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March 23rd 2010"Women hold up Half the Sky"
Inspired by the New York Times Bestseller, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, this event will be held at SPACE located in Seattle, WA.
Firelight Project has been invited to participate in the panel discussion regarding the challenges and triumphs of women and girls around the world.
For more information including directions please visit the sponsors website ChickChat.
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January 201o
As we start the new year we are well aware that it is also the start of a brand new school year for our students in Gulu!
Next month we (Autumn, Brendan, Haley, Abby, and Casey) have the privilege to return to Gulu. While there we will be meeting with each of our
existing Firelight students and their families, pay their 2010 school fees, and likely
interview an additional 30 students that our local mentor has identified as in need of sponsorship. With your help, we are hoping to add some of these students to our program.
For those of you that have contributed in the past, we
greatly appreciate the year's worth of schooling you helped provide and
invite you to continue sponsoring these children. If you were matched
with a specific student, we would like to invite you to continue a
relationship. For those of you that have not contributed we invite you to help us add additional students to the program. The cost of sending one secondary student to school for a
year (including room and board) is $350.00. If you would like to send a
letter we will hand deliver it to the student. We also plan to post an update
on each student, via our website or an upcoming student blog, by the end of March
2010.
Please continue to join us in this work. We are so excited to bring these students the kindness you have bestowed and will make
every attempt to depict upon our return to the United States the joy that we will see across
their faces.
Sincerely,
Firelight Project.
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August 2009
Announcing Firelight's new logo!
created by Phil Nellis
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July 2009
Firelight Project Update
Firelight Project is proud to announce the formation of a Board of Directors that is conducting bi-monthly business meetings. We are also in the process of working on IRS documents and hope to apply for non-profit status by
late 2009/early 2010.
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May 2009
The Firelight Project Launch is here!
Join us for an evening of live jazz, wine, dessert, photography, and conversation
about 25 stunning Ugandan children.