communicate you for now Thank You. Continue reading “Gifts of Education for the Holidays”