Last week was a furious ride of fundraising for Her Future Foundation to meet an important goal.
My energy has been dragging now that the emergency is over, but I had to pop in to let everyone know–
we made last week’s goal to help girls in Sierra Leone and even surpassed it!!!
We helped Her Future Foundation with the $700 needed to help the lives of girls who are vulnerable to suffering through child marriage or FGM.
They had to get it super fast, and we did it. We’ve supported them to pay the fee to gain NGO status which will help them find sustainable funding to continue their good work.
The founder, Ariefa, wanted to say thank you to everyone.
I want to come back around to thank everyone again more personally in the future,
but I just wanted to share Ariefa’s thank you video now.
The 80 girls that Her Future Foundation watches over and protects from predators and FGM are part of the work that they do, but they always want to do more and more. They really want to end FGM and child marriage all through their country.
With the fundraising of money complete last week, the organization was able to do even more for girls:
After paying the NGO fee, this organization quickly rolled into the next crisis which was helping 7 girls in the same community. They found out their parents had decided to take them to undergo FGM. From photos I have seen the girls going through this all look to be under 10 years old.
Ariefa couldn’t necessarily stop the parents because it is not an illegal act (yet) but he brilliantly found other ways to help the girls. He organized health care for them, and talked to the board of education to help them retake the exams that the FGM would cause the girls to miss.
Seriously, I’m so grateful Ariefa and his team are doing what they are doing.
So yes I’m so pleased we met our goal. It really is important to stop and appreciate everything we have.
Thank you so much to everyone who has done what you have done, it is such a blessing to these girls and also has so many ripple effects you may not realize. The work they do is amazing
And of course, there is always more work for us big-hearts to do, too!
If you want to donate to the organization so they can continue to expand the work that they are doing in Sierra Leone to end FGM and child marriage and instead empower girls, you can go here:
https://www.givengain.com/ap/sofia-wren-raising-funds-for-her-future-foundation
(The fundraiser total on there won’t show last week’s emergency fundraiser amounts, but we raised about $800 last week!)
Want more info?
Here’s the link to the new website they put up about their work:
http://www.hffgirls.org
Visit their Facebook page to learn more about their work, with and for girls:
https://www.facebook.com/hffsalone
We are passing it forward. Turning dollars into love and compassion.
And at the very least, we all deserve compassion–me and you, no matter what we give (or not) we can always start there.
Appreciating how we feel, what we have, what we were born with, what we can offer.
You have something bubbling in your heart?
I’m here to help you if you need to get your calling out into the world, get it on your website, emails, blog, or in your book–however that message that needs to be heard.
This week taught me how valuable it is to be supported by the things we know we are meant to do.
The work, the message can open us and it can heal us. Sometimes something that seems like an inconvenience or a lot of work can save us time in the end because it will open up a new layer of who we are.
Leading the way for last week’s fundraiser did that for me.
I hope to tell you more about the things I am getting clear on upcoming posts
For now I hope you have a blessed day
