Well project starts in Liberia!

By the grace of God and thanks to a generous donation, we have been given funds for the purpose of constructing a well in Liberia. This will take place in a poor village community just outside of Monrovia. This will be a hand dug well that will provide fresh water for all of the 200 residents of this small village.
David and his wife Esther pastor a small church there and also have a small school called Triumphic Transformation Children Outreach Ministry (TTCOM). They have had to vacate their former school building due to lack of funds to rent this and are now teaching kids out of their home, as many as they can fit in.
The inital funds have been sent and construction of this will hopefully take place this week.
Chris, our ground worker in Liberia, will be overseeing this project and he will send us pictures as soon as he has access to a camera. Together with David, they will also manage security of this well once it is completed.
Please pray for the people of this poor community, that they will be blessed not only by fresh water but that they may experience the love of Christ by this action.

The pictures below were taken last year when this project was first presented to us. The students and school building you see are at their former location which they have since had to vacate. Notice the lack of desks and the dirt floors.


David

Esther


Inside the school room (notice the dirt floors!)

The staff and students.

Upcoming Spring Fundraisers in April

We have two fundraisers planned for this April:

1. Hofstede's Market in Chilliwack ~ we will be selling baked goods on Friday, April 16 and on Saturday, April 17 at their location.

2. HFA Annual Giant Garage Sale/BBQ/Car Wash ~ at our usual location at the Free Reformed Church on Yale Road on April 24 ... items can be dropped off anytime the day before, April 23, at the church. Please consider Hearts for Africa when you are doing your spring cleaning this year :)

These are both great community events and have been a lot of fun in the past with so many people coming out to support a great cause!

Again, all proceeds from these two fundraisers will be going directly to those in need in West Africa.

More details on these to follow in the next few weeks, so keep checking here or contact us directly at heartsforafricanow@gmail.com.

Needy families in Liberia blessed this Christmas!

After our fundraiser this past November, the Hearts for Africa team decided to bless some of the needy people in Liberia for Christmas. Chris, our faithful groundworker there, found some of the neediest widowed families and orphans in his community and surprised them with gifts of shoes, blankets, mattresses, cooking oil, spices, rice, chickens, and a few other items which we here in North America would consider common necessities.

As well, each of our sponsored children's families were blessed with rice, oil, cooking bowls and blankets as needed.

And finally, at our fundraiser we had set up a Christmas Angel Tree where people could purchase random items for needy people in Liberia. This was also done this past Christmas and Chris was able to locate many needy recipients for this in his Liberian community.

Attached are photos of all of the above giftings. What a thrill to see the joy on these people's faces as they received these small gifts!

Thank you once again to all of you who so generously donated funds to make this possible for these people who are in such desperate need. Because of your compassionate hearts, you have made such a great difference in their lives this Christmas!

We praise God for enabling us to do this as all glory goes to Him!

HFA YouTube videos

This is our latest video which shows some of our work in Liberia this past year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP8j43Y8hX0&feature=channel


This video was made in 2008 and shows some of our work at the Buduburam Liberian Refugee camp in Ghana:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReieKcRnNF4&feature=channel

Pictures of our Fundraiser Nov. 21, 2009

Here are some pictures of our recent dinner/silent auction fundraiser that was held on November 21, 2009:

Our display board

Hearts for Africa Christmas Wish Tree

HFA shirts for sale

Some of our guests

The food line

Silent Auction / Dinner Fundraiser November 21

Hey everyone!
Just a reminder of our upcoming major fundraiser. It is on Saturday, November 21, 2009. This is a free event for everyone. Thanks to our many generous donors, we have a wide variety of great items to bid on... get your Christmas shopping done all in one place and at the same time know that you are blessing needy people in Africa with your purchases and donations.
Please contact us if you are still wanting to donate anything or would like to bring something for the potluck dinner, or if you would like to volunteer your time in helping us out in any way.
Hope to see you all there!
God bless you and your continued loyal support for our Hearts for Africa work!!

Upcoming fundraiser - Nov. 21, 2009

Our 4th annual Potluck Dinner/Silent Auction fundraiser evening will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2009. This venue will be held at the Free Reformed Church in Chilliwack (45471 Yale Road) just off the freeway, by the Pantry. Once again, there will be a wide variety of goods to be purchased (just in time for Christmas)! Please contact one of our committee members if you are willing to bring something or have a donation to give.
5:00 PM - silent auction begins
6:00 PM dinner
At this time, there will also be an opportunity to sponsor children in Liberia or Ghana if this is something you are interested in and feel God leading you to do.
Keep checking back here for more details as the date approaches.
Hope to see you all there!