By Dom Williams | Founder and Director
Whilst we are supposed to be in the wet season, climate change has been rearing its ugly head once again with a sustained dry spell wreaking havoc with the crops. This will have a serious knock-on effect in 2019 when the households run out of food and prices rise, leaving the families to decide between education or food – the latter being the only choice. This has now gone on for years and highlights the importance of our free primary school education and also our Sustainable Income Plans for the families, including alternative businesses and agricultural techniques, which help towards their further education costs. We will be monitoring the situation over the coming months.
The best way to maintain regular food for the elderly generation is to remove the barriers that hinder this; these being additional costs the families face with education for their children. No-one should have to chose between education or food so by supplying the former in our Phoenix school, the latter should take care of itself, which also includes the elderly.
As mentionned previously, the sustainable plans we introduced with medicinal plants and fruit trees for the elderly are still "bearing fruit" and take away another barrier: the cost of everyday non-essential medicines.
This year’s Phoenix Appeal aims to raise funds towards our local teachers’ salaries and materials for 2019. On average each teacher can educate between 25-30 children per class and will often teach more than one class so the more teachers we can bring on board for 2019, the more children we can give a vital education to, whether this is primary, secondary or college. Please donate to this page to help us reach our goals for 2019. Alternatively you can crowd fund with friends, family and co-workers in your office or school and aim for one teacher’s salary for the whole year!
GlobalGiving will be offering a donation bonus day on 12th and 13th September, a fabulous start for this year’s Appeal!
Also, a date for your diary for 2019: The Seven Continent Charity Challenge #5 will be the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu in Perú from 27-31st May – please contact us if you are interested on dom@thephoenixprojects.org . There are limited spaces so please let us know as soon as you can!
Have a fantastic September and we’ll be in touch later in the year with another update! Cheers
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