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Your donations provide the Makuyu Education Initiative (MEI) with the essential, year-round support needed to sustain our programs. With your help, we can continue to offer crucial resources like nutritious meals, educational supplies, and access to healthcare for the children of Makuyu. We’re proud to share that 100% of your contributions go directly to Makuyu, ensuring maximum impact. Our organization is committed to transparency, accountability, and making every dollar count. While gifts of any size are deeply appreciated, monthly donations are especially powerful—they give us the stability to plan ahead and expand our reach. Thank you for being part of this journey with us!

Each and every donation makes a big difference because it goes directly to Kenya to benefit the children!  All donors will receive periodic updates about the progress of MEI, including pictures to keep you informed.  Together we can change a child's life! Thank you for your support. 

 

Your gift is 100% tax deductible according to the IRS, as no goods or services are provided in exchange for this donation.  Tax ID: 45-3604292

 

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Letter from Founder:

 

People often ask me, "Why do you do what you do?" and I always find it difficult to answer that question. I've heard a lot of different reasons why people decide to get involved with charities. Truth be told, I find a lot of the reasons unconvincing, at least for myself.

 

Some people say that we have a responsibility to help the poor because we find ourselves in more fortunate circumstances. Although that is true, I question whether we have a responsibility to do that. We have a responsibility to take care of our families. Don’t get me wrong, it is nice to help the disadvantaged because we did not cause their misfortune. Life caused it, and nobody said that life was supposed to be fair. Moreover, most of us worked hard to get where we are in life, so we should not feel guilty about our standard of living.

 

But, despite all of those reasons, there was one question that keeps haunting me. One question that, try as I might, I could not find an answer to. If I was a 5-year-old child and I had to go to sleep hungry, on the dirt floor and in the cold, I would want someone like myself to help me. That help would mean a world of difference to me. And so, I could not escape the fact that I was denying the help that I would have desperately wanted for myself had the roles been reversed. And so, I do it not because I feel responsible to help those kids and not because I feel guilty about not helping them, but because if I was one of them, I would want someone like me to help.

 

Thanks for your support!

 

Pavel Sukhobok

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