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WINTER 2008 NEWSLETTER Kunyuk Girls' School Construction: A Promise Kept! We are pleased to announce the completion of the Kunyuk Girls’ School in the village of Akon! With your support, MSK has overcome legal hurdles, financial challenges, impassable roads, flooding, and political instability to deliver on a promise made to the Akon community three years ago. To get the job done, MSK’s Field Coordinator, Kaidi Rial, spent countless hours traveling long distances, negotiating for building supplies and ensuring their safe delivery to our contractors.
The school lies near the village center and includes eight classrooms, three offices, a library, kitchen, dining hall, and bathrooms. The 900 enrollees will now attend classes indoors rather than under trees. This will allow them to continue classes even during inclement weather. In a region devastated by two decades of civil war, this beautiful campus serves as a reminder that educating a new generation of women leaders in southern Sudan is a critical goal worthy of enormous investment. The official ribbon cutting ceremony will take place in Akon in April 2009. Stay tuned for news of a special event in Boston next spring, when we will celebrate this new bright light in Sudan and share the students’ stories along with a full report about the school. However, completing construction does not represent an endpoint for us in Akon. We need your help to raise $70,000 for desks and chairs, school supplies and uniforms, and to continue our highly successful women’s literacy program now in its second year. The Women’s Peace School is teaching 200 adults to read – most of whom are mothers of girls attending the school. Please consider supporting this valuable work by making a special year-end gift to MSK. Click HERE to donate online or sent your gift to My Sister's Keeper, c/o Bethel AME Church, 215 Forest Hills St., Boston, MA 02130.
MSK Goes to St. Louis
The staff of My Sister’s Keeper took our show on the road this summer, with an MSK vendor’s booth at the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Louis, Missouri. Our goals were to share the mission of MSK and to raise funds for the completion of the Kunyuk School. Many of the 12,000 conference attendees stopped at our table to learn about MSK and its purpose and purchase MSK t-shirts and “Beads for Needs” bracelets. A highlight of the event was when our sponsor, Reverend Dr. Cecilia Bryant, Missionary called for a Missionary offering for MSK that raised nearly $7,000 in just one hour! Wonderfully, the week-long event generated $14,000 for the Kunyuk School project.
The Sisterhood Expands
Sisterhood for Peace Participates in SSWEN Conference in Juba - Sudan
Sisterhood for Peace Colaborates with the Nobel Women's Initiative
Introducing MSK Chief Operations Officer
We are thrilled to welcome our new Chief Operating Officer, Lee Farrow! Lee was one of our Core Strategy Team members for our Sisterhood For Peace initiative. In addition to her commitment and compassion, Lee brings a wealth of experience as a celebrated community organizer at the Harlem Children's Zone, where she developed and managed the community building project. Lee can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
In Times Like These
We are delighted to share such great news profiling the amazing adventures of My Sister's Keeper—especially, against the backdrop of so many sour economic developments! Despite challenging times, we have managed to advance our mission by carefully stewarding the resources that you have entrusted to us. You can be reassured that we will continue to honor your generosity by developing new strategies to maximize each gift and generate new revenue sources. Aware that this crisis affects many of us, we are praying for and holding each of you in our hearts.
Thank you for your generous donations, prayers and volunteer service. We welcome your comments, suggestions and inquiries. Email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
215 Forest Hills Street, Boston, MA 02130-3302; T: 617.983.0900; F: 617.983.0991; W: www.mskeeper.org
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