Project 55 Zambia – Page 2

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Your donation will help Naomi, a young Zambian girl orphaned at age 6, achieve her dream of earning a Business Degree. Naomi has her college acceptance and will be studying here in the United States. All donations will go directly toward her education and travel expenses.

Obazuwa Community is located in South Region of Nigeria. The community shares common boundaries with Egbaen, Igbobi, Evbolekpen, Ikoro n’oke, and Agbomoba communities. Obazuwa is under the traditional control and administration of the Enogie, Prince Edun Akenzua MFR, who has been the Duke of the community since 1988 when he was installed by Oba Erediawa. Obazuwa community is populated by predominantly subsistence farmers who grow cassava and Yam. The community host individuals from other ethnic groups including Urhobos and kwales from Delta State who over the years have enjoyed the hospitality and warmth of Obazuwa indigenes. The community is approximately 12miles from the City centre and has received very little infrastructural attention from successive administrations in spite of the proximity to the heart of the State and huge economic opportunities and Natural resources. These years of abandonment has resulted challenges such as deplorable roads, lack of safe and steady flow of water (in fact, for so many years and even till date, a section of the community still rely on Oru river; a stagnant collection of water that dries up during the dry season as source of drinking water) poor health care facility, dilapidated market etc. These challenges over the years is responsible for the mass exodus of indigenes to the city to seek better life with better amenities and hope for their children. Project 55, together with HwH Steps Challenge is pledging to bless this Nigerian Community with a Clean Water Well. These families who desperately need clean running water to live and provide for their children. It only takes $5,500 to provide one well and a generator, together as a steps community! We can never understand the affect and how far our American dollars will have in these communities of abject poverty. They will be so grateful to have clean running water! The need is so GREAT!

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UPDATES FROM NAOMI

Naomi Updates

August 15, 2019

Its been a long and wonderful journey , and it hasn’t quite been easy, but thanks to God and thanks to the wonderful people He has brought into my life , I have been able to pull through and to endure my first semester in Cavendish University. I have to say , I am deeply grateful for my donors who have supported me , loved me and cared for me , and gave me this opportunity to secure my future .

In my first days at Cavendish University, I secured a boarding house in Thornpark area of Lusaka , Zambia. At first I was nervous and didn’t know what to expect as a new student at the University. With the support from my American parents , and the donors who have been so thoughtful, I’ve been strengthened. Within the first week , I received a package through FedEx that included a laptop, clothes , shoes and other items that were very important for my day to day life. I was blessed with a kind roommate, and we shared and learned a lot from each other.

After 2 months, my father Daddy Herb, flew all the way from the United States to pay me a visit in Zambia. He made sure I was comfortable, safe, and everything was going great. He brought me more stuff, and I couldn’t be more excited for the clothes , shoes, the nursing equipment and uniform labelled with my name. I was so motivated and I enjoyed Dad’s company. It was my 21st birthday and so we went to the mall and we had lunch, I felt a lot of love, because it was my first time ever celebrating my birthday.

A few days later Dad helped me move to a new Boarding House which was closer to the Medical Campus, and few days later he returned to the USA. I am now familiar with the school system and I am now attending labs in Chemistry , Biology and Physics. I’m in my foundation programme and these subjects are vital for my nursing degree. I just got done with my CATs (Continuous Assessment Tests) and I am awaiting my results next semester.

Thanks so much for your love, care and your help. I can guarantee I will make everyone proud and I will surely make a good God loving nurse . May God continue to bless and look after all of you, my family. I couldn’t have done it without you all .

Love you!!!
Naomi

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