Category Archives: Student Profiles
Category: Student Profiles
Mundele Matondo Siméon
About two years ago we introduced you to Siméon. He lives with his father who is a police officer, and was not able to consistently attend school until getting support from Hope Sparked. He is now beginning his sixth year of primary school. His family has previously discussed hopes that he could become a doctor,
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Ndonda Vero
We’ve got a short profile today for Vero, one of our youngest students. She has finished her first year of primary school with help from Hope Sparked. Her father has been gone for several years, and she lives with her mother and older siblings. Two of her older sisters are single mothers, a very common
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Bakanemi Nado
Today’s student profile is for Nado, another wonderful young woman that has overcome many obstacles and made a successful transition into secondary school. Both of her parents are unemployed and she lives with her mother only, struggling with a very difficult family situation. You can see her humble gratitude and aspirations for a better life
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LUFULU MAELE Caro
Today’s student profile is 13-year old Caro. She is another successful returning student and will be entering her second year of secondary school. She lives with four other siblings and her widowed mother who sells rice to provide for them. She hopes to learn sewing, which is a good way to enter the formal economy and
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New One Today Campaign
Check out our new campaign on Google One Today. If you haven’t heard of it, One Today is a great app that makes it easy to donate to great projects one dollar at a time. It’s a fantastic way to see the many ways people are striving to improve the world and take a moment
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Kethia
Our next student profile is for one of our most successful returning students, Molendeke Kethia. When we introduced you to her a year and a half ago, she was living with her father together with eight siblings and some of their children, and her mother had passed away some time ago. One of the pictures above
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Bob Kisaka
We are excited to start our student profiles for the upcoming year! Every year, we try to introduce you to our students and tell you a little about their lives and their needs. Georgette asked each of the children to tell a little about themselves or their experience with Hope Sparked and got some great videos. All
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Amazon Smile Prime Day
If you haven’t already registered Hope Sparked as your charity of choice with Amazon Smile, today’s a great time. It only takes a moment to register and then every purchase you make on Amazon will provide a small donation for our students’ education. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— When you #StartWithaSmile on #PrimeDay, Amazon donates to Hope Sparked. Shop for
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2016 Summer Fundraising Campaign!
It’s time to kick off our annual summer fundraising campaign! Our goal is to raise $6000 to pay for tuition, school supplies, uniforms, and tutoring for 20 students for the 2016-2017 school year. Last year we raised enough to get 15 students enrolled throughout the year and we have several more in need of your support.
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New Website!
Thanks to some wonderful students in Penn State Harrisburg’s Information Science and Technology program, Hope Sparked has a new website up a running. Please take a look around and share with your friends! We are looking forward to another great year and will be kicking off our 2016 Summer Fundraising Campaign in a few weeks. We
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