Christmas Wish

After hearing from Brittany (currently a Peace Corp Volunteer serving in Niger, West Africa) I read her updated entry in her blog (read it for yourself...click on the link to the left under "Brittany"). She had some very exciting news! After months of going through the steps to have a proposal approved its happened!! Whats the proposal for you ask...well, it enables the Peace Corp to collect money through their website and transfer that ear marked money to Brittany's village for a machine that grinds millet.

Giving the village another means of grinding millet is incredibly important (want to know what it looks like to manually pound millet, look at the photo to your right of the three women). Millet is a primary food staple for the Nigerian people. And by given them a means to efficiently prepare their food, they can use the time for accomplishing other tasks like schooling (the girls are commonly pulled out of school to help w/this practice). Don't just take my word for it, read Brittany's blog and hear it from someone first hand of the benefits of this project for her village.

If you are interested in donating to this project:

1. Click on the peace corp website link to the left
2. Click on "Donate Now" located on the yellow left-hand side column
3. Under Donors, click on "Donate to Volunteer Projects"
4. Choose a Region: Africa
5. Scroll down until you get to "NIGER: Millet Grinder for the village" (if you want additional information, click it to learn about the project)
6. Enter a dollar amount in the space to the right to donate

Is there not a better Christmas gift to give than to enable a girl to stay in school!