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EXTREME POVERTY'S IMPACT ON FAMILIES WE SERVE
- HOUSING: The average family has 6 members & lives in a small 1 to 3 room home constructed of mud bricks and thatched roofs.
- EMPLOYMENT: Most families rent so they can't farm their food; those with land generally do not cultivate enough to sell. Industrial work is non-existent. Street vending is common but there is not enough work to sustain the population.
- FOOD: Families struggle to eat even 1 meal a day, access to meat & vegetables is rare, & malnutrition is common. Typical food includes wheat or maize & beans.
- UTILITIES: Families have no electricity & travel miles to access water that requires boiling to drink. They dig pit latrines & use buckets to shower.
- HEALTHCARE: Without money there is no healthcare, even for preventable diseases like malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea. Many communities have no clinic causing people to walk miles to find only basic care since clinics can't provide labs, x-rays, etc. Many die needlessly, especially children with mortality rates 7 times higher than in the U.S.
- EDUCATION: Parents are mostly illiterate like generations before. Most communities have no school so, if they can afford the fees, many children walk miles each way. No money for school fees means no education and the poverty cycle continues.
HOPE EMPOWERS' IMPACT ON CHILDREN WE SERVE
Hope Empowers, together with the international community, considers education a basic human right. Education is an undisputed driver to improve the lives of children and ultimately an entire community.
Hope Empowers Academy lays a strong foundation, emphasizing literacy, numeracy, and communication to develop essential skills & knowledge.
We also foster mental and physical health by providing a daily meal, health education, and twice weekly exercise & sports time. Teachers spend valuable 1 on 1 time with students to ensure they are safe and fed at home.
Children learn social skills through debate practice, classroom discussions, & student plays teacher. As a Christian school, the curriculum includes a religion class, Friday chapel, each class begins with prayer, and each play break ends with a worship song & student led prayer. Hope Empowers welcomes students from all religions; we have several Muslim students enrolled. However, we don't teach about the Muslim faith.
Meet some students LOOKING FOR A PARTNER.
Rose N. - Primary One Class
Gideon L. - Primary Four Class
Rose N. - Primary One Class
Rose is nine years old, has 4 siblings & lives with her parents. Mom has no job and dad’s income is not stable. Without reliable income, educating the children is a huge challenge. When school started this year, we found Rose hiding because she didn't want friends knowing her family did not have school fees. In Rose’s free time she enjoys playing with dolls & plastic bottles. Her favorite subject is math, and she dreams of becoming a doctor. She is a bright young girl who is eager to learn.
John S. - Kindergarten
Gideon L. - Primary Four Class
Rose N. - Primary One Class
John is 7 years old and has 4 siblings. John lives next to the school and loves to learn. Since his parents do not have a stable income, educating the children is very challenging. In John’s free time, he enjoys building things. His favorite activity in school is matching. He dreams of becoming a mechanic one day.
Gideon L. - Primary Four Class
Gideon L. - Primary Four Class
Gideon L. - Primary Four Class
Gideon is 12 years old in Primary Four class. He lives with his mother and father and six siblings. Gideon’s parents struggle to pay school fees. Father is too old to work and mom finds small jobs occasionally. However, these small jobs do not bring in enough money to support her children’s education. In Gideon’s free time he enjoys playing soccer. His favorite subject in school is math. Gideon is the top performer in his class. He dreams of becoming a pilot one day.
Carol N. - Primary Five Class
Carol N. - Primary Five Class
Gideon L. - Primary Four Class
Carol is 11 years old and lives with older sister who has no job and has four of her own kids. Financially, Carol is looked after last. Since Carol’s sister has her own kids and no reliable income, paying school fees is nearly impossible. In Carol’s free time, she enjoys playing netball. Her favorite subject in school is English. She dreams of becoming a doctor. Carol is very active in class and passionate about learning.
Gordon D. - Top Class
Carol N. - Primary Five Class
Dalton M. - Baby Class
Gordon is 7 years old and has 6 siblings. Being one of the younger siblings, Gordon is considered last when it comes to school fees. Due to Gordon’s age, he can not afford to miss more school. In his free time, he enjoys building things. His favorite subject in school is math and he dreams of becoming an engineer.
Dalton M. - Baby Class
Carol N. - Primary Five Class
Dalton M. - Baby Class
Dalton is 3 years old and has two siblings. Mom washes clothes when she gets clients and dad makes charcoal stoves. However, not having a stable monthly income leads to the family struggling to pay school fees. In Dalton’s free time, he enjoys playing with his older brother. He dreams of being a driver of motor cars when he grows up.
Meet a family who needs our help
A Family Who Can't Afford School
This family is held together by their 17 year old brother. Their mother is rarely home as she is always moving trying to find money to support the family. He has a lot of responsibility at a young age. Everyone sleeps in 1 room on the ground. There is barely enough food to sustain the children. Hope Empowers has brought hope to this struggling family.
Ivan - Primary Three Class
Ivan is 13 years old and the eldest of 5 siblings. Ivan is passionate about school. His favorite subject is math. He enjoys playing soccer when not in school and dreams of becoming a driver one day.
Tony - Primary Three Class
Tony - Primary Three Class
Tony is 12 years old. Tony’s favorite subjects in school are math and English. Outside of school he enjoys building things. He dreams of owning a shop one day to help support his family.
Haruna - Top Class
Harimah - Top Class
Tony - Primary Three Class
Haruna is 7 years old & has a twin sister. His favorite subject in school is reading. He also enjoys writing when not in school. Haruna is very active in class. He dreams of becoming “Hulk” when he gets older.
Harimah - Top Class
Harimah - Top Class
Harimah - Top Class
Harimah is Haruna's 7 year old twin. She is always practicing her English. Her favorite subject in school is math. When not in school she enjoys playing dolls with her sisters. She dreams of owning a shop one day to help support her family.
Amina - Baby Class
Harimah - Top Class
Harimah - Top Class
Aminah is 4 years old and in Baby class. She loves to play dolls with her sisters. Aminah enjoys learning math in school and dreams of becoming a teacher when she grows up. This young lady is full of life and ready to learn.