unto the least of these
Feeding Their Minds
Police Officer, Pilot, Doctor, Teacher, Soldier, Nurse.....
Children everywhere dream about what they want to be when they grow up. One of the biggest obstacles standing between the children in the village of Mpyupyu and their dreams is an education. Help this generation weave their dreams and give them Hope for the Future.
Here, a local teacher took it upon himself to tutor the new students after school.
They have set up their makeshift classroom behind the church in Mpyupyu.
After building a church to feed the village spiritually and a feeding center to feed the orphans physically, we decided to feed their dreams and began an 8 year commitment to the children of Mpyupyu.
Children in Mpyupyu cannot attend school if they do not have a uniform and cannot pay the school fees. This is about $25 for the year. While this may not seem like much to us, it is an astronomical amount for many of the families in Mpyupyu. As we prepare for back to school with new clothes, new backpacks and endless class supplies, would you consider providing a new future for a child?
YEAR THREE
2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR
Education Breaks the Cycle of Poverty
There are many orphans in the village of Mpyupyu. JFBC supports them through the feeding center which provides nutritious meals each day. These meals mean the difference between life and death. Besides preventing starvation, well fed bodies are healthier and able to fight disease. Now we are working to give them an education so they can provide for themselves and their future families.
This is not a far away charity, before Covid, we visited these children several times each year, and have seen the difference in their health and growth. 100% of the money received goes directly to the children.
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GETTING MEASURED
FABRIC FOR SCHOOL UNIFORMS
EAGER STUDENTS
NEW UNIFORMS HAVE ARRIVED
CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL
Three of our students in Mpyupyu passed their national exams and were able to continue on to high school. High School is much more expensive than primary school, especially if you are assigned to a high school far from your village. These students have been sponsored for two years of high school, but need sponsors for the 2021-2022 term.
Lekeleni Simion
She was selected to attend Katamba Secondary School and would like to become a nurse. She is an orphan and lives with her grandmother who can not afford to send her to High School. Lekeleni's tuition and uniforms are $210 each year.
Nester Benson
She lives with her mother and brother. Their father abandoned them many years ago. She wants to become a nurse. Her annual tuition and uniforms to attend St. Michael's Secondary School is $210 each year.
Francis Zebe
He was selected to go to a high school in Blantyre and he hopes to become a journalist. Blantyre is about 60 miles from his home, so he will have to pay for boarding and meals along with the regular fees and expenses. While he is blessed with a father and mother in the home, and they are able to provide for his supplies, part of his food and transportation, they are still unable to provide the full amount needed. His tuition, uniforms and boarding is $690 per school year.
Year One
2018-2019 School Year
This is when 134 children received their first school uniform in September 2018.
Year two
2019 - 2020 School Year
