A CHARITY providing support for some of the most vulnerable children in the world needs help to ship educational supplies from Bathurst to Kenya.
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Project Hope, founded by Bathurst woman Carla Robinson in 2010 helps some of the world’s most vulnerable children – orphans who would normally fall victim to child prostitution or human trafficking.
Through Project Hope a school has been built for the children, who live in the poverty stricken town of Makindu, Kenya.
The charity supports students at Makindu Hope Academy through sponsorship and donations and there are now over 80 students at the school with many of the more needy children boarding there.
Ms Robinson is hoping the community and big business can assist the charity continue with its work by donating funds to cover the cost of transporting educational and humanitarian products to these children.
She said any individual donations, no matter how small, would be very much appreciated, with every dollar donated making a difference to the lives of the children.
Ms Robinson, who has just returned from the academy said the work being undertaken there is life changing for the students.
“Through sponsorship we can provide two to three meals a day for the students and access to fresh drinking water.
“We’ve been able to employ teachers, and can provide safe and secure classrooms.
“Orphan students are also able to live securely in the dormitory,” she said.
“The kids who are there are doing wonderfully, it really is amazing to see,” she said.
Ms Robinson said Project Hope’s sponsorship program, where people can sponsor a child for $40 a month, covers food and the costs associated with the child going to school.
“And I can promise that 100 per cent of every cent given goes to the child,” she said.
“I’ve set it up so it’s completely transparent and open,” she said.
Anyone wanting to donate to Project Hope can do so via its account with the National Australia Bank, BSB number 082-441 and account number 198 193 054.