Project Report
| May 15, 2009
5th Grade Coming to the Mackenzie Community School
By Paul Byrne | Assistant International Executive Director
I am happy to bring you some good news from IRFF and the Supporting Success Scholarship Fund. We recently wrote to you, asking for your input on whether we should use the money we raised for scholarships to build an addition to the Mackenzie Community School in Zambia. The response was overwhelmingly supportive and we were ready to go ahead with the plan when we were invited to apply for a grant to cover the expenses of the project by the Posterus Foundation (www.posterus.org). Our application was accepted and we are now making preparations for the construction.
The expansion to the Mackenzie school will provide space for a 5th grade class, allowing a full class of students – most of whom would have stopped their education after the 4th grade – to stay in school for one more grade every year. I am excited about the project and the opportunity it will offer the children of Mackenzie, and I thank you for your part in making this happen.
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Jan 21, 2009
Presentation of Scholarships
By Paul Byrne | Assistant International Executive Director
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Scholarship recipients shopping for shoes before the presentatio
On January 10th, IRFF-Zambia presented scholarships to the new class of recipients at the Mackenzie Community School. It was a joyous occasion for the students and their families, as well as for their very proud teachers and our staff.
Each student had their tuition for the year paid for and received a school uniform, shoes, books and all necessary school supplies. They have now started the new school year at Dzikomo Government School and are on their way to further success.
Thank you for making this amazing event possible and for giving these children the powerful opportunity of an education.
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Scholarship recipients with their school supplies in the classro
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Scholarship recipients in the yard outside their school
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Dec 22, 2008
Thank You
By Paul Byrne | IRFF Assistant International Executive Director
I want to sincerely thank all of our supporters for your contributions to the Supporting Success Scholarship Fund and our efforts in the "Everbody Can Win" Challenge. We received 361 donations from November 15th to December 15th, an incredible number that surprised even us.
In the last few days of the challenge, we were locked in a tight battle with another organization. On the last day, their project received a huge amount of donations and just hours before the deadline it looked like winning the challenge was out of reach for us. Amazingly, however, we were able to fight our way back and took first place in the very final minutes, winning by just seven donations. Needless to say, it was a very exciting - and very nerve wracking - day.
Your donations allowed us to win the $15,000 prize for first place in the challenge. More importantly, it will allow us to expand the reach of Supporting Success to more deserving children in Zambia. The lives of these chidren will be changed by the opportunity of education that you have given to them. While they will still struggle with the challenges of poverty that surround them, they will have the hope of a brighter future and the vision of a better life.
We will be presenting scholarships to this year's class of recipients in Zambia before the end of 2008. I will send you another update shortly afterwards to introduce you to the children whose lives you are changing. Thank you again; have a wonderful holiday.
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