Send an AIDS Orphan to School in Zambia From $20.00
Help a Zambian child orphaned by the AIDS epidemic attend school and work towards a better future.
In the impoverished, landlocked country of Zambia, the chance for a school education can be as scarce as rainfall on the high plateaus. Primary education through age 7 is free, but after that, tuition is charged, and most children stop attending school altogether.
"A good basic education itself ranks among the most effective -- and cost-effective -- means of HIV prevention." (World Bank, 2002) Giving the opportunity for an education to an AIDS orphan does not merely profoundly affect the child herself; it also affects the choices she makes later in life, and thus her community, town, and even her country as a whole.
Cecily's Fund is a non-profit working to improve educational opportunities for children in Zambia, especially for orphans who want to achieve a better future.
You can help!
- $20 funds two months of secondary school for an AIDS orphan in Zambia, including tuition, books, supplies, exam fees, calculator, and school uniform and shoes. Or,
- $50 funds an entire year of primary school for an AIDS orphan in Zambia, including school uniform and shoes, pens, books, supplies, and exam fees.
Cecily's Fund works with local Zambian partner organizations to enable orphans and vulnerable children to attend primary and secondary school. Cecily's Fund also trains 40 to 50 young people each year as health educators, giving them the chance to contribute to the fight against AIDS, and supports a number of orphan school-leavers to study on teacher-training programs.
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