Friday, April 07, 2023

GOOD GIVING CHALLENGE SUCCESS

Blessing Hands wants to thank all the wonderful supporters that helped us get so many unique donors during the GoodGiving Challenge. We could not have done it without your help.

We reached our $25,000 goal and exceeded it by $2,003 for a total of $27,003. The match for the Lexington Chinese Christian Church was $3,571.14 making a total of $30,574.14! Thank you all.

Daw Ling Village will get some of our GoodGiving donations. There are two schools there with a total of 284 students from primary to high school and 13 volunteer teachers. They are asking us for school supplies for both the students and the school. Unfortunately, funding from foreign countries to non-governmental organisations in Myanmar had been cut due to financial sanctions towards the military coup. Teachers and health workers are on strike against the military government, so these teachers are working as volunteers. None of the students have uniforms.

This is the old school in the village. Many new students have come home to their villages from the larger towns because of martial law. They are still using this school also. The village is asking for notebooks, small playground equipment, teacher supplies, a printer, and a laptop.

Daw Ling Village is located along a mountaintop in Matupi Township. in the Chin State of Myanmar. Martial law is still in force in Matupi Town.

These are the students lined up before class in front of the new school . The 13 teachers are working in this unofficial school without government approval or salary.

The Power of Dreams! Eight students in Longsheng, China were sponsored during the GoodGiving Challenge, but there are still many left. You can sponsor a primary student for $250 a year (1800 yuan). Pengyu is in kindergarten. His parents are migrant workers making him a left behind child.

Message us if you want to sponsor a child in Longsheng.