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Exciting Student Sponsorship Updates

Exciting Student Sponsorship Updates

by Susan Vallee | Nov 22, 2021 | Malawi, schools, Sonder Update, student sponsorship

Exciting Student Sponsorship Updates Our program leadership team recently traveled to Malawi to observe and assess the impact of our programs on the ground. We wanted to understand the impact of our Sonder Student Sponsorship Program, which we established at the start...

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Today is #GivingTuesday! GivingTuesday was creat Today is #GivingTuesday! GivingTuesday was created as a simple idea: we have Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday - why not GivingTuesday?? And so the day was born in 2012 to kick off the holiday season for non-profits, and it has become the largest single day for charitable giving all year. We hope you will participate! Please consider donating to support one of The Sonder Project's key initiatives #DrillingWells, #StudentSponsorship, #BuildingSchools, or #CommunityFarming. Even the smallest contribution goes a long way towards empowering impoverished communities through high-impact, sustainable development. * $35 increases access to clean water for one person through our well drilling program * $50 increases access to education for one student through our school construction program. * $100 increases food security and generates income for one family through our Community Farms Program * $230 sponsors a student with the resources they need to stay in school for a full academic year. Visit the link in our bio to make a contribution this @GivingTuesday, or visit the thesonderproject.org to learn more about our initiatives and how you can make a positive global impact with us!
Happy Thanksgiving! We hope everyone is enjoying a Happy Thanksgiving! We hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful day with family and friends. In the spirit of the holiday, a few words of #SonderGratitude from our CEO, Chad Zibelman. Chad has been leading The Sonder Project since 2018, and has been instrumental in successfully expanding our core initiatives while building new adjacent programs, all while empowering our teams on the ground in Malawi and Burkina Faso. Thank you, Chad! In Chad's words, "I am most grateful for our network of Sonder Project supporters. Whether you fund a well, sponsor a student, donate to an event, volunteer, or like our posts on social media - your contributions are vital and we appreciate you! Our ability to empower communities and improve lives is driven by the love we receive from individuals like you - individuals who recognize the inequities that exist in the world; individuals who want to do something about it; individuals who stand up and take action. They say it takes a village - Thank you for being a part of ours."
New Well Alert! 🚨 Our team in Burkina Faso is c New Well Alert! 🚨 Our team in Burkina Faso is currently on a drilling streak and recently launched a critical new well in the community of Tangin - stay tuned for more well announcements to come! At this inauguration ceremony, members of the community expressed that the well project had helped them overcome some disagreements within the community, as everyone needed to work together for the common good. The celebration was particularly joyous, and even one of the male community elders joined the dancing with the women, which our Country Director shared is not common and reflective of the sincere joy of this special occasion (last slide). Congrats to our Burkina Faso team for their dedicated and enthusiastic work to drill new wells, even while launching other new programs like our Student Sponsorship program! #WaterIsLife #SafeWater #SonderProject #WaterForDevelopment #DrillingWells #WellDrilling #BurkinaFaso #CommunityEngagement #CommunityDevelopment
We circle back to #BurkinaFaso for the next editio We circle back to #BurkinaFaso for the next edition of our #SonderGratitude series with a submission from our Agricultural Field Coordinator, Wielfried Lompo. Wielfried has been our key staff member on the ground ensuring success of our Community Farm. Developed on an 11+ acre plot of land in one of our partner communities, our #CommunityFarm seeks to increase #foodsecurity and generate income by providing a year-round water source and educational workshops focused on sustainable ecology techniques. Weilfried told us, "I am most grateful that the #sustainableagriculture project remains active, and for the dedication and team spirit of the community members. I am also excited that we have developed some new strategies for 2023 that we believe will have even more impact on the lives of the farm members."
(Part 2/2) After announcing the names of the newly (Part 2/2) After announcing the names of the newly sponsored students to their parents in the Jiti community, we also visited the students at their school to reveal the news to them directly! Subject to a rigorous selection process, each student and their family were visited and interviewed to assess their economic need, academic performance, and other key criteria over the course of several weeks. The anticipation in the room was palpable, but the students were absolutely ecstatic when their names were called! They all committed themselves to focusing and working hard to maintain their academic performance to make their families and The Sonder Project proud. You can support our sponsorship programs in Malawi and Burkina Faso! For just $19/month we will cover school fees and essential materials for a high potential high school student with financial need. Follow the link in our bio to donate and get involved in our programs! #StudentSponsorship #EducationIsKey #SustainableDevelopment #CommunityEngagement #ProudParents #EducationalDevelopment #InternationalDevelopment #Malawi #SonderProject #Jiti #MalawiSchools #ChildrenAreTheFuture #InvestInEducation #ABrightFuture
Next up in our November #SonderGratitude series is Next up in our November #SonderGratitude series is Beria Michembo, Country Director for The Sonder Project in Malawi, sharing what she is most thankful for in 2022. Beria has been with us since 2020 and has a strong commitment to community engagement, details, and follow-through. Beria is grateful that we launched a new program to distribute simple and affordable water filters to remote communities who were not able to access our drilled wells. “I am most grateful for our water filter distribution. After visiting the recipients, we confirmed that, despite long distances, difficult terrain, and inconsistent water sources, drinking clean water is possible even in very remote households!” #WaterForDevelopment #WaterFilters #WaterIsLife #StaffQuotes #SonderGratitude #Malawi #RuralCommunities #SafeWater #CleanWater #H2O
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