Philanthroblog

Hi everyone and thanks for visiting this site. The purpose of this site is four-fold: One, people have had a lot of questions about my trip, and I figure this will be a good place to which I can refer them. Two, I enjoy doing this, and it will be fun for me to relive this experience by rewriting my journal. Three, I want other people to be encouraged to have similar experiences. Last, I am going to be hitting you all up for money at the end of each post. There are a lot of great ways to donate to Magulilwa Secondary school. For under $200 you can sponsor a student who lives in the village and goes to school for an entire year, and for under $400 you can sponsor a boarding student. A $20 donation can buy a student a mattress (the male boarding students sleep two per twins mattress on bunk beds), and you can also donate whatever you can afford to a general scholarship fund, or to the solar power fund which will be explained in more detail in a later post. If you do wish to make a donation, you can find my email address by clicking on the picture under 'about me' on the right. While youre clicking things on the right, also feel free to browse the school's website by clicking the link. I can assure you that all the money you donate will go directly to the school or student, and if you choose to sponsor a student for a year, you will get a picture and profile of that student.

Whether you choose not to or cannot afford to make a donation, there are other ways to contribute. Talk to your employer and see if they are interested in contributing (this is something that has already been done by a friend of ours, and a very large sum was raised). You can talk to your parents, other friends, your place of worship, or anyone else you think might be interested in making a contribution. Even better, you can visit the school and have the same amazing experience that we had.

Again, thanks for visiting this site. I hope you find it entertaining at times, and I hope that together we can raise enough money to send a few kids to school. Be aware that the first couple days are a little bare because I wasn't as diligent about writing that first week. It gets better, I promise. I'll be doing my best to update every day, so come back often.

Thanks again,
Dan Signorelli
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