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Empowering Voices | Amplifying Passions & Global Impact | USC Annenberg Professor | AI Advocate | Top-Ranked Podcast Host I Philanthropy Manager I Education Disruptor

Most of you don't know about my work with Learn Grow Lead and Children Helpers Foundation (our partner organization in Cape Coast, Ghana). Over the past decade+, we have built a home for unhoused children, paid for hundreds of children to attend school, and leased (and then purchased) ten acres of organic farmland. As a very small, all volunteer run organization, it has not been easy for us over the past years to keep up with the needs of the children in the Shaisiri Home as well as the kids who have families and places to live but need help with school fees. Not to mention, trying to buy ten acres of farmland, and hoping to buy ten more acres for our partner to reach full self sufficiency. We have a couple of immediate needs so I thought no one would be better to connect with than this community. First off is Ruth Coleman. She is 14 years old, lost her father at a very young age and then was abandoned by her mother. After her father's death, Ruth moved in with her 76 year- old grandmother. She started selling sachet water to make a living until she was admitted into our care. This week, she was rushed to the hospital from school. Her scan indicates that she need surgery to remove an endometriosis cyst. Fluid has accumulated in her womb and she is in a lot of pain. The initial bill from the hospital prepared this morning was Ghc7,138 or approximately $463.21 as of this minute. The second need is for food. LGL has not been able to fund a full month of food for the orphanage for a while, but we try to send $500 a month towards food costs. If you feel called to donate (and get that tax deduction), please go to our website. The funds will go towards whichever need you designate. https://lnkd.in/gvzhNeX6 Please reach out if you need any additional info. All donations, minus any banking fees, goes directly to fund the needs of our kids.

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Anika Jackson; MW Enterprises LLC will cover the The initial bill from the hospital of $463.21.

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