Many of the rural children in this community do not have much that comes their way that is special on Christmas days. It is mainly some extra meat for those that can afford it and not much celebration as families.
Due to that, we try to make Christmas special in simple but powerful ways for the children in our program.
We tell them to do some preparations in singing and we have a special time with them that morning. Its a time when they get to interact with other children who are not in the program.
This last Christmas, we had all the children over; both the sponsored and the ones yet to get sponsors.
We had a time of learning, interaction, singing and a shared snack lunch before they went home to join their families for the main meal of the day.
In this new year 2016, our focus is expansion. We thank God for the successes of 2015; for the new sponsors, the new children that we have reached out to, the families that have got income generating projects through our support etc. We are very grateful to our sponsors and friends who have faithfully supported us financially, morally and materially.
We believe that with a wider partnership base we shall reach more children this year. Our main goals for 2016 include:
1 - Reaching the target of having 60 sponsored children by the end of the year.
2 - Getting atleast two more part time volunteers that can volunteer their time and skills to our work.
3 - Starting an income generating project to generate local revenue to support our budget.
4 - Support 5 more families to start small scale family businesses in addition to our goat distribution program.
We continue to appeal to all friends and well wishers to join us in whatever small way you can to make a difference in the lives of our children and see total transformation in our communities. You may...
1 - Tell someone about Fathers Love and let them visit this site for themselves.
2 - Sponsor a child for 30 Usd per month and give them a brighter future (see sponsorship page)
3 - Come on a short term volunteer trip and offer your expertise and time to serve with us (we can always discuss details and give you directions)
4 - Connect us to other funding agencies that you know that could be of help.
As we try to think how we can improve the education standards in our community, we are increasingly realizing it may be necessary to start our own primary school so as to set the standards we dream of for the children. This is part of our 5-year dream as God guides and provides.
Here now are the children sharing a snack over Christmas...
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