Sunday, May 3, 2009

How you can help

So, my school is currently going through a "character building" patch. Or rather, a rough patch. Most of this hinges on the fact that we have not enough teachers, and can't get more teachers until we finish building teacher's houses. Here is where you come in. I am currently filling out grant forms for a program called the Peace Corps Partnership Program. What this program does is sets way where you can make donations to a specific project I am working on (in this case, building teachers houses). The donations would then be completely tax deductable, and go 100% to me. It's a really good program. However, in order to make sure that all the donations are going to a good place and should be tax deductable, and to make sure that the project I am implementing is solid and community motivated and sustainable and a whole bunch of other stuff a project over here absolutely should be, I have to fill out a whole ton of fun fun paperwork. So, while I am filling out paperwork, if you have been thinking to yourself "I think building teacher's houses in Malawi is wonderful and something I want to help with" it would be great if you could get in touch with either me, my mom or my dad, and say how much you would be willing to donate. This way, once I push all the paperwork through and get it down to Lilongwe (which is probably going to take about a month) I can know how much money to expect and get things moving on this side much quicker than I otherwise could. Believe me when I say that we BADLY need another teacher, need to build this house, and any help you can give would be really appreciated. Even small amounts, thanks to a wonderful exchange rate, go a very, very, long way. If you don't know how to get in touch with either my mom, my dad or myself, leave a comment on the blog and I will communicate with you.
Thanks,
me :)

2 comments:

Suzy said...

Well, since we talk quite a bit and I get to read your awesome letters all the time, I forgot to check your blog until today! It's so much fun to read (very well-written I will add!). So keep writing, amiguita, I'll be reading (beats the hell out of scanning at work!). Talk to you soon (probably before you read this comment), TQMMMM.

Julian said...

Hey Margaret, I've got some money that would be much better spent by you in Malawi than on a new pair of headphones that I was looking at. Let me know how I can donate it.