A rural calling for Papillon!
Will he stay poor for the rest of his life?
By now many of you know the history and the amazing work of The Papillon Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa.
For more see; http://www.thepapillonfoundation.com
The news is that the rural needy call has finally become too loud and Papillon has relocated to another province in the country with the focus on empowering farm laborers' children to justify Papillon's logo of; "Creating better tomorrows...". Stephen and Marian Smith (Papillon founders) have moved into the rural area and are now staying on a farm in a cottage. We believe in staying with, or near the people in order to understand their needs!
Will the children in this farm school ever have a future?
Well, if they have an opportunity at quality education, their limits will be vastly expanded!
And this is where The Papillon Foundation steps in to help! Here we have eager little minds at the front and a proud school principal in between Marian and Stephen Smith. Papillon answered their call and supplied 8 computers to the school. IT literacy is the future and it can open a whole new world of opportunities for the children.
But of course all doesn't end here with this great deed!
The school has 160 learners and as you can see, we have the space, but need more computers!
The teacher, doubling as a part time computer trainer needs to be trained in the latest computer curriculums and an assistant will have to be appointed. Accredited courseware will have to be sourced and all of this will come at a cost.
As I said before, eager little minds and instead of hiding from the wind underneath this billboard with their homework, they could be doing it in a warm room in front of a computer at the school.
We would be committing a crime against these little ones if we were to just dump the computers on them and to consider our great deed done. It's the same as giving a poor man a car with no engine in it and no keys. Maybe also with no wheels Lol.
At Papillon our successes are driven by the trust of the communities in our work and it has become a habit over the past 17 years to complete our projects. Many times have we seen people claiming their "help" to the poor with great fanfare and millions have been poured down the drains because for one, it was not what the people needed and in the second place, no further assistance took place!
In the popular story of; "Give a man a fish and you will feed him for life, but give him a rod and he can fish for himself", the idea is very good to create independence, but don't give a man a rod with no eyes, no string. no reel and no hooks and then tell him to catch his own fish.
By the way, I have ranted enough!
We will need financial partners to help us to complete this project (our first in the new province) and we appeal to the kind hearts and the special souls on steemit to take up this challenge and to run with us.
Let's really create better tomorrows!
Papillon's website is PayPal enabled; http://www.papillonfoundation.com
We work in South Africa and are not affiliated to any other entity that uses the Papillon brand name.
Our work can also be seen at; https://www.facebook.com/ThePapillonFoundation
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I just made a PayPal donation. Every little bit helps, right?❤
@melinda010100 you always surprise me Lady Melinda. Out of the blue the lady with the angelic heart asks me if her donation will be okay? Where would we be if it were not for special people like you? Thank you so much once again! Blessings!
And once again I only wish I could do more. 😘
Brilliant work. Well done. yes the young minds are like little sponges so we need to teach them from early in their lives.
@trendygran Exactly and thank you! We could ignore their plight and allow them to grow up with a poor mentality, meaning that they will grow into dependent adults always seeking hand outs, falling prey to crime and drugs to survive, or we can do what we do. We have unearthed many gems along the way which makes it all worth it! Blessings!
Love this! even though my 100% vote is only 2 cents the project totally deserves it! Working on education is working towards the future!
Agreed and thank you for your kindness Lady Karin, all blessings to you! @karinxxl
It looks better inside than out. Hope my vote helps a little.
Thank you Sir and may your help return to you 10 fold! Blessings! @slobberchops
That little school is transforming lives, and looks each time you share a bit more @papilloncharity
They needed help Lady Joan and its only the start. The pity is that we have to beg, as there are many little places like this and if we had the resources we could help them all. But your African proverb says it all; "eat an elephant bit by bit" Papillon is on the ball again. Blessings! @joanstewart
This is an excellent project that will surely give new opportunities to the children involved.
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@pennsif Thank you greatly for believing in us and in what we try to do, as it helps in our work! Blessings to you and yours!
This is so heartwarming @papilloncharity, wonderful work that you do! Wishing you much strength and blessings with your work 🙏
Thank you so much for the kind words Lady @lizelle Blessings also to you and yours!