By Louise | Jack of all trades, master of none!
Gracias, Obrigado, Arigato, Grazas, Thanks, Qujan, Paldies, Danki, Mesi, Tak, Koszi, Grazie, Tak, Vielen Dank, Ederim, Tesekkur, Na Gode, Merci, Multemusc, Muchus Gracias, Go Raibh Maith Agat, Mersi, Danke Schon, Baie Danke, Nkomu, Siyabonga!
WOW what a great start to the giving season. I am humbled and overwhelmed by your support of the children we serve.
Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. First, let me welcome our new partners who have supported us through the #GivingTuesday particularly those from Balaklava, north of Adelaide; McLaren Vale, South of Adelaide, Salisbury Adelaide South Australia plus Alabama - USA! As well as my board, thank you all. These are the people that I know about, many others I do not have any details, sadly.
Welcome to the KTD196 Community of supporters! I hope you will be inspired by the work we do and be more than satisfied by the impact we are able to achieve through your support!
Secondly, I want to give you feedback about how well Keep The Dream196 performed.
We were ranked number 40 out of over 4,065 competing organizations for this year’s #GivingTuesday appeal in terms of performance that is amazing! We usually around #200.
Through yours and others response we have raised $16,815 which includes $3,163 as bonus from GlobalGiving on one day. Our target for #GivingTuesday was $10,000 so well done everyone and THANK YOU SO MUCH. This equates to nearly 3months running costs. That is huge, awesome job by all.
Thanks to all of you we reached our 2019 target. Now we have the start of the giving season for 2020 and we have an overall target of $80,000 and you have enabled us to reach nearly 25% of that already.
I am very grateful for your support. To access funding is very difficult in this global crisis using traditional means i.e. apply for grants, we are relying heavily on individuals who share our vision to build the future South Africa one child at a time.
What this means in reality is we are able to plan and implement services to more orphaned and vulnerable children aged 5-7yrs in the areas where we function. We will also be able to sustain the current programs we run for the children aged 8-18yrs because of you! In 2019, because of the support we received in 2018 we were able to pilot a new program for the younger children and because of your support we will be able to role the 5-7yr program out to Greater Tzaneen, Mopani and Capricorn Districts which is wonderful.
As you can imagine, this is so exciting for us. Currently we have had to limit the involvement of the younger children because of their age, now we will have a proper program to give them so they will feel a part of KTD196 and have a good foundation for the future.
By supporting us with your year-end gift you are setting us up for January 2020 to jump right in!
Finally, We are SUPER EXCITED to be able to expand and to grow our program. I am looking forward to the work we are going to be able to do, the children we are going to impact in 2020 through your ongoing support.
The lives of the children we shape and the communities we touch are so important and we are so excited that you are going to be a part of this impact. In 2019 we had a donor increase their commitment to us for the purpose of working with the parents/caregivers of the children. During this training we taught guardians about identifying risk factors for their children and how to prevent their children from going down the wrong road. This is a powerful training that has wonderful impact for restoring hope to families. Now because of your support we will be able to continue this program and follow up with the Induna’s (village chiefs) to ensure their action plans they created this year are implemented and real change is brought to their communities into the coming year ahead.
Your partner in serving orphaned and vulnerable children of Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Thank you
Louise
This is a comment sent by one of our supporters on GlobalGiving.
I see the good work Keep The Dream 196 is doing, transforming lives for good & for God and in turn transforming families, communities and a nation by showing kids their worth, their responsibilities and their possibilities as young leaders.
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