Current Needs (we can add some text here)
Rose E
Rent: Rose just finished secondary/high school. She has been living on the street. She and her mother could not afford the rent: $600 per year.
UPDATE:
Rose was given $350 and found a less expensive place to rent. She also received $500 for funeral expenses for her brother and an additional $500 for funeral and living expenses.
Rotina G
Rent, Money for Commerce: Rotina has six children. Her husband is in the Dominican Republic looking for work. She needs $325 for rent and would like money to do commerce so she cans support her family: $200.
Shessie A
Eye Exam, Glasses: Shessie is 11 years old and in 6th grade. She needs $250 for an eye exam and glasses.
Djimy N
Medication: Djimy’s arm was badly burned in an accident. He needs medications costing $40. He also walks 45 minutes each day to and from school, so he would like a bicycle $125.
Merline P
Operation: Merline needs money for an operation: $285.
Lussiandro L
Eye exam, Glasses: Lussiandro is 14 years old and in 7th grade. He needs $200 for an eye exam and glasses.
Amos & Marie F
Rebuild home: Their mud home is deteriorating. They need about $2500 to rebuild their home.
Rose-Michel J
Loan to buy a truck: The old truck Rose’s husband uses to haul materials and people between towns will not last much longer. He needs a loan of $2000 to buy a new truck. Rose says the truck feeds her children.
Laptop & Phone: Rose helps coordinate our Student Sponsor Program. To improve communication with us and students she needs a laptop ($500) and a smart phone ($150).
Dulia P
Money for commerce: Dulia is a talented, capable woman who has suffered through illness and hard times. She requests money so that she can do commerce and support herself: $200.
Viola B
Money for commerce: Viola cares for 8 children, most of them orphans of relatives who have died. She requests money for commerce so she can support them: $200.
Flamessia J
Money for commerce: Flamessia is the big sister who cares for several younger brothers and sisters. Their parents are deceased. She says she needs tin to fix a leaky roof, and the price of food, transportation, etc. keep rising. She requests money to do commerce so she can cover those expenses.
Merlande P
Professional School: Merlande needs help to learn “tourism” at a professional school so she can work in a hotel. The two year program costs $360 per year.
Magdala S
Work in Canada: Magdala wants to participate in a program that would enable her to work in Canada and support her family. Including passport, transportation and inscription, the cost is $2500.
Wilton E
University Studies: Wilton is a talented student who would like to study at UTESA University in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The cost for his visa, travel, tuition, room and board is $2400 per year, or half that for one 6-month session.
Beekant J
Phone charging equipment: Beekant requests a loan so he can purchase equipment, including an inverter, battery, solar panel, controller and cables, to provide charging for cell phones: $1924.
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