Madhav Nandipati
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I am a college student at the University of Pennsylvania and I joined Givology in October 2008. I am really excited to be part of this global organization! |
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Jianping He (何建平)
$280 of $280 donated Sichuan, China Like many in my village, I did not own my first set of clothing until I was five years old. My family had been too poor to buy cloth. My family rents fields from others, and my father works a second job as a manual laborer downtown. My family must pay tuition for my brother and me – I am in middle school and my brother is in elementary school. During one tough time, I dropped out of class for a semester because my family couldn’t afford my tuition fee. Originally, I lived in a remote rural area, from where children would walk five hours to get to school since public transportation was not available. My old home was about 5 miles away from my current school. Everyday, I had to walk for an hour and a half to get to school. Because my parents wanted my brother and me to be closer to school, we decided to move, and found a nice neighbor willing to rent some farmland out. Unfortunately, the weather was very bad. When there was a storm, my family would have nothing to eat for several ...
Daiyun Chen (陈代云 )
$140 of $140 donated Sichuan, China Dear donors of the PEACH Foundation: Greetings! I am a freshman in high school, currently studying at Yanyuan Town Minzu Secondary School. My family has faced a lot of hardships, and my teacher said you are able to provide support to families in poverty. Therefore I’m submitting this application. Let me tell you a bit more about my family conditions: My family lives in Shuwen Town, Guanfang Village. There are four members in my family: my father, my mother, my brother and myself. Our house is made of soil. It’s not beautiful to look at but it is enough to shelter us. My parents are both farmers. Most of our income comes from farming and largely depends on our crop harvest. My father sometimes tries to find odd jobs to make some money, but they are mostly labor jobs and don’t provide much income. My brother is in second grade of middle school and it costs a lot of money as well. My family has very little land, so we can only produce a small harvest every year. Our family doesn...
Kuteesa Abu
$0 of $360 donated Kampala, Uganda I have attended Peace Nursery and Primary School from the time I was old enough to enroll in Nursery School. Five years ago my parents died. Since then the School has provided me a place to live, food, medical care, and covered all my educational expenses. I live in a one-room dormitory with 14 other boys. One of the teachers stays in the dorm with us. On holidays I travel to the Village of Mityana to visit my grandmother and see my sisters and brothers. I am the top student in my class. I like to study and am very disciplined. Social studies is my favorite subject. I will graduate from Peace Nursery and Primary School in December 2009. I want to enroll in secondary school and then college but this will depend on finding funding for my education. I would appreciate your help. Note: Peace Nursery and Primary School is a private school serving orphans and other children unable to afford the costs of attending public schools. As such, it receives no funding from public sources. L...
Magezi Zac
$360 of $360 donated Kampala, Uganda Three years ago my mother died and my father disappeared. My grandmother brought me to Peace School and fortunately, they have provided for me. My days at Peace School begin at 4:00 a.m. when we get up, bathe, dress and brush our teeth. Then we prepare our lessons. Around 7 a.m. we have tea. Classes begin at 7:30 a.m. Lunch is served at 1:00 p.m. We eat matoke, rice and beans that have been prepared in the School kitchen. We eat in an open air dining shed located in the school yard. During recess in the mornings and afternoons we play football and other games. The school day ends at 4: 30 p.m. After dinner we do homework and sometimes chores at the school. By 9:00 p.m. we are in bed for the night. I have studied hard at Peace School and have won some academic competitions. My favorite subject is Social Studies. My best friend is Arnold. We like to study together. If I can achieve my dream of being a doctor I would like to help other orphans. I would appreciate your help in obt...
Mwesigwa Benon
$5 of $360 donated Kampala, Uganda Until this year I lived with my family in a remote village in the northern part of Uganda. I came to Peace School six months ago. I had never been to school before. After my father died, Mrs. Oliver, who is a teacher at the School, brought me here. She was a friend of my father. I now live at Peace School with 14 other boys in the Boy’s Dormitory. During the holidays I go back to my village and stay with my grandfather. I miss my family a lot. It is good to see my mother, brothers and sister. My family speaks Swahili and it has been difficult to learn English and attend a school where classes are taught in English. My favorite subject is math. Thank you for helping me to get a good education. Note: Peace Nursery and Primary School is a private school serving orphans and other children unable to afford the costs of attending public schools. As such, it receives no funding from public sources. Located in a suburb of Uganda’s capital city Kampala, the school is in a hig...
Paola Alejandra
$25 of $350 donated Bogota, Colombia My name is Paola Alejandra. I am 14 years old. I was born in Bogotá, Colombia, South America. My family is made up of my mother, my father, one sister and three brothers. My youngest brother, my younger sister and I are studying now. I am in 8th grade. I study at the Francisco Antonio Zea School. I study in the afternoon. At school I have good teachers that help me to become a better person. Currently we live in Usme neighborhood, a place located in southern Bogota. Usme has a lot of problems related to drugs, alcoholism, gangs, between others. However, I have good friends and get along with my neighbors very well. On my spare time I like to play soccer and help my mother with chores. My dream is to finish high school and go to college to get a degree in psychology. I want to be a psychologist and help children. I like this career because I have qualities that fit this profession. One of these qualities is that I like to listen to people. I like giving advice to others so they do n...
Bernardo Yegros
$200 of $200 donated Cordillera, Paraguay I am 15 years old and live with my family in Tobati, Cordillera. I study at the Institute Reinaldo Macchi. I really like sciences and speaking languages like Guarani, Spanish and a little Portuguese and English. At this point in my life I am studying a lot of English so that I will be able to express myself in a language which is very important in everyday life. In my free time I like to ride around on my bicycle and to read books. In my high school, the professors teach very well and I like that because the education that I receive will help me to build a better future for me and my family. When I am older I want to study something related to the sciences but I haven’t decided what. I am sure that I will find the right path follow. At home, my mom takes care of the house and the children and my dad is a farmer. I have 11 brothers and sisters; some of them are already adults and have their own families. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ About Tobatí :Tobatí is both a town and a provin...
Expansion of Circle of Peace School
$3000 of $3000 donated Kampala, Uganda Circle of Peace School project is an educational initiative designed to provide kindergarten and elementary education. Currently, the existing location of the school will be unavailable after December 2009 because the school is being evicted from its existing property. As a result, the school is moving all primary school students to the Upper school where they will have to share space until new shelters can be provided for them. The Circle of Peace School is asking for help to start building structures to allow their students to continue their education. Most of their students are orphans, aids victims whose parents have died, and poor children who can’t afford to pay for education. Currently there are 105 students in the lower school and 100 in the upper school. With these funds, the school will purchase all the necessary materials to begin building. Please click on “view my updates” (under the profile picture) to see pictures of the school and read additional commentary. Mor...
Angel Salvador Gaona Rojas
$350 of $350 donated Paraguay Angel is an incredibly intelligent, dedicated and motivated student, who works hard to reach his goal of becoming a doctor to help his community. He says that he hopes to help his community, and consequently help his country, and he realizes that studying a lot is the most efficient path to reach that goal. Angel would most like the change the poverty in his community because seeing the extreme poverty around him with many people going without food or basic necessities makes him sad.
Ariel Gonzalez Velazquez
$180 of $350 donated , Paraguay Ariel is an extremely dedicated student and holds the honor of top student in his class, but at the same time he never loses his sense of humor and is known as the class clown in school. He is also passionate about his English studies and in his free time reads books and watches movies to hone his skills. He says that his goals are to be a good professional in his job, to help his family and to improve his community’s situation by helping the people. To help his community he would like to change the practices of the government and get rid of the corruption. He would also like to improve the political system because citizens are worried about the situation and they are hoping for change.
Joy Namubiru
$360 of $360 donated Kampala, Uganda My name is Joy Namubiru, and I live in the village. I will tell you a little about my family. I have one brother Josh, and he is twelve years old. I also have two sisters, Sofia, who is ten, and Jane who is seven. Then there is me. Sometime people think Jane and I are twins because we look a like. My mommy was killed by a group of thieves who thought she had money when she was returning from fetching water at the river. My father was killed in a car accident. I miss my parents very much. My grandpa is a farmer, and my siblings and I help him work in the field. My grandpa loves me very much because I am the youngest. I love my brothers because they make me smile, and we play a lot of games. I want to go to school, but my grandpa says that we don’t have enough money. He says that we need to buy me shoes first because the school is far away. When the white people came from America, they gave me a skirt and flip flops. I love my flip flops because they are my first pair of shoes, and ...
Grace Nakisozi
$360 of $360 donated Kampala, Uganda My name is Grace Nakisozi. I am eight years old and the youngest child in my family. My family and I live in the village several miles away from the Circle of Peace School. I have one sister. Her name is Jessica, and she is nine years old. Several years ago, my father was eaten by a crocodile as we were getting water from the river. After I saw the crocodile eat my father, I was in shock and could not speak or hear for six months. I am starting to hear and speak again; however, it is very difficult. Soon after my father died, my mother passed away after she became really sick. Now I live with my grandmother who raises me and my brother and sister. My sister and I help my grandmother pick food. I love to go to the Circle of Peace School because I want to have a better life and be better able to help my family, like the other students at my school. The Circle of Peace School is my new family, and I promise to work hard in school. My dream is to build a well for my village so that my f...
Cissy Namukasa
$360 of $360 donated Kampala, Uganda My name is Cissy Namukasa, but people call me Smiley because I always smile even when I am sad. I am the oldest child in my family, and we make and sell crafts. However, they all take a long time to make, and sometimes we have to sell them at a really low price because no one wants to buy them. Because my mother is handicapped and has trouble walking, I take care of my two brothers and run the household. However, I have become really good at weaving mats and basket, so I make them in my spare time. I have two brothers John four years and Musoke six year. I like that I’m going to the Circle of Peace School because I want to learn how to think about and express my opinions. I believe that education is important, so when I grow up, I want to be a teacher and teach my friends in the village. I am very grateful for the people from America and Grandma Amina at the Circle of Peace School. Whenever they visit, I want to go to school and do my best because I enjoy their lessons and activit...
Eliana Llanes
$30 of $545 donated Córdoba, Argentina Eliana lives in a small house with her parents and her brother Marcelo, who is 2 years older than she is. Eliana’s mother is a housewife, while her father studied graphics and painting for four years and out of personal reasons quit his studies without getting a degree. Now he is working as an independent carpenter, making an effort day by day to care for his family. Because of his own history, he considers the education and future of his children to be the most important thing and supports Eliana as well as he can in order to help her finish school and get a decent job. After finishing school Eliana would like to study biochemistry since biology and chemistry are the topics she enjoys most. She also knows that one can reach a higher standard of living with this background than with an art degree. Also, she has enjoyed a project at school called “Pro Salud” (Pro Health) in which the students were taught how to take her of their own bodies and eat healthy food. Eliana has one g...
Agyei Boateng George
$100 of $100 donated ASANTE REGION, Ghana Agyei is seventeen years old and lives with his eight siblings. Agyei is an excellent student who one day aspires to be a successful banker. Agyei’s father is handicapped due to bad health. Now, all financial and domestic responsibilities have shifted on to Agyei’s mother. Agyei’s parents are finding it extremely difficult to cater their son’s educational needs because he has to share the little resources his families has with his eight other siblings. Agyei is often dropped from school because he is unable to pay his school fees. Because of this inconsistency in school attendance, Agyei is falling behind on his academic efforts and struggles to keep up with his peers. Agyei dreams of a scholarship so that he can go to school continuously and focus on his studies rather than fears of being dropped.
Dovloe Hope
$70 of $70 donated Volta Region, Ghana Dovole Hope is my name. I am nineteen years old. My best game is table tennis, and my favorite foods are Alcple and palmnut soup. I am a pupil at Mafi Aborkofe School, and I am in class six. The subjects I like best are English, Mathematics, and Integrated Science because I want to become a medical doctor in the future. I get good grades because I study hard, do my homework every night, and I like going to school. I prefer Aborkofe Basic School to all other schools in the area because the teachers are committed to their duty and in terms of academic performance, Aborkofe primary is the best. Education is important for me because education helps us to identify our potential or know what we might be good at later in life. It can also make us develop a positive attitude to work. Mr. Icoti Abeku and Atsufe Aflamewu are my parents. They are small scale farmers who grow cassava, maize, and groundnut in order to provide for the family. I have only one brother and he is eleven years old and...
Dziwornu Doeste
$70 of $70 donated Volta Region, Ghana My name is Dziwornu Doeste. I come from Mafi-Gborkorfe in the Volta Region. I am sixteen years old and I am in class five. The reason for my schooling is to be a teacher. The subject I like best is Mathematics because that is what helps us to count money and to do primary calculations. My teacher is very good because when I do not understand something, my teacher explains it to me so that I do understand it. That is why I want to become a teacher. My favorite food is banku and groundnut soup. What makes me happy is when I am playing soccer with my friends. The names of my brother and sister are Dotse Francise and my sister is Dotse Mattilda. The age of my brother is 25 years old and my sister is 22 years old. My brother is a farmer and my sister is a hairdresser. They both live in the same village. I work on the farm with my parents and my brother .
Christopher Onyango
$57 of $250 donated Nairobi, Kenya Before becoming a class prefect, Christopher struggled when his father passed away, and he had to leave primary school to help support his family. Today Christopher works diligently even though tuition fees are a financial burden; he wants to become a doctor to cure people of treatable diseases and have them go on to contribute to society. |
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