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Jacqueline says: "Thank you" Feb 8, 2021
Thank you for helping. With the help I will have chickens and seeds. Then my income will be better for my children. We are grateful, grateful. God bless you.
Overview
I am a 27 year old mother of two, fistula survivor, and wife. After I gave birth to my first child, I had a lot of pain. I didn't know what a fistula was, so I didn't get it treated. I became pregnant again and bore my second child, then learned that I had a fistula and had surgery to repair it.
My goals are to increase my business selling eggs and farming. I have been earning a small income this way, but not enough for two children to go to school soon.
I need $200 to buy chickens so I can sell their eggs and to buy seeds and fertilizer to grow crops. I feed my family with the crops, and then sell the excess, along with the eggs, at the market.
Meeting this need will help me because right now I don't have the supplies (chickens, seeds, fertilizer) to earn enough money at market to support my children. We eat what we grow, but we need money for clothes and school fees. A few chickens and seeds will help me take my earning to the next level and give my children a better life.
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Thank you for helping Jacqueline fund this need.
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Validated by Debra from Beyond Fistula (What does this mean?)
Each need is validated by a nonprofit that knows the person and can verify that the help is necessary. Funds flow from Benevolent to the nonprofit, which then gets them to the person in need and lets us know how it went.
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Jacqueline is a graduate of our business training program. She worked growing crops to feed her family despite having a fistula for many months. She has an amazing work ethic and is committed to being a good mother to her kids. Beyond Fistula will do follow-up support visits with her to see that she is having success rebuilding after her fistula.
About Debra
I am the co-founder and Executive Director of Beyond Fistula. I founded the nonprofit in 2012 after seeing how much these young Kenyan women needed help rebuilding their lives after recovering from a childbirth injury known as obstetric fistula. I am endlessly motivated by their hope and tenacity… Read more