A.S.A.P - Anointed Sweethearts Aspiring Progress♥
This journey started on a summer afternoon in 2013, the end of the school year walking past a middle school in my neighborhood when I noticed box's of brand new text books put out as trash in the street. I immediately had flashbacks, growing up in a 3rd world country where text books or even basic school supplies such as a pencil was so expensive that it prevented most to get an education. Parents could simply not afford feeding their kids, clothing them and spending exuberant prices on education, yet alone school supplies. A standard Government education at that!
I envisioned the look on these beautiful kids just being able to have a book they can use to study, empower themselves, strive to break the curse of poverty... As a child I remember the smell of a brand new book, how I cherished it, appreciated it and to this day I still prefer buying an actual book rather than an E-book:-) Forget the convenience, I just like and appreciate books. Well after that afternoon, yes you guessed it, I took as many books as I could and VOILA, the birth of A.S.A.P.
A.S.A.P is a Christian non-profit organization aimed at helping children in Africa with basic needs such as school supplies, food, clothing, empowering them to believe and work towards their goals. I started this charity because I understand the challenges and consequences of poverty in most third world countries due to corruption. It's unfortunate that the poor are always the victims considered by most as the bottom rungs of society, with nothing established to elevate them. It becomes generational...
There are so many Charity's established but the unfortunate thing is a lot do not understand the dynamics and social stipulations in third world countries. It's unfortunate that the rich or the 'higher ups' benefit from this instead, rather than the people who really need and could benefit from this, the poor... We are very hands on at A.S.A.P and have no bureaucracy but passion and zeal to help and empower the less fortunate providing means to build and make them self sufficient in the future.
Your help and support will be appreciated and with time I will give updates with pictures to show our progress. I have friends who are Teachers and they have been a blessing with donating end of semester school supplies rather than throwing it away. Anything helps, supplies, clothes, food, Bibles, as long as they are in good condition.
Contact me via email at Fashionnudge@gmail.com for more information or if you have anything you'd like to donate.
Thanks again for your love and support♥
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