Category Archives: Student Profiles
Category: Student Profiles
Mbedia Samuel
We often don’t have much information about the children in Kingabwa we trying to help because they often know little of their own story. Samuel is in this situation. He lives with his widowed grandmother and struggles to have enough to eat, but has little else tell us about his life. His birth date is
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Batadika Donat
Batadika Donat is a 17 year old boy who is the youngest of six children. His mother died when he was very young and most of his siblings have not been able to attend school. One of his older sisters was supported through a local religious organization and has graduated from secondary school and begun
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Enock
Our next student profile is Mbedia Seraphi Enock. He is one of our newer students and we don’t have a lot of information about him yet. He just turned 12 years old, and finished first grade with help from Hope Sparked last year. Obviously he is behind and hoping to catch up. He lives with
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Christine
Our first student profile of the year is for Ayabo Pale Christine. She is a fantastic student and wonderful young women eager to improve her life. She is 14 years old and just finished primary school with help from Hope Sparked. She lives with her grandmother since her father died about eight years ago and
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Summer fundraising time!
The school year is just around the corner and we are officially kicking off our summer fundraising campaign. We have 25 returning students who are working hard to be ready for school in September, and we need to make sure we can keep them enrolled throughout the entire year. Our goal is to raise $8,000
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Merci
Our summer fundraising campaign is officially over, and we are very grateful for your support. We exceeded our goal and will be able to add 10 new students to our 2016-17 class this year. Thank you for giving these students an opportunity for education where it’s needed most!
Waiting for a chance
This is our last fundraising post of the year. We are grateful for your support and have raised enough to get all our returning students enrolled in their next grade. However, we are still about $2000 short of our goal to add 10 more students to the program. If you’ve been meaning to contribute to our
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Lifalanga Moma Ruth
We have a quick video update from Ruth, who is starting her third year of studies with Hope Sparked. As you can tell from the video, she is very shy. Her father and mother are both unable to provide for her, so she lives with her aunt who tries to make a living selling bread. There
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Kapinga Ndoba Ryan
Here’s a video update from one of our youngest students, Ryan. He’s very nervous in front of the camera as you can tell. His is the older of two siblings living with his mother. His father has been gone for most of his life and has given up on trying to support the family. We
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Sponsorship Program
After hearing several suggestions and requests from you, we are excited to announce the beginning of our sponsorship program. Through this program, recurring donors will have the opportunity to exchange correspondence and develop long-term relationships with specific students. Please check out the webpage for the details. On this new page, you’ll be able to see all the student
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