{"id":4566,"date":"2011-05-19T15:02:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T15:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/?p=4566"},"modified":"2013-02-27T12:02:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T12:02:18","slug":"orphan-sponsorship-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2011\/orphan-sponsorship-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Success of orphan sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter Liyungu was the first orphan to be accepted\u00a0on\u00a0The Butterfly Tree\u00a0orphan sponsorship<\/a> program, some five years ago,\u00a0when we first started operating in Mukuni Village back in 2006. At the time\u00a0despite being very intelligent, Peter had lost interest in his education after loosing both parents and having no funds to continue.\u00a0A sponsor was sought and this transformed\u00a0his life; as there\u00a0was no high school at Mukuni Peter\u00a0wanted to go to boarding school and subsequently attended Zimba High. We are also sponsoring his younger brother Mishek.<\/p>\n

\"Orphan

Orphan Sponsorship: Peter with brother Mishek – February 2007<\/p><\/div>\n

I am delighted to say that after four years Peter has completed grade\u00a0twelve and did exceedingly well in his exams.\u00a0 In his own words Peter wished to thank his sponsors.<\/p>\n

‘It is my pleasure to show my gratitude and say thank you for opening up my life to a dream come true. You are my father and my mother who would have done the same if they were alive. It takes a strong sole to take up the work of someone else.<\/em><\/p>\n

I must let you know that I have made it through my senior secondary with 16 points which gives me the opportunity to\u00a0apply for\u00a0university. It is because of you that I have achieved this, your contribution to my education and my life in all was not in vain and once more thank you for making my dream come true.’<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Peter

Peter after completing high school – February 2011<\/p><\/div>\n

To date The Butterfly Tree\u00a0has sponsored over 400 idividual orphans in addition to providing nutritional feeding programs, classrooms, teachers’ houses\u00a0and\u00a0bore holes\u00a0holes. Our healthcare projects including\u00a0HIV\/AIDS<\/a> and malaria prevention<\/a>, boosted by a recent donation from Viking River\u00a0Cruises<\/a>, are all for the benefit of these vulnerable children. One of the great things about working in these rural\u00a0communities is that when we can\u00a0assist\u00a0with the orphans’ education, there is always someone who will offer to be a guardian, whether it be a family member, a friend or even a teacher. This is\u00a0by far more\u00a0preferable\u00a0than having to leave their\u00a0village and be placed in an orphange in town.<\/p>\n

\"Mukuni

Sponsored daily feeding program at Mukuni Village Schools<\/p><\/div>\n

There are over 700,000 orphans in Zambia<\/a> alone and they desperately need your support. Education is the only way they can get out of the cycle of poverty to enable them to better their situation. For as little as \u00a3110 per annum or just \u00a310 per month a child’s life can be transformed. The money is used to pay for school and exam fees, books, shoes, uniform and school bag. In addition to this the children receive a daily nutritional meal, such as the one at Mukuni, sponsored by Cunninghams<\/a>.\u00a0The Butterfly Tree provides educational workshops, using interactive DVD’s donated by TME<\/a>, teaching the\u00a0pupils about the dangers of HIV\/AIDS, malaria, teenage pregnancy, drugs and alcohol.<\/p>\n

If you would like to sponsor an orphan<\/a>\u00a0like\u00a0Peter\u00a0or Mishek and make\u00a0another child’s\u00a0dream come true, please complete the online form<\/a> or contact jane@thebutterflytree.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to\u00a0the orphans singing\u00a0with the Mukuni Basic Choir on Youtube\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow\u00a0our\u00a0progress on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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