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Get Serious! We often say that we are interested in doing something. We talk about it, but somehow it never gets done. We are asking you to get serious about your commitment to Circle of Hope.” Will you make a serious decision to commit to Circle of Hope International? Your monthly donation of $10, $25 or $100 will go a long way toward making a big difference to the Namanda community in Malawi. Build a Building: We have purchased two pieces of property and been given a third piece in Malawi. Lots of land, but no buildings. Our next phase of development includes building houses, classrooms, a library, a store, a workshop, barns and much more. Houses and classrooms costs about $6000 each. Would you help us raise this money? Give a financial donation toward these building projects or keep reading to see how your group can raise money for the buildings. Keep Eating! Not you!! Our kids. Just like you, we have to buy groceries every week! Our regular budget includes purchasing food for the children. It takes $18 a day to feed our 250 children. You can provide food for one day or for an entire week. Agricultural Training Center: One of our most exciting projects is the training center that is being set up at the Namanda Community Development Center. This program will be training local farmers to produce good crops using conservation farming methods, composting and green fertilizers. Your gift of $10, $25 or $100 will provide training for these farmers. Help make a difference in the fight against poverty. Take a trip: It is never too early to start planning for next summer. We are putting together our Community Impact Teams for Summer 2008 and we would love to have you along for the adventure of a life-time. We will have three teams going to Malawi in June and July, 2008. Each team will be two weeks long. For these teams we need teachers, nurses, builders, strong able-bodied workers, seamstresses, artists, business people and more! Contact us for more information about our 2008 Community Impact Teams. Ways for your group to get involved: Build the Library: We are excited about building a library for the Namanda community. One of the important lessons we are teaching is literacy. These lessons will include both children and adults as our Community Development Center is completed. To improve the literacy of the Namanda community, we are asking for your help to establish our library. This project is a great opportunity for schools and children’s groups. We need to raise money to purchase books in Chichewa (the local language), shelves, desks and chairs for this project. School Supplies: School will be starting soon here in America. In Malawi, the new school year starts in January. We would like to provide all our students with a new book bag, pencils, pens, writing paper, math set and scissors. We need people to sew book bags. We need pens, pencils, math sets and scissors purchased to be taken to Malawi in January. We also need some cash to buy writing paper in Malawi. This is a great project for your class to take on. Uniforms: Many of our children are having a difficult time staying in school because they do not have a uniform for school. Your organization can help raise money for purchasing uniforms for the children. Each uniform costs $4. The total cost for uniforms is $1000. Ideas that don’t involve cash! Forward a link to this web site to five friends and ask them to think about getting involved in our community. Volunteer: We need people who would like to give of their time to help with administration, communications, fundraising, curriculum development and more. If you have a few hours a week or month you would like to give please contact us. Send A Sweater: Are you sorting through old children’s clothes? Don’t just pack those sweaters and other clothes back into the closet, send them to Malawi. We would like to send some children’s sweaters and clothing (sizes 4T to adult small) to our COH kids on our next trip. Nice used clothing for our workers: We have nine people volunteer their time four days a week to cook for the children, they also teach, provide medical care, counseling and love for the children. If you have nice clothing: long skirts sizes 8 or 10, blouses size small or medium, slacks or khakis size 32 or 34 waist 30 inch inseam, size 8 or 9 shoes men or women, we would really love to take care packages to each of our workers filled with a set of clothes. Save the earth, save our children: By recycling 30 empty aluminum cans, we can feed lunch to 20 children in Malawi. Start saving cans today and tell all your friends that they can save the world too! Set up boxes at work and school. We will be happy to provide a sign that you can print off to hang on the box. Check with your local recycling center to see what cans are worth in your area. Bake Sale: By selling cakes, pies, cookies, etc, we can provide good nutritious food for our orphans and vulnerable children. Your group can hold a bake sale to raise money for the many development projects taking place through Circle of Hope International. The Wilmore/Nicholasville, Kentucky Bake Sale will be held on October 6. Open House: Would you be willing to open your home and talk about Circle of Hope International? We will provide you with a speaker, materials and a video. You provide food and friends. The idea is to share about the exciting things happening at Circle of Hope International and to raise money for the projects. Set up a speaking event: Do you have a connection with a church, small group, or community organization? We are looking for groups where we can present an opportunity to join the community of Circle of Hope International. Please contact us if you can provide us with the opportunity to speak before any size group. There are plenty of ways that you can be involved! The vision of Circle of Hope International is to build a Compassionate Community. That means bringing together people from all over the world who have a heart for the poor. While every person's role will be different, we can join together to make a difference by working to alleviate suffering and giving those who are oppressed a voice to speak out. If you would like to learn more about getting involved please contact us. |
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to join our community? We need YOU to make the vision of Circle
of Hope International a reality. There are lots of ways to get involved
from baking cookies to volunteering a few hours, recycling cans
to joining a team traveling to Malawi. 