Hello everyone,
I hope that you are well... Thank you for becoming members of Whisper (registered charity England and Wales 1139078) on causes.com.
One of our main points in our business plan stated that we will be transparent to public.
In terms of donating to our own charity, we did not just donate our money (flight tickets, Visa, Accommodation, Food) but also taking unpaid time off work... and spending unpaid time in Africa, getting through lots of stress and sometimes to go without shower and limited amount of food... But this is so much worth of doing for the happiness our charity brings to the children. This is priceless! But we need your help!
We will travel to Nairobi in Kenya.. it is only because the flight tickets were in sales just £355 return... (what a deal).. then we will take the Kampala red bus for $20 on 8-10 hr journey to Kampala.. The journey we have taken 4times already.. it is not anything pleasurable.. the roads are in the worst state I've ever experienced in Africa, full of small and massive holes. So for about 5 hours on one parts of the journey we just ended up jumping.. :-) Then we will go to visit our children that our charity pays the boarding fees for.. we want to see how they are doing, if they have improved their English and other subjects at school. We also want to find out about their father (who is getting blind) and if he contributes to their schooling someway.. We pay about £160 for all of them per term. The next payment is due just now.
We also are going to find out about Sowedi. Apparently he has been forced to leave the baby home as for his age (he is now 4yrs) He should be now looked after in one family.. but all these things we are going to find out..
After that we will take a bus to North Uganda.. a place that is much less greener and much worse than the area of source of Nile and Lake Victoria.. It will be challenging as we aim to stay in the village and in the area that is not designed for tourists what so ever. I feel that more challenging it will be, more successful it makes our work.. we cannot risk any dishonesty and building relationships and business with not genuine people. Every single person who has donated to Whisper is so important to us and so special that we will not part with the money in any easy way... When I heard from other organisations how much they are charged for simple things like goods or services or accommodation, my heart stopped. We paid $15 a week.. other charities pay $60 a night... not in the 4 star hotel (which is normal pricing) but in a guest house.. It could have made their life easier and their work quicker but this is not what we are about. We did not raise hundreds of thousands pounds...
Anybody who would like to support our aid work this February, last chance to order one of the knitted pair of socks... it is
£19.99.www.whisperorphans.org/knitted_socks.html.
If you are not a fan of warm socks, please kindly donate at www.whisperorphans.org/donate.html
If you wish to donate any unwanted Christmas present, again get in touch as we are going to do several car boot sales from around April to August...
We will need more help than ever after we come back...
Please help us to spread the word, it takes just couple of minutes of your time this Tuesday.. invite more people to this cause or on our Facebook Page Whisper, The Worlds Orphanage Fund.
Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whisper-The-Worlds-Orphanage-Fund/130104380343137?ref=ts), Follow us on our website www.whisperorphans.org.
Also don't forget if you buy anything via Ebay, you can donate to Whisper too.
Any questions, please do get in touch!
Our best telephone number is mobile 07590 289 395 or
email: enquiry@whisperorphans.org
