Finally, after several months since I returned from Mayumba this past summer, I was able to get a 23lb. box of school supplies and other sundry items off to the Circle of Youth today! A village effort no doubt. Thanks to my sister Kenyon and her daughter Imani, we packed up a box with donations from the family.
*Imani donated notebooks and looseleaf paper
*My father 2 pairs of gently worn Nikes
*Aysha pens and financial assistance with shipping the box
*Pens from just about every hotel I've stayed in since my return- the Marriot and Hilton will be well recognized in Mayumba!
*My sister Kenyon - the DHL hookup from a co-worker's husband (we saved over $200 on the shipment) and the packaging materials to secure the box (brown shipping paper, etc.)
Here are the expressions of the students themselves, those who are members of the youth group Cercle de Reflection des Jeunes de Mayumba pour le Developpment
or Circle of Youth of Mayumba for Development:
Dear brothers and sisters from the U.S.A, as Ms. Monique Johnson
might have told you about me I'm
Mr.Fouty. I'm 22, and one of the English teachers, though I'm per-
suing the "Etudes Ibériques" at our university. Indeed, during the
holiday time I usually go to Mayumba to contribute to the education of our little brothers and sisters that'll ensure an efficient progress of both: the
small town and themselves. However, that is a very difficult task,
cause of the lack of means; be it material or financial. Thus, I hope
you'll manage thanks to Miss monique to provide us some help. Thank you very much. ~Fouty ROMARIC
So happy to see picturs of the school , that is going ta make a donation to the circle of youth of Mayumba. all of members of the association are very happy to see that our idea is appreciated in usa. so tell them please that we thank them very much about what they are goinG to do for the Circle of Youth of Mayumba;and it is in that way we want to help little brothers and sisters.
Those who lead LAWRENCE ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL have to be thanked.thank you!!!!
~Judicael MBATCHI, President, Cercle des Jeunes de Mayumba
