Empowering Girls: This Week at Villages of Hope

Check out what's been going on this week at Villages of Hope-Africa...

Empowering Girls

Last week at VOH Kitwe, our school joined with other schools in the area to commemorate the “Day of the Girl Child.” We were given a poem to recite; the theme of the poem was “Girls Speak Up.”

It was a wonderful opportunity to participate at the district level in this important event. The girls from our school were accompanied by four boys as a way of showing solidarity with what the theme was communicating. The report back from the event coordinators was that our girls really articulated their poem well, confidently and with conviction, and it was well received by all in attendance.

We are so proud of how well the girls performed, it was also a great time for our students to interact with other girls from other schools. Indeed it was a day of reinforcing the rich value of all girls.

VOH Burundi Preschool

VOH Burundi is happy to introduce our new Preschool class that started in September! After being in school for just over a month, the children along with their teacher’s help are already able to write down some numbers and letters.

We consider this to be great progress for these young children. They all come from the very poor community of Bwiza, in Bujumbura where our Bwiza Center is located. None were able to afford preschool costs and could only hope to be able to start school in grade one when they became 7 years or older.

VOH Burundi is so happy to be able to give them this opportunity to go to school as young as 3 and 4 years old. We congratulate their teachers for the good work and we appreciate all the sponsors who are making this possible.

Sponsor Letters

Last week was letter-writing week! VOH Chongwe and the children were so excited to communicate to their sponsors and tell them about the start of the third term in school and the progress they have made so far.

The children are very aware of the fact it is their sponsor who helps make it possible for them to receive an education, complete with a nutritious meal each day. They welcome the opportunity to write and say thank you and are always really excited when they receive a letter back.

We thank the sponsors and partners for making such a difference in the children’s lives. // if you want to sponsor a VOH child, visit vohafrica.com/child-sponsorship

Cleaning Day!

Saturday is a busy day at the VOH Kenya children’s homes! It’s cleaning day and the children all take part in various chores including cleaning their bedrooms and other various age appropriate chores inside and outside of their home.

The house moms use cleaning day as an opportunity to teach their children responsibility and it allows the children an opportunity to know how good it feels when they see a job well done.

Christmas Letters for Sponsor

At VOH Malawi we are already thinking about Christmas. All of the children are working hard to prepare Christmas letters to send home to their sponsors. They are all so careful, first writing it out in a notebook before copying it neatly so that every word to their sponsor is clear. If you are one of our sponsors please remember that the children are overjoyed when they receive a letter back from you! Why not consider sending a Christmas card to your sponsor child this year?

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