By Jessica Lewis | Project Leader
Dear friends,
As we approach the final trimester of the 2017 school year, we wanted to reach out with a brief update.
With your help, we are currently supporting 230 at-risk youth from preschool through 8th grade, including 125 girls. We continue to build on the momentum of a successful 2016 school year (in which we ranked 1st in math and 4th overall out of 137 schools in our district) and look forward to a strong finish to the current school year.
As a low-budget organization, we continually work hard to make the best possible use of donor contributions. Building on our commitment to leverage each dollar for maximum impact, we regularly seek opportunities to reduce costs where possible in order to direct our funds into delivering the best possible education to our kids. Along those lines, we rented several acres of land near our school this year in order to grow our own food crops. We are on track to save at least $1500 per year by growing more of our own food -- an amount equivalent to more than 2% of our annual budget -- savings we are able to redirect to improve our academic programs.
Thank you for your continued support and partnership!
With gratitude,
The Margaret Okari Children's Foundation Team
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