Letter from Malawi Village
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006Thank you everyone for your generous donations and support. I have attached (below) a copy of the letter that the Khutamaji Village wrote to request support from the local government officials to build a school house which has so far gone unanswered (except through your donations). In case you can’t read the attachment, the contents are written below:
Dear Sir:
ESTABLISHMENT OF JUNIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL
We humbly ask for the establishment of a Junior Primary School at Khutamaji Village.
The population of the village is 1,600 with a number of 360 pupils at Zolokere Primary School. Others do not go to school because of:
a) Floods - small children cannot cross
b) Distance - last house from Zolokere School is 4KM away.
The community has moulded 50,000 bricks and is now moulding 50,000 additional bricks. The first lot of bricks is burnt.
The community is composed of Mwakhuni Village, Zgepuzgepu Village, Chipendo Village and Chithutu Village.
Yours Sincerely,
Kondwani Ngwira_ Secretary
If you are still interested in making a donation, please send an email to Jonathan.Donahue@ge.com. Donations can be made out to St John’s Social Ministry, PO Box 455, Califon, NJ 07830. Please note that it is for Jacob Wilson’s Malawi Project.
http://www.ccsjn.org/ActivityPages/JakePages/MalawiJakeProject.htm
We realise that charitable donations are a very personal decision and not everyone has the financial resources to spare. Donations in the form of prayers, thoughts and sharing this email with other people are priceless. If we are fortunate to raise over $15,000, we will establish a fund to make micro-credit loans to villagers to help them become financially independent through entrepenurial ventures.
This project will take 6 months to complete. We will be sending out periodic emails and updating the website with pictures and other information. In July, Jake will be in the US and we will be hosting a reception for him and everyone interested in learning about his experiences. Please let us know if you are interested in continuing to receive emails or if you would prefer to be removed.
Sincerely,
Jonathan & Jessica Donahue
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