Raise for Maize; Buying a meal for 600 students in Zambia for 6 weeks

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Raise for Maize; Buying a meal for 600 students in Zambia for 6 weeks

THE STORY:

A few people from our team just got back from our school in Zambia a couple short weeks ago. They were primed for the poverty, the malaria, the challenges, but they were startled to find this ...

Most of us enjoy three meals a day, less if you are dieting, more if you are prone to snacking. But basically as much as you want.

In rural southern Africa, this is the Hungry Period (January-March) when you are lucky to eat one meal a day. That one meal is Nshima, a thick paste cooked from Maize meal, with cooked down pumpkin leaves. Yum? Not really ... but it fills them up ... and they love it.

As subsistent farmers, this is something rural Africans have to endure every year. Their stored food is depleted as they wait for the rainy season to end and the March harvest to be ready. That means their children are coming to school hungry. Very hungry. It makes learning difficult. The school day has to be shortened during this period. The mango fruit season (the only breakfast option) has also just ended. They have absolutely no energy to learn.

But we have an opportunity to help ...

We have women in the community willing to make the students Nshima at Dwankhozi Community School. Here's a picture of those women. This is a community of people who care deeply about their school and want to help. So we have the built in labor to make the food, students eager to learn ... they just need us to help buy them some maize.

$10 feeds 60 students for one day.

$100 feeds the entire school for one day.

They only need to be fed for 6 weeks (30 school days.)

That's $3,000.

To keep 600 students learning.

Let's do this.

Every penny we raise here will go towards the purchase of food for Dwankhozi Basic School.

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To This Fundraiser

$3,090

MONEY RAISED

Anonymous

$100
The Medina Family

$20
August and Faith

$10
Anonymous

$30
Anonymous

$30
Anonymous

$100
Anonymous

$100
Mars

$10
Jon

$50
Anonymous

$260
Gronholz Family

$50
Meagan Davenport

$10
Hoshizakis

$50
Coughlin Family

$50
Mike, Sam, Alex and Jake

$500
Britta Solan

$100
Mike and Jackie McDaniels

$25
Anonymous

$200
mary kate zellers

$10
Anonymous

$50
Cazavilans

$50
Sandy and Jerry Rowe

$50
Douglas Family

$30
Rex & Greta

$100
Vander Weit Chiropra...

$100
Loree and John

$50
Rick and Janet Prida

$100
anna higgins

$20
Walsh Family

$30
Gyda Swaney

$25
Ann Russo

$40
Bailey & Lars Korsmo

$25
Robin and Brian Abbott

$50
Becca Nelson

$50
Tyler Nelson

$30
Dana Barry

$20
Anonymous
Anonymous

$100
Jeff & Dori Rutter

$50
The Finnerty Famiyl

$10
Lisa Solan

$80
Bradley MacLean

$25
Lyn and Joan Schubel

$50

103% Raised of $3,000 Goal

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The Team: $3,090 TOTAL RAISED SO FAR

Dwankhozi Hope

Amount Raised:

$2,830

94% Raised of $3,000 Goal

Annie Wilson

Amount Raised:

$260

Marisa Gronholz

Amount Raised:

$0

Meagan Davenport

Amount Raised:

$0

Britta Solan

Amount Raised:

$0

Mary Douglas

Amount Raised:

$0

DONORS

Lyn and Joan Schubel

DONATION: $50

1 year ago

Bradley MacLean

DONATION: $25

1 year ago

Lisa Solan

DONATION: $80

In Memory of Rune Larsson 1 year ago

The Finnerty Famiyl

DONATION: $10

1 year ago

Jeff & Dori Rutter

DONATION: $50

1 year ago

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