Our partner in North Africa, PM International, recently shared this wonderful story of how Gift of Hope blesses the children in one mountain village.
Through the Gift of Hope project G218 - Water for Family, Africa, villagers in arid, mountainous areas of North Africa are supplied with clean water systems, manual pumps for wells, latrines for schools, and public health education.
All of these activities show God’s love to the people and better their lives in a meaningful way.
In one village, our partners built a well and latrine for a local school. “We wanted to help these schools and bless the lives of the children,” said the project leader. “Furthermore, we wanted to give girls the opportunity to attend school and get a basic education.
"Because of the lack of latrines, children had to go to the bathroom outside where there were neither trees nor bushes to take cover. For this reason parents preferred not to send their daughters to school.”
Now the children are healthier and more girls are attending school!
The following is a letter that the children of the school wrote to our partners and the donors who gave to the project. We know this will touch your heart. It is translated from Arabic and written as a poem:-
This is a greeting and an appreciation from the children of the mountains
For whom no one showed interest because they lived like animals
Until God opened the doors to people who took interest in their wellbeing
People who did not care about money or time
But their objective was the happiness of the people from every place
With their help, all hard work becomes light
Their happiness is to see a happy child and they do before they talk
These people are our heroes
They don’t care if our religion is different and they don’t say “this is impossible”
May the Almighty bless them
Praise God, and thanks for your prayers and support for Gift of Hope!
