Double your impact! Matching grant to fund boarding school for at-risk teen girls

Hands of Mothers has once again received a matching gift pledge from one of our loyal donors to match all gifts up to $10,000. This is an amazing opportunity for you to double your gift and impact!

Boarding school provides a safe haven, especially for the daughters of sex workers who are at great risk of emotional and physical abuse. Their mothers have turned to sex work as a last desperate resort to feed and house their children. Per Evangeline (pictured above):

“My mother is very poor she often could not pay school fees for me and I had no hope for the future. During the night, my mother brings men home for sex work and I would sleep in the kitchen and my mother slept in our only bedroom with men. Life was very hard for me. Hands of Mothers helped me to go to boarding school and changed my life for the better. They pay my school fees, I have enough school supplies and I am at a better school where I eat better than how I ate at home. I feel safe and happy. Thank you Hands of Mothers for changing my life!"

What it costs:

A fully-funded year of boarding school costs roughly $550/year. This includes tuition, fees, uniforms, shoes, books, school supplies, and personal hygiene supplies such as soap, deodorant and sanitary pads. It also includes a mattress, linens and cleaning supplies as students must provide these items as well. In many cases, we also fund transportation for mothers to visit their children. Boarding school and basic supplies costs approximately $350 per year.

Sandrine, seen in the video, is another of the 26 girls who were sponsored last year. Can you help us to change the lives of more girls like Sandrine and Evangeline?