Restoration Project Resource Center

January 23, 2022

Dear Partner,

Thank you for your continued support towards the work of Restoration Project Resource Center. Your partnership with us encourages us to do our best and bring smiles to the faces of the individuals we serve.

We are glad that you are one of our partners; we want you to know that we appreciate your support. We want you to know that we do not take your generosity and support lightly. That is why we appeal to you for your continued support. We cannot do this work without you. Please know that your financial support enables us to keep experts and professionals in our pool of instructors, interns, and volunteers. ALL our instructors are experts and are PAID. We cannot do this without your financial support!

Here are some success stories that you helped us to achieve. In 2021, we:

• Served about forty-six individuals through our skills development program
• We added a Web Design course and graduated four individuals
• We paid two individuals to take a one-month internship as a continuation of our data entry course to enable them to gain work experience. One of them secured employment afterward.
• We trained seven individuals on Python Essential, paid for two of them to take the certification course which they passed (we would pay for anyone who wanted to take their certification exams).
• Of the two who passed their PE1 certification exams, one got a full-time position as a Tester.
• We hired one of our program graduates as a Program Assistant/Community Liaison
• We successfully reached over two hundred community members, advocates, program participants, survivors, law enforcement agents, survivor leaders, and service providers through our webinars and symposiums. This does not include the hundreds that read our newsletters.
• In January of 2022, we had a graduation ceremony for our program graduates, to celebrate their success (cannot share pictures for confidentiality).
• This year, we have already provided business coaching to seven individuals.
• We also added a new class, Python Essentials 2 for those who took PE1 last year.

See below what our program beneficiaries said in their end-of-course survey and follow-ups:

“I really like my class, the teacher didn't let us get discouraged even when the subject was getting difficult”

“The class was well organized. The class was interactive. The class was open to different views from students”

“This is... I have passed the PE1 exam. Please find my invoice and score attached… I am looking for a job as Jr. Software Tester… I will start with a new company from Monday 10th of Jan… it is a full-time job as a Tester” 

It cost us money to bring these courses to our individuals and community, especially when we had to contract professors in universities to teach our courses. You will agree with me that money, skills, knowledge, and hard-work go into delivering these services. This year we plan to expand our programs by reaching out to and partnering with consulates that serve immigrants, especially women who have been trafficked and or have experienced domestic abuse. We will repeat more of our classes to give more women and girls access to economic opportunities.

Whether a survivor of human trafficking, domestic violence, refugees and asylees who experienced violence and domestic abuse while they were fleeing their war-torn regions or those who are disenfranchised because of their social status, we follow our program participants through their journey to an unimpaired state, sustainable restoration, and economic empowerment.

We love to hear from you- your insights, words of encouragement, and advice on ways to improve our services. Please feel free to email me!

Please continue to help change the lives of girls and women one person at a time. Let our Little drops of water, your little grains of sand, make a mighty ocean, and your little bits of kindness for eternity! We are inspired to do this work because we can count on you. Thank you for your commitment and support!

Help share our work on your social media platforms and support our Project at:
https://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/pe/project-edit/edit-page-1.html?project.projId=31361

Like us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/restorationpi/

Twitter at: https://twitter.com/restorproject

THANK YOU for your support. For questions, contact me at eookupa@restorationpi.org.

Sincerely,

Edith Okupa