May 2, 2018
Dear friends,
While the school in Twabuka is still on break during these last weeks of April (it will reopen in mid-May), we received a donation of 2,500 euros, with instructions to send it to the Lushomo Family Home in Livingstone, which we promptly forwarded; we have attached proof of payment. The Lushom Family Home, a sister institution to the Lubasi Orphanage, provides shelter to girls who have been victims of abuse—sometimes within their own families—and who have reported their abusers and are currently testifying as victims in their respective trials. The girls live in a very poor but safe environment. Since 2012, we have been providing financial support to this facility to help cover the girls’ educational and other needs, and we are in constant contact with Mr. Rajan (a trustee of the home) and Sister Petroneldis, who runs it. Here is the payment statement
