HELP EMPLOY VULNERABLE GIRLS

A good project can only be successful through the support of benevolent donors, and this project has had its share and we are very grateful indeed. At the same time, one can only give so much and no more, based on several legitimate reasons. Unfortunately however, the vulnerable young women in our project - Save Vulnerable Girls, have no viable options to choose from. Their plight remains the same every day. They are exploited on a daily basis and they suffer from sexual, physical and mental abuse on a regular basis. Their dreams of making enough money for themselves and their families, fade with each sundown and their fears of what torture awaits them, rise with each sunrise. They have no hope of breaking out of this vicious cycle by themselves. If we cannot raise enough funds to help them effectively, we would have succeeded only in dashing the little hope they have found. We therefore trust that you will consider donating some of your hard-earned money towards this humanitarian cause. Please help give one poor, vulnerable young woman a sustainable income to cover food, clothing and shelter today.

We at Totally Youth are now at a point where we may have to close down this critical intervention if we fail to raise the needed funds to make the project viable. Furthermore, our project manager is no longer willing to work on pro-bono basis. As clearly indicated on the project's web page on GlobalGiving, we have not been able to raise most of the funds to cover critical items including recurrent items for the personal use of the participants. Closing down this project would mean keeping 120 young women in abject poverty every year. Since some of these participants have children (some have 1 to 3 children), the affected number per year could reach 180 or more, Rehabilitations made to some of our facilities to support the project would also then be wasted.

We already have in place fully functioning ICT, Catering, Fashion and Beauty Centers as well as our Knowledge Space ready, to support the capacity building and hands-on training of these vulnerable young women. Once trained, we will place them in the hospitality industry as well as safe households. We desperately need your support, especially with the recurrent items that go directly to the participants to make it possible for them to effectively participate in the programme to gain employable skills. They deserve this project which will place them and transform them into confident, healthy young women who will be responsible and productive citizens. Your support will take 120 vulnerable young women and their dependents off the streets into secure environments. You will help them provide for themselves, the basic necessities of life, i.e.: food, clothing and shelter, as a minimum.

Right now they are waiting with high hopes for the project to help them become productive citizens. Meanwhile, we are looking up to you, dear benevolent donor, to find a little more room in your hearts to help these young women. These vulnerable women, who have been dragged by poverty into prostitution, unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, single parenthood, homelessness, etc.

If we at Totally Youth have failed miserably to present their plight successfully, please do not let our weak “elevator pitch”, deprive them of this opportunity to get out of abject poverty. Without additional assistance, Totally Youth will not be able to do it on its own. Please lend a helping hand to these young women who have been deprived of dignity, hope and purpose of life. Give them something positive to look forward to in life.

Your support during this festive month of December will be a double blessing to these suffering young women, because they will have access to food, clothing and shelter for six weeks as well as gain employable skills. And once we have placed them, they will become responsible, income-earning citizens who can fend for themselves and their dependents. If our project receives more donations and/or gets more donors than other projects during this end-of-year fundraising, we would get rewards from GlobalGiving, which could give us a GlobalGiving Superstar Status. This will make us more visible on the GlobalGiving platform.

We are determined to go on with this project with your help because of its potential high impact for poverty reduction, especially for women. We have been working diligently to keep the project alive and just as a good omen, we just this week found a pro-bono project manager. She will be starting with us in two weeks, which is a blessing indeed.
We are therefore appealing for urgent support for the Kayayei and the other vulnerable young women we have identified.Please help us this project to stay viable.

You are only a few clicks away from giving at least one vulnerable young woman a lifeline and the Best Christmas Ever. Please donate any amount of your choice today at www.globalgiving.org/projects/save-homeless-girls. Thank you.

DO HAVE YOURSELF A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and MAY YOUR NEW YEAR BE THE HAPPIEST EVER.
GOD BLESS