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WHAT WE DO F.O.P stands for
FONELISCO Orphanage Project. We’re a student society that supports the
orphanage otherwise known as Foundation
Of New Life for Street Children and Orphans. It
is a non-profit, non governmental organisation, without any political and
religious affiliations, based
in Mwanza, a city on the shores of The orphanage was set up to help integrate
street children back with their families where possible and appropriate, and
provides funding for education, healthcare, food and shelter for the children.
Presently the orphanage provides three square meals for over 60 people, for
just 15 pounds a day, demonstrating that a little does go a long way. This is where we come in. Firstly,
our goal is to provide help by recruiting volunteers to send out to the
orphanage over summer. As a group, we carry out activities to help foundraise
the basic cost of the volunteers’ trip, i.e., flights, insurance, accommodation
and vaccinations. Secondly, by volunteering and
fundraising, we aim to help alleviate some of the pressure of daily costs to
ensure that healthcare, educational, and other basic needs such as food and
shelter are never sacrificed. However, we make it a
point not to make it a case of regular hand-outs, as we are also very
interested in getting FONELISCO started on a sustainable project that will make
them more independent, provide long term benefits, and help the orphanage grow.
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