By Dom Williams | Founder and Director
I hope all is well with you.
We are launching the 2023 Appeal today (Monday 18th September) and GlobalGiving will be matching all individual donations of up to £40/$50 by 50% between now and Friday 22nd September which is a fantastic opportunity for the projects. All money raised with this year’s Appeal will be put towards our local teachers’ salaries, classroom materials, daily fruit and sustainable plans.
If you wish to donate please do so by following the project link on this newsletter and the matching will be automatically added.
Last year's Appeal, launched in September 2022, raised an incredible £21,000/$26,000 towards the £85,000/$106,000 we have spent on The Phoenix Projects in Latin America over the past twelve months.
As you can see clearly, we were able to accomplish one quarter of our work in Latin America over the past year thanks to your generous support to the Appeal. If we can get close to that figure once again for this year's Appeal we will be able to achieve so much more in 2024 so if you can donate this week please follow the link on this newsletter.
Classes are coming along well in the school though there is still a lot of work to do over the coming months before the final exams in December. We are still seeing the fallout from two years of missed education during the pandemic though we are optimistic that gains are being made which is mainly down to our local teacher who is currently taking on extra classes of small groups of students for reinforcement. She will continue this in January during the school holidays.
The children getting more involved in the school vegetable garden and receive classes in irrigation types, planting, the growing process and of course harvest (which is obviously the most popular part!). With the extended Plan Huerto we have been able to provide more nutritious food for the children each day with extra being shared with the local families. Plan Huerto maintenance is now led by Don Pedro who has a long history with the school.
Have a great rest of September and anything you can donate this week to take advantage of the matching and get this year's Appeal off to a great start would be hugely appreciated and we thank you so much in advance.
Cheers
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