For
Just Ten Dollars, You Can Give An AFRICAN Orphan Girl a Real Shot at
a Future
Across
Zimbabwe, girls without any other option are forced into early
marriage to men who are abusive, unfaithful and, in too many cases,
infected with HIV. We’re trying to change that. We’re trying to
give them nothing less, and nothing more, than control over their own
destinies.
How?
Since “women’s work” doesn’t get you very far in Zimbabwe,
last year, we trained two girls in welding and basic building
techniques – from laying brick to pouring cement. Now, we’re
trying to establish an expanded version of that program, ZimGirls
Welding, and grow it into an independent company for future trainees.
And we plan to make it a model and template for other
microenterprises run by, and tailored to, dozens of young women
orphaned by AIDS.
The
umbrella program, Zimkids Orphan Trust, is a finalist in a
competition sponsored by Nike and the GlobalGiving Foundation to
improve the lives of girls across the world. In order to become one
of the twelve winning organizations – each of which will get about
$30,000 - we need as many individual donations as possible during the
month of November. Donations don’t need to be large. Since it’s
the NUMBER of donations, not the total amount raised, that will
catapult us to the top, even $10 will make an enormous difference.
Our
goal is 1000 donations. So can you spread the word and ask your
friends and family members to give our girls a helping hand? Every
little contribution is worth a LOT to us. Let’s make this cause go viral!
You
can donate two ways – and PLEASE, not before November 1 or after
November 30.
By
Check: Payable to “Global Giving”. Must be received by November
15th
to be counted. Make sure to note that donation is to be applied to
Zimkids Girl Effect Challenge – Building Girls Futures project.
Mail to Global Giving, 1023 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor, Washington,
DC 20005.
