Donations

It is hard to believe that I will be traveling tomorrow! At 6PM I will meet Ashley in Burlington. From there we will drive to Dover, New Hampshire to catch a Greyhound bus around 1030PM. We will be arriving at Logan Airport in Boston around midnight and then meeting up with the rest of the group anytime between midnight and three AM. Without delay we will board our first plane to Washington D.C. at 6AM.

Tomorrow at 5PM will be the start to a very long few days of travel!

On another note, I wanted to share with everyone that throughout the semester our group was able to raise nearly $4000 to donate to the two organizations. We held a few events on campus including a night of African festivities, a coin drop and an silent auction with local and African items. Additionally, donations that were sent to the Center of Service for each individual group member helped the two organizations because 10% of the contribution went towards the fund raising fund and then 90% when towards the individual group recipient. Ashley sent the money via wire transfer last week and below is a message in response from IMUMA!

"Many thanks for the very very big support you gave to IMUMA. And the money came on the right time, because there is food problem here at IMUMA, we have to pay anual NGO fees, and the rest of the money we will start on cleaning the land farm we bought and we have to buy bushknieves/ matchetes, hoes, folks, rakes, axes, etc. All is all we are so appreciate for the supportive donations. Regards, Shariff"

I am happy to hear that we have already started to help!

More news to come in a few hours....