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I met Domingo during my first visit to Kenya and we became friends instantly. He soon became my go-to guy when I needed to know how to get somewhere, or how much I should really pay for something or when I needed conversations in Kiswahili translated into English. We spent many nights together in his mums shop practicing my Kiswahili, telling jokes, chatting and drinking brandy of course! In his words “life is on the level, but it is still hard” but he pushes life in his mum’s small shop with a smile on his face and dreams in his heart of a better life.
It isn’t his fault he wasn’t able to complete secondary school or that he can’t find a decent job. His father abandoned his family when he was only three and although his mother struggled to make sure he and his three sisters completed primary school there simply was not enough money for them to continue. In the village there are few jobs – especially for people with little education. It’s not like Canada, there are no Tim Hortons or MacDonalds there is only hard labour jobs working for ‘mzungus’ (white people) who don’t pay well. But he still dreams of a better day when he can afford to have a family of his own and care for his mother.
Domingo is more than a friend – he is family and a very special part of my life. I am grateful every day that he shared part of his life with me and I would love to return the favor and share Canada with him. But I need your help. I know there are a lot of charities and not-for-profit organizations out there who want your money...but do you know where your money goes?
I am a real person - a small town country girl trying to change the lives of others. Helping me is truly something real - I am not a large organization that will use your money to pay administrative fees and salaries. Domingo is a real person and you will be able to follow his journey online as if you are there beside him. He will take English classes and Tour Guide training to help him contribute to Travel For A Change! – a community development project I founded to assist people like Domingo earn sufficient and sustainable incomes. (www.travel-for-a-change.com)
He truly deserves this opportunity and would be forever grateful for your help. It may be the cost of a dinner, or a couple of drinks, or a ticket to the movies but you will be amazing with how far $25 dollars can go to change someone’s life!
THIS is what your $25 dollars will do:
• Pay for Domingo’s visa and flight to Canada – he has never traveled before and given the circumstances of his life he cannot even afford to dream about it
• Pay for 3 months intensive ESL classes so he can be the best tour guide possible
• Pay for internet ads to get Travel For A Change! started which will employ other Kenyans like Domingo and give them hope for a better future
In a nutshell...your $25 dollars will make lives better!!...be a part of the change.
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