Diana Mays

Fundraising During a Pandemic

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Kelly and I started 2020 optimistic with our fundraising goals.  We had a great plan in place to try new fundraising adventures, mixed in with our tried a true fundraising events.   Then suddenly, the world closed, COVID hit and like everyone else we were uncertain what things would be like.  We kept optimistic, one month turned to two months, two months turned to three and then we realized COVID was not going anywhere.  We started to lose our monthly donors and were struck with the reality that our fundraising goals would not be met.  At this point we were not sure if Light Up Hope (LUH) would have enough funds through the end of the year.  Like most other non-profits we had to think of fundraising events we could hold that were COVID friendly.  But as we tried to come up with ideas the rules kept changing.  So, we brainstormed ideas that could take place outdoors and thought we would try a virtual fun run.  This was something we had never done before, since usually races can cost a lot of money, but with COVID and everything being virtual the cost was considerably less. When we started to market the […]

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Meet One of Our Trade School Students

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I am John Biboh from Kenya. I am 20 years old and in life I have quite a number of things to achieve. One of my biggest dream in life is to be one of the best engineers in mechanical engineering, I want be like an inventor of a kind. Also I would like to have a big garage so that I can also create employment for other mechanics and also function as a school for the youths who would like to join the mechanical engineering field.  About my schooling, I would like to thank Light Up Hope for paying my fee and for the support towards my school. All the dreams I have are useless if not sharpened. My going to school of mechanical engineering will really help a lot and act as a stepping stone for my journey to the brighter future. With my knowledge on mechanical engineering, it will be easier for me to open a garage that can serve people and also educate the young stars in the same field. When I am done with the schooling, it will be easier for me to get a job with the papers and at least have some money […]

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Meet Our New Director of Kenya Operations

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My name is Augustine Mumia Wanyama. I turned 36 years and I am married to Everline Nanjala and a father to five kids. I am a third born son and child to my mother Florence who is the second wife to my father Andrew. In total, my mother gave birth to ten of us. Our rural home is in a town called Bungoma which is found in the western part of Kenya. Due to the climatic conditions, my home area is one of the poorest areas in Kenya. This, among other factors made our lives very difficult as we grew up. It was a total struggle but all in all I am where I am. Most of my brothers and sisters dropped out of school due to lack of school fees. After I graduated from high school, I managed to come to the city of Nairobi. At that time I had nothing; no high school certificate of any kind nor a national identity card, I just came. That was back in 2001. As I got used to Nairobi I came to learn a lot. Among these was the common sight of the street kids. I felt bad whenever I saw […]

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