By Dom Williams | Founder and Director
I hope all is well with you and you managed to celebrate Thanksgiving in some form this year. With 2020 finally drawing to a close we must turn our attention to preparing ourselves as best we can for 2021.
To help our Covid-19 recovery programme, and as part of this year’s Appeal, GlobalGiving will be sharing $1 million on Giving Tuesday on 1st December along with donations made on this day. This opportunity is huge for us as we strive to purchase all the necessary supplies (gels, disinfectants, soaps etc) to make each classroom safe for when the children come back to school in 2021. We also want to continue to provide basic daily food so at least they have something in their stomachs to aid learning! If you can donate to this page on 1st December we’ll receive more bang for your buck and be well-prepared for the months to come – thank you!
In addition to this and to aid our medium-term recovery programmes from the Covid-19 turmoil, GlobalGiving is offering a 200% matching on all new regular donations up to $200 set up between 14-18th December. The match applies to the first installment paid during this time and the matching will be paid after four payments (in April 2021). This will really help us keep stocks full as well as providing a food programme for the children well into the new year. Please note, the 200% matching applies to new regular donations only set up between 14-18th December.
Hurricanes Eta and Iota caused extensive damage in the communities where we work destroying many homes and harvests. Our immediate response will be to invest in large family vegetable gardens with quick growing crops to help them get back on their feet and have income to purchase needed supplies sustainably in the future. They will be fully irrigated with rain-capture tanks for the dry season and infrastructure tunnels for protection and to reduce evaporation.
A silver lining - all the final-year students graduated from our college in Honduras. This is all down to our local teachers travelling to the communities each week to continue teaching with classrooms closed since March. Virtual learning hasn’t been possible due to the economic constraints of the families so the work of the teachers has been vital this year and must be applauded.
Thank you for all your support this year, as in previous years: one more push and we can really start to plan for 2021 with your help.
Cheers
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