January 5, 2023

CLEAN START MERCY PROJECT:
STUDY CENTRES FOR SCHOOLLESS CHILDREN
... and .... JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHO USED TO BE IN PRISON IN HK

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Most people who return to their own country after prison in HK are unable to find wor.  They are generally rejected by society and sometimes even by their own family. They struggle to survive.  

An idea has evolved for a project whereby HK people co-operate with the NGO Clean Start Africa to help people released from prison in HK to find jobs when they return to their own country. 

An idea for jobs comes from the situation of another group in Africa which needs urgent help: young children who have no school ...especially in poor village areas .... where tens of thousands of primary age children have no school ....especially because of the effect of Covid on an already poor economy.

So ... the idea is for study centres to be set up for such children, managed by people who used to be in prison in HK and supervised by Clean Start! The study centres will use online programs to help children learn basic subjects. This will also create jobs for the former prisoners!

The cost to run such a  centre is about US$2,000 per month ( including about US$700 salary for each of  two staff plus meals for the children). 

It is hoped that several centres can be set up as soon as possible to coincide with the start of the school year this month in most of East Africa. 

It is also hoped that the centres will soon be supported locally as people hear about "the little study centre where former prisoners are helping school-less children" .... and people start donating clothes/food etc for the children ...and please God the centres will even become distribution centres where donated items can be given to needy families ... as happens at the MercyHK centre in HK. 

If you would like to help this very special project get started please make a note of my Hong Kong Hang Seng Bank account:
Number: 761-8-000-496
Name: Wotherspoon John David

This is not a MercyHK project since funds raised for MercyHK must, by government regulation, be used only in HK. But this is a Mercy project and the little study centres will each have a Mercy name  (e.g. MercyTZ for Tanzania). 

Also, I cannot issue any receipts in the name of MercyHK for donations to this project. But I will send a personal thank you message to all donors. Please make sure to let me know your name and W/App number or email if you forward me a deposit slip. 
W/App +852 67095674  email: jdwomi@gmail.com

I will post on line an anonymous list of all donations. And I will forward donations collectively to Clean Start, and receipts from Clean Start will also be put on line. Total amount in receipts from Clean Start will equal total amount of donations! Clean Start will be responsible for allocating money for the setting up of each centre and for the accounting of money used by each centre. 

Please do not send donations to MercyHK or St Peter's accounts for this project. Please send directly to my account

JESUS, PLEASE BLESS ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HELP THE "CLEAN START MERCY PROJECT"!

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