I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to a New Year. At UAHH we are starting our New Year by taking a big step of faith. Most of you know we are an all volunteer based org. We do have 501c3 status with the IRS. This month (well actually today) we are opening a small orphanage in Burkina Faso Africa. We have been doing school sponsorships in this country for 3 years. The people are incredible and since they are not in the spot light like some of the other African countries they do not receive the aid that other countries do yet they rank 8th in the world for children under 5 mortality. We are so blessed to have a wonderful accountable woman of integrity in Burkina to oversee our program. She is doing this only to help her people and so far has never taken a salary to do all the work we ask her too. As we start out on this very faith building adventure we are in need of some start up capital. We have raised quite a bit so far but we are needing $3,000 more to be where we want to be by the end of the month. Our orphanage will hold 15 children and right now we are only going to be taking in infants to age 6 because we are in a smaller house and feel this would be most appropriate until we can expand. I had posted a picture on our last update but God has provided us with a brand new house for the same price as the other one and the owner has modified it to our specifications in order to accomodate us as an orphanage. (I will post that today, it is still needing landscaping :)
We are in dire need of monthly sponsors and also one time donations. We need your help. Could you give $50/$ 100 or more a month. Could your company sponsor a month of our budget at Fields of Grace? Does your company have a matching donation fund set up? I know not everyone has spare change sitting around but could you ask the company you work for? The stores you frequent? Your Sunday School group, small group, or your family? If you can't do monthly can you do a one time donation to help us purchase cribs and other hard goods to stock the orphanage?
We know that God will provide, we only need to get the word out. Please know that 100% of your donations will be going to Africa, we fund all our own overhead costs here in the USA.
Thanks for being a part of this adventure!! We could never do this without you!
If you would like to donate a one time donation on Paypal, please click the link below:
If you would like to be a monthly sponsor, please follow this link. Make your first month sponsorship payment and we will contact you to set up your payment arrangements for the rest of your payments.(first payment will be your monthly sponsorship donation)
Thanks for taking this walk in faith with us to change the lives of these children. We are working on updating our website with pictures and info on information about our orphanage and Burkina. We will be adding pictures of the children as they come in and also be doing weekly updates so stay tuned! It only takes ONE PERSON to change their world!! Receipts will be sent for all donations. All donations are tax deductable. If you would like to donate but not thru paypal, please email me at: ann@untilallhavehomes.org.
Until All Have Homes,
Ann Grabeman
