| In
This Issue |
| Embroidery
Project |
| Schools
supported |
| Thank
you |
| How
to help |
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Upcoming
Sale Locations
October 3rd & 4th
Silver Bells and Sea Shells at the Sandler Center
for the Performing Arts. more
info
October 25th
Alzheimers Assn Memory Walk, Lake Prince Woods more
info
Next month we will be sending out the rest of the
fall schedule for the WOHP Virginia sales events. We
hope to see you and your friends!
Where to buy WOHP merchandise
Original Artwork Gifts 3115 Western Branch Blvd
in Chesapeake, VA
The Tidewater Collection located inside Ely Hall
on board Naval Station Norfolk, VA
If you know of a retail outlet that may be interested
in our merchandise please contact
us
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Delta
Airlines Miles Promotion
If you have any Delta Miles you'd like to donate
to help with the cost of WOHP travel (Betsy was
just back in the states in July for a very quick
family visit), now is a good time. Delta
is offering a promotion. Please go to:
Transfer
Delta Miles
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Dear
Friends of the Women of Hope Project,
 Greetings from Afghanistan! It is hard
to believe that we have been in Afghanistan
for six years! When I look back on
all that has happened in this country I am
in awe of the progress and yet, saddened
by the deteriorating security situation we
now face. Yet, with and through the
faithful help of our supporters, Women of
Hope Project continues to strive to be a
light in the darkness.
When you see the news reports coming
out of Afghanistan, it is easy to become
discouraged and to think that all our efforts
are hopeless. However, many positive
things have happened in the last six years. Signs
of progress are all around us. Girls
are going to school. Women are working. Hospitals
are operating. Music blares from small
shops and children are flying kites again.
In spite
of all of this
progress, there
is growing
discontent. The
women and families
we work with
are all extremely
concerned about
the very real
possibility
of the Taliban
returning to
power. The
saddest thing
is that I hear,
time and time
again, is many men
saying they
wish the
Taliban would
come back! They
are so desperate
for security
and safety;
they choose
to forget
the brutality
they endured
during the
Taliban rule. They
only want
to live in
peace.
Your
prayers are needed
now, more
than ever,
for this
country and
the precious
people we
serve. WOHP
is a small
fish in a
big sea;
however,
we believe
that through
the work
we are doing,
with your
help and
support,
we are making
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Embroidery
and Design Project
The Embroidery Project is growing
by leaps and bounds! More and
more women are coming to our Vocational
Center in hopes of finding a way to
use their skills to support their families.
This June, with the generous support
of Operation Blessing International,
we were able to move into a larger
Center which is now open with a beautiful
showroom, featuring all of the products
our ladies are producing. WOHP
has trained 100 women, who train other
women, thereby forming their own networks. These
networks of women are bringing brighter
futures to over 1000 women and their
families.
We are proud to say that, to date,
ALL of the children of our ladies in
this project are going to school! That
is because you have supported them
by purchasing their beautiful embroidered
products, and the ladies are now able
to support their families, thereby
freeing the children to go to school. |
WOHP
now supports two schools!
Last Fall,  WOHP
started a tent school for 200 children
at Ben-e-Warsak, a repatriation community
near Bagram AFB in the Parwan District
of Kabul. WOHP has obtained favor with
the Afghan Ministry of Education who
is now providing support to rent one
of the vacant houses in this community
to house the school until a proper
school can be built.
WOHP provides the salaries for two
teachers, the furnishings, teachers
aids and school supplies.
This Spring, WOHP started another tent
school for 65 children living in a
refugee camp here in Kabul. These
families are Kuchis, a nomadic tribe
who for centuries have supported themselves
as shepherds to sheep, goats and camels. During
the recent wars, this particular clan
lost all of their animals due to disease,
drought and land mines. They are now
living in squalid conditions and eke
a meager living caring for a few animals
belonging to others. When we first
visited this camp to see how we could
help, the first thing the elders told
us was that they wanted a school for
their children. They told us
that they would find the teacher if
we could provide the resources! WOHP
went to work right away to provide
the tents, school supplies and carpets
for the dirt floors and supports the
teacher's monthly salary. |
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How
You Can Help
None of the work we do is possible without
your faithful support! We ask you to
search your heart and prayerfully consider
providing monthly financial support to make
these goals a reality. We hope to bring
peace to this war-ravaged country by putting
the men back to work, by creating a peaceful
environment for the women as we work with
the families to demonstrate respect, kindness
and love.
To do this, we need your financial support. We
are seeking core funding which will enable
us to hire more staff and increase our capacity
to accomplish all that the Lord has given
us to do. Through the sales of from
our Embroidery Project, WOHP has been able
to accomplish all that we have mentioned
above, but the current security situation
is a serious threat to that source of income. We
can no longer depend on our sales at the
military bases here to support our efforts
and need your help to continue our work.
Will you consider partnering with WOHP in
our efforts restore peace to Afghanistan,
one family at a time? We believe
the prayer of the Afghan people is "Give
us, Lord, our daily bread and forgive those
who give us guns instead." Putting
people to work, having food to feed their
families, having the ability to send their
children to school and having peace in their
land; that is the desire of the Afghan people
and what will help to restore peace to this
land. You can be an agent of change
by partnering with WOHP with your financial
support as we continue to work hard to help
these families realize this dream.
Donations can either be made online with
PayPal through our website at www.womenofhopeproject.org
or by check or money order payable to WOHP
and mailed to:
WOHP
4876-118 Princess Anne Road, #203
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Women of Hope Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit
organization under the United States Internal
Revenue Service. All contributions
are tax-deductible.
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