School Supplies Drive Tonight – HCVA

If you are a new reader to my blog, you might not known that I help run a nonprofit called Help Cap Verde Africa. I lived in Cape Verde Africa for 2 years as an LDS missionary. I fell in love with the people. When I returned, myself and two of the guys I served with started a nonprofit. First of all, I would tell anyone that is thinking about getting involved with nonprofits to NOT start your own. It is a lot of work, paperwork, and money. Find one that is working in the area you are interested in and work with them. Much more effective. However, that was not an option for us as there were no others that we could find.

But the purpose of this post is to say that tonight at 7 we are doing our annual school supplies drive. We go door to door asking for extra school supplies from students and families. We then ship these supplies to a list of disadvantaged students we receive from one of our in-country partners.

Before you start shouting "trade not aid" let me say I agree with you. Completely. However, we do what we can. We also have calculated out the costs and it is more cost effective to get supplies here (even buying them) and ship them to Cape Verde than it is to buy supplies in country. We also strive to only provide school kits to kids who wouldn't be going to school without them. This preserves the local shops that do carry a few school supplies.

If you are not in the Utah area but still want to help, visit our website. (HCVA) You can donate your time or money. We are grateful for all of our friends and supporters.

Here is the Daily Universe Article about Help Cape Verde.

And here is our press release about the HCVA School Supplies Drive

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