I remember as if it were just yesterday – the day I saw Gift Hadija for the first time, together with her sister, Shakira Favour. Two little girls with special names, raised by a disabled mother.
Many people teamed up that day and helped the family. The girls earned very good and loving long-distance parents and started attending school.
Gift is… very gifted. Look at those amazing grades and be happy that such a gem is shining i our world, with the help of all good people around her, who support her and enable her to go to school.
The first time we saw the FamilyGift Hadija, ready for schoolSchool report!
It was a beautiful day of work. Children of all ages came to receive their monthly food, lovingly paid for by their sponsors. We encourage them to be themselves at all times, to show gratitude, to help each other and to study hard, so that the future may be brighter.
What can be more beautiful than a child, happy and smiling, having come to share a moment of gratitude towards the person that is feeding him and that is enabling him to attend school?
Claudia, thank you for having made it all possible!
I met Mafuta and Wickliffe in 2019, at the beginning of my activity at Help One Child Thrive. Those were boys that no one wanted to help. Usually, older kids barely receive any support.
Amazingly enough, those two boys got lucky quite fast and they managed to acquire the support and love of two lovely persons, Donna from England and Andreea from Romania. The support received was well deserved: the boys were polite, hardworking, they always came along to help us with the heavy lifting and unloading of food, they did everything to the best of their abilities.
They wanted to learn, so we helped them. Both boys were enlisted into Prime Vocational Institute, where they studied car mechanics and engineering for a year. To their misfortune – to the misfortune of all of us, Covid had spread into the region and a full lockdown has been declared, preventing them from finalising their studiea on time.
But finally they did. In June 2022, Mafuta and Wickliffe received their diplomas with high honours and they became skilled and respected members of the community.
It is such a great feeling, to see the growth and the progress of a child. They were part of HOCT, once; now, they are grown-up men, ready to start their own work, their own families, ready to give back to the society.
Moments like these make all of efforts well worth.
It is very hot outside. We are working to dispatch food, water, fruit and other basic products. We do our work with love. More and more children have learnt how to smile – your love is making miracles!
Munyira’s house had been destroyed a couple of weeks ago by a tornado. We have lovingly rebuilt it, and today – with the help of the lovely and wonderful long-distance mother of this dear boy, we installed solar panels on the roof of the house.
it is always an extraordinary moment in this community which is barely electrified, they finally have light in their house, electric outlets, and even a TV. Our warmest gratitude for all those who made this miracle possible!
Electricity – something we often take for granted…
It has been a great afternoon, we distributed hundreds of kilograms of food. We have also earned many new friends. Our children learn how to relax more in front of the camera and just be themselves.
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