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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 ...

Qinghai Ran (冉青海)
$70 of $280 donated
Sichuan, China
My whole family lives solely on tobacco farming. Lately, we have lost much money in our crops, and my brother left the village to find a job. However, my brother is illiterate and earns very little money, not enough to cover my family’s declining annual income and my educational expenses. In these recent years, my parents and my brother have had to pinch and scrape in order to put me through school. The village we live in is extremely poor and technologically backward – with a horrible environment and inferior living conditions. Children are usually forced to grow up quickly, and I am no different. At school, I never had many friends. Initially, I did very poorly in school, was censured by my teachers, and was almost expelled due to failure to pay academic fees. I didn’t give up though, and I started to study harder than anyone in my school. Eventually, I was the top of my class. While I spend more time studying and focusing on my grades, my classmates still look down upon me ...

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�...

Kukiriza Rebecca
$360 of $360 donated
Kampala, Uganda
My brother and I came to Peace School when my father died two years ago. My mother could not afford to take care of us so she turned us over to the care of Peace School. Niukasa Musa, my 10-year old brother, is in the Primary 3 class. He lives in the Boy’s Dormitory and I live in the Girl’s Dormitory. My best friend is named Vivian. She is a Muslim like me. On Fridays we go to the Mosque for prayers. Altogether there are three Muslim girls in our dormitory. My favorite subject is science. I would like to be a doctor and help sick people get well. I hope you can help me achieve my dream of being a doctor. 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 highly urban setting and must pay for water and sanitation service as well as teacher salar...

Rehabilitating Former Street-Children
$420 of $750 donated
Nairobi, Kenya
The Turning Point Trust works to prevent and rehabilitate street-children within Africa’s largest slum, Kibera, Kenya. When a child comes from the streets to the Turning Point Project, they bring with them behavioural characteristics that they have learnt in that environment. This behaviour frequently prevents them from immediately returning to school, and a period of rehabilitation is required. Our School Transition Class provides a safe, nurturing, educational environment that enables the child to slowly readjust to a more structured way of life: for example: relating to adults in authority; lengthening their concentration period and adjusting to being within four walls. During this time, our staff work to trace the child’s family and work alongside them to address the problems the family are facing. If appropriate, a parent or guardian might become involved in Turning Point’s Finance Programme, giving them the chance to start a small business and earn a steady income. Each ...

Flavia Tissera
$584 of $545 donated
Córdoba, Argentina
Flavia was abandoned by her mother and father when she was three months old. She was raised by Irma, a distant relative of her real parents. Irma has full custody of Flavia and loves her like her own daughter. Irma’s husband past away during 2005 and to support the family, they receive Irma’s pension and a small sum of child benefit from the government. Flavia is a very diligent student and – despite their poor living conditions – Irma does everything she can in order to support her with her studies.

Richmond Brew
$100 of $100 donated
ASANTE REGION, Ghana
Richmond is a 15 year old deaf student who is extremely passionate about his education. Richmond’s parents died when he was four years old due to ill health. Richmond now lives with his sibling and his grandmother. Richmond’s favorite food is fufu (a traditional Ghanaian dish). Richmond has enormous potential for excelling in school, he simply needs the tools. If Richmond were to receive a scholarship, he would be able to go to school prepared with pens, pencils, math sets, notebooks, and money for lunch every day. Richmond has a lot of hope that one day he will receive a scholarship for his education and he keeps his spirits high by playing football and drumming. After completing school he would like to become a pharmacist so that he can help others with medical issues.

Training for Independence
$12000 of $12000 donated
Uttar Pradesh, India
The Mushahar tribe is an extremely disadvantaged community in India. As a dalit (untouchable) group, they are immensely discriminated against in public institutions, especially schools, to the point that they are discouraged from going. This program, known as Training for Independence, provides these Mushahar children with an alternative form of education – in a nonformal education setting with trained teachers (that are, in most cases, more effective than primary government school instructors). In addition to this education, the children will have the opportunity to receive a vocational education, exposure to life in the nearest city (Varanasi, U.P.), as they have never left the village and live extremely traditional lives. The purpose of this program is to give them the set of knowledge that will prepare them for life in the 21st century India – outside of the village – where they are aware of how to interact with people in urban settings, how to run their own small enterpri...

Underfunded Public Schools in Afghanistan
$250 of $250 donated
Kabul, Afghanistan
Approximately 90% of women and 85% of men as well as 45% of school age children in Afghanistan are illiterate. Most do not have access to learning centers and materials. The existing schools are so sparse and the demands for them so high that each school operates three daily shifts to accommodate the demand: Elementary students attend from 7 am to 10 am, middle school students from 10:30 to 1:30 pm, and high schoolers from 2 pm to 5 pm. But there are not enough textbooks for students to study, or trained teachers to lead classes. In many high school classes there are perhaps two textbooks for a class of thirty students. Teaching material such as charts, laboratories, and libraries are virtually nonexistent. Only schools located in the richest and most influential parts of a district receive attention from the government; others only as time, resources and inclinations permit. It is not unusual to find schools without buildings – with rooms consisting of large metal shipping contai...

Aybak Orphanage
$350 of $350 donated
Samangan, Afghanistan
Because of the length of war in their recent history, each province of Afghanistan has many orphans. They are housed in local orphanages, and educated through in-house schools. The orphanages are run by the Office of Orphanages in the Ministry of Work and Social Services. However, these offices have little budget to support each orphanage. So the capability of an orphanage depends heavily on the goodwill of private donors and institutions. Kabultec and the Roqia Center support such orphanages by collecting (via donations) clothing, school supplies, and food stuffs, and distributing them to orphanages in need. Samangan Orphanage in the city of Aybak has 190 children, 85 girls, 105 boys, between the ages of 7 to 17. There are six teachers, one director and one administrative officer, plus four cleaning ladies and a small kitchen staff. They are very understaffed and underfunded, and lack many basic resources to educate and care for the children. We have met with Mr. Shafiq, head of th...

Concepcion Xep
$300 of $300 donated
Solola, Guatemala
Concepción and her family are from the small city of Santiago, Atitlán. Santiago is the epicenter of the Mayan Tzutujil group, and Tzutujil is Concepción’s mother tongue. Like the majority of indigenous women, Concepción’s mother never attended school, nor did her father. Both are illiterate and unable to speak Spanish. Concepción’s mother married at 16 and began having children at 17. The predictable yet devastating cycle of poverty has produced 9 living children (2 that died under the age of 2). It took everything that both Concepción and the family had to get her through the 6th grade. Concepción is starting the 8th grade this year and is in her second year of the Starfish One by One program. Starfish One by One provides Concepción with a partial scholarship that ensures her access to secondary school (this is provided by an individual donor). This small scholarship is a critical component of Concepción’s ongoing education. However, Concepción still faces many d...

Lovetee K
$250 of $250 donated
Monrovia, Liberia
Lovetee is a 12 year old girl who started the first grade this year. Lovetee lives with her parents, Margaret and Victor, in West Point in Monrovia, Liberia. Victor charges phones and Margaret sells bananas for income. Lovetee has a sister, but she lives with her great-grandmother because they family cannot afford to have her in the home as well. Lovetee's parents said while they don’t have the money to send Lovetee to school, they will provide her with the emotional support she needs for her education. Lovetee has a huge smile and is extremely friendly. She is also a hard worker and has worked in the market selling bananas and oranges though working the market is hard. She says she has been robbed and lost money which is upsetting to her and her family. Lovetee told More than Me that every year she struggled when she saw other children go to school while she had to stay home to sell. She gave a huge smile when asked about starting school, but still was shy to express her happ...

Evahline Wambui Wangechi
$220 of $220 donated
Central, Kenya
Eva was born in Othaya district to a single mother. In addition to caring for her children, her mother was the primary caregiver for her sister, who was living with HIV. One day, on a trip to visit her sister who was in the hospital being treated for an opportunistic infection, Eva’s mother arrived to find that her sister had passed away in the evening. This caused her to faint and go into shock, and subsequently die herself. This left Eva and her older brother Eric (also listed on Givology!) with no family to support them. Francis, the director of Baraka Children's Centre, heard the story of Eric and Eva, and agreed to take them in. Since arriving at the centre, they have been able to take advantage of many newfound opportunities. Eva is a very strong student, and is always first in her class! Her favorite subject in school is English, and she has a positive attitude about life. Others describe her as very bright and with an undefeatable attitude! She has found a real family ...

Elementary School Uniforms
$115 of $540 donated
Guanajuato, Mexico
The girls at Buen Pastor go to a public school here in Guanajuato, in which a uniform is required. When they are wearing a uniform, they look like all the other kids. In a uniform no one can tell if your parents cannot afford to buy new clothing. They don’t know that you spend the rest of the day in ill-fitting hand-me-downs. However, at $26 per uniform, many parents cannot afford the uniforms, placing the burden of buying them on Buen Pastor. This project will provide each girl with a skirt, a blouse, a sweater, a polo shirt and a pair of shorts.

Wamalwa Augustine
$50 of $300 donated
Uganda, Uganda
I first encountered mentor Otim on my very first day at high school. He was kind and very composed. When he spoke, there was vibrancy in his voice. His attitude was appealing; he knew the secrets of relating with young people. Instantly, I admired him. Our conversation drew us to a common place; leadership. I attended early primary in Kenya, living with both my parents. My mother is Kenyan and my father is Ugandan. In early secondary, I was moved to Uganda and put under the custody of my grandparents who paid my school fees till the death of my grandfather three years later. At that moment I should have dropped out of school, but for a kind hearted relative who took up the responsibility to pay my school fees. I have practiced school leadership all the while since primary one. I envision myself a great leader in Africa. Today, I am not just undertaking the Social Entrepreneurship and leadership course that mentor Otim facilitates; I am the president of the social entrepreneurship cl...

Carlos Alberto
$50 of $350 donated
Bogota, Colombia
Carlos Alberto is 13 years old. His family is made up of five members: his mother, his three sisters and himself. His father was killed when he was 5 years old and since then his mother is responsible for the sustainability of the family. The house where he lives belonged to his grandfather. Although his family does not have to pay rent, utilities are usually very expensive. Janeth, his mother, does not have a full time job. Factors such as age, lack of education and high unemployment rates make it difficult for her to get the job she needs. Since there are not many job opportunities for her, she works two or three days during the week, usually cleaning families’ houses. The family’s income comes from the work Janeth is able to do daily. Usually she gets USD $70 dollars per week, but only when she can work most week days. This amount is not enough to cover expenses such utilities, food, clothing, transportation, health and school. Carlos Alberto and two of his sisters are curren...

Drought Relief for Baraka Children’s Centre
$3000 of $3000 donated
Central, Kenya
East Africa is in the middle of its worst drought in 60 years and the world’s worst food crisis of the 21st century. Areas of Somalia are facing famine, which is threatening to spread throughout Kenya. Already, food prices have doubled in Kenya and incomes have been cut dramatically due to reduced spending. Food is scarce and expensive, and incomes are unexpectedly disappearing at an alarming rate. In addition to the incredible increase in food prices, Baraka Children’s Centre is facing incredible decreases in the income generated by its own projects, such as the herbal medical clinic that is run by our Founder and Director, Francis Kimaru. Though organizations like the UN and Save the Children are working hard to distribute food, there simply is not enough to go around. Baraka Children’s Centre is appealing to you for your help in keeping our kids healthy and strong during this unexpected time of need. We aim to raise $3,000 to cover all rising food costs over the next three ...

Wu Wan Tao
$250 of $250 donated
Yun Nan, China
Dear respective supporters, Greetings. I live in the Yun-Yang county, Feng Chun Ling city, in a village named Lao Zhao in a family of four. My father works as a day laborer while both my mother and myself are both sick – that make our family finance difficult. As far as I can remember, I was born with many illnesses: nose bleeding, stomach ache and headaches. I had kidney stone when I was in fourth grade, and my father had to work harder to cover my medical cost. During my eighth grade, my headache and nose bleeding came back, but I insisted attending classes with my hands holding on my nose; I was afraid of lagging behind in school if I went to hospital often. My father wants to take me to bigger hospital to treat me but the cost is high. Despite being a sick student, I have confidence that I can work harder, and my illness and financial difficulty will not prevent me becoming a useful member of society. My near term goal is to pass the exam and attend Jian-Shui First High School...

Ma Shi Xiang
$250 of $250 donated
Yun Nan, China
Dear supporters, Bless you for your considering helping me. My name is Shi Xiang Ma, and I was born on the 3rd of January, 1995. I live in Yuan Yang city, Ur Pu village council. We live in poverty, and I had been thinking of dropping out of school. But what else can I do? I cannot help my father. My father attended middle school; my mother attended only elementary school. My father insists my continuing school. In the family we also have our grandmother of 60 years old and my brother at 12, 3 years younger to me, to support. My brother achieves better grade than me so far; with your assistance and support, I will improve my grade standing by working harder. At the beginning of my schooling, I did not pay attention to class and lag behind. My father with patience gradually helps me out. He wakes me up early in the morning to go over recitation; after class, he supervises me to finish homework. With much improvement, I increase my confidence. However, sometimes it is still hard, words...

Chen Yong Qiang
$250 of $250 donated
Yun Nan, China
To dear supporters, After hearing your assistance of poor students completing their education, I am full of hope, happiness and respect to kind heart. My name is Yong Qiang Chen, and I was born at E Zha village in Yuan Yang into a poor family, and I nearly dropped out of school. But through the insistence of my will, I stay in school. Now I am in middle school with good grade standing: out of 80 students in my class, I stay within top 5 students. I could have achieved better result; but due to our financial difficulty, and high living cost, your assistance will help me greatly. My mother gets sick frequently and my family all relies on my father’s labor to earn a living; both of them are simple country folks. Due to our hardship my father looks much older than his age. Until we have better handle of our finance I keep facing the possibility of dropping out of school. Until I accomplish my goal and bring honor to my parents, I have to strive hard and work incessantly. I enjoy atten...

Shi Ming Ying
$250 of $250 donated
Yun Nan, China
Dear supporters, I am applying for your grant to continue my schooling, and I am so grateful to fulfill my dream from my mountain village of Wen Yuan. My name is Shi Ming Ying, female, from the Yi minority. I was born on the 17th of February of 1994. My family lives in Yuan Yang city of E Zha County. Attending now my 9th grade class, I become the top student of my grade last year. When I heard of your interest of assisting me, my tears almost came out to my eyes. My parents divorced and I live with my grandmother since I was 8 years old. My step mother would rather not live with me, so I stay with grandma and making my life difficult. My father now seeks to divide the family estate but my grandparents refused several times. So he becomes violent and treating my grandparents and me badly – he even hit us. I do not want go home when school are off; but I have to help my grandparents to manage household. I lost my mother’s love, and family happiness. Since my elementary school, my ...

Lu Qing
$250 of $250 donated
Yun Nan, China
My name is Lu Qing, a female from Yi minority in Yun Nan Province, Pu Jian city, Ku Lun Ur village. I was born on the 8th of July, 1994 into a family of 5: my parents, grandmother, and my younger brother. I am attending a school now 5 KM away from home. During my schooling I have faced many difficulties; I remember I stayed behind a grade due to our financial trouble. My parents leave home to work outside, and they seldom come home for some time. I remember my parents quarreled about the school fees, and I stayed back at home to help out the planting. But now despite our difficulty, I continue school and trying to make the best effort to show to my parents; they do not ask me to drop out. Sometimes, facing my own difficulty and I think of stopping school; but my parents now encourage me to continue attending school. Over these years, maybe I am not a strong-willed person; I often feel the pain, our difficulty, lying on the bed, thinking myself as a droplet in the vast sea, having no...

Lu Yu Fang
$250 of $250 donated
Yun Nan, China
I live Nin Yuan county, Yung Nin city, Fang Pin village in the Province of Yun Nan. There’s poor transportation to my village, and it is a long walk from school to home. In my family I have a younger brother and sister; buy my sister stopped school to help out the family – my parents can afford only us two to attend school. Getting up very early in the morning to work in the field, but we still cannot keep up the basic food and clothing for the family. I know my schooling is the only way out in the future. I simply have to work diligently. I remember when I entered 6th grade, and we could pay the school fees. My father went to borrow from the neighbors. Seeing his dark and gloom face, feeling powerless, I told myself, “I will stop school.” I told my father I stay home and work to earn and help the family to support my younger brother. But my father said to me “You have to continue; despite our hardship, I will go to door by door to borrow the money for you to attend.” He...

He Qiu Hua
$25 of $250 donated
Yun Nan, China
My name is He Qiu Hua. I am 16. I live at Jin Mian Village, Long Tong Town, and my family is relatively poor. In my home, we have 6 people (Dad, Mom, Older Brother, me, Uncle, and Grandma). Dad and Mom are both farmers. My Uncle is blind, and he cannot really do much at home. It is a good thing that Grandma can still help my parents with some housework. My brother and I are both in the process of getting our education. My parents, in order to support my brother and I, have slaved away under the burning sun. And our land has very minimal vegetation, not enough water, and the weather is always overly hot. Once a year, we can only have one harvest for our corn. Sometimes, farmers may have no crops at all. We say “our livelihood depends on the weather.” I remember that when I first started school, my older brother’s tuition had been paid in paid and my parents were going to pay mine as well. However, my mother fell very sick and our savings had to be spent on her medical treatment...

Li Pu Ba
$250 of $250 donated
Yun Nan
My name is Li Pu Ba and I am a sixteen year old girl. I am in my junior year of high school. I have seven people in my family, four kids. My parents are often out working, so only my grandparents are home most of the time. My siblings and I all are in school. I was born in an underdeveloped area near the mountain border. Although the World Vision has funded a concrete road through the village, the people in the village don’t have the capability to continue to build. Our village has very poor hygienic conditions. We don’t have the ability to construct facilities like pig pens, so people can leave around their pigs and chickens. You can see pig waste at the side of the road. Two years ago, my family started to build a house, but our family ran into economic problems, so the house remains unfinished. Because this condition has persisted, we use bamboo sheets to cover the windows to block the wind and sand from blowing in. It’s because of reasons like this why it is imperative tha...

Mao Chun (Mao Chun)
$250 of $250 donated
Si Chuan, China
May 1, 1992 was the day I was born into my impoverished family. As an older person now, I look back to the memories of our five-person family unit surviving in brutal poverty. My home did not have much grain or rice, while others had a plentiful supply. We sometimes borrowed from other families to feed ourselves and return the amount back to them the next year. If we were lucky to have a good crop season, you can see the smiles on my family’s faces, and vice a versa. During Chinese New Year, others would kill their pigs to feast on, while we would never be able to. Without anything to eat, we would just hide at home, fearing that others would talk about our lack of festivities. But our family would never step foot inside another’s roof just to eat pork. During the course of my studies, my dad would cross many roads in the wind to get to my relatives’ houses to borrow my tuition. Here a little, and there a little, we would gather enough to send me to school

Help The Teachers
$127 of $500 donated
Bududa District , Uganda
Schools in Uganda face many challenges to providing quality education, such as large student populations, inadequate school facilities, and limited teaching supplies. Uganda classrooms have an average of over 100 students. Due to large numbers of students and a limited government budget for education, schools function without necessary tools and materials for teaching their students. The lack of funding and infrastructure has produced dismaying educational results. In Uganda, all students are required to pass the Primary Leaving Exam, a national exam taken at the end of primary school, in order to proceed on to secondary school. Unfortunately, our district consistently brings one of the lowest passing rates in the country; 25% of primary students in our district fail this exam outright and another 46%, while passing, are in the lower divisions with only 2% achieving Division 1 ranking. These are problems that can be partially addressed by providing better resources to teachers in ou...

Victor Ouma
$250 of $250 donated
Nairobi, Kenya
After the deaths of both his parents and eldest brother, Victor had to take an leave of absence from school. However, Victor's motivation to keep learning and pursue his ambitions is undying even though he is short on tuition funds. With this drive to succeed, Victor writes how he wants to become a lawyer someday and is willing to work hard to achieve this goal.

Babra Andeyo
$250 of $250 donated
Nairobi, Kenya
Babra has been out of school for one year and hopes to continue her education. Her mother runs a small family business. It is difficult for her mother to support the family for basic needs and send her daughter to school. Babra hopes to finish her education through a Givology sponsorship. Her long-term goal is to become a nurse.