It Takes a Village Project Launch

Here's your chance to get involved

I've been literally bursting inside for at least a month to make the annoucement that......drum roll please...

It Takes a Village 
has partnered with hip hop artist,  
Hasan Salaam
to provide much needed services to the village of Djati.

For those who have been following me for any length of time, you know that I recently adopted the village of Djati and I am deeply committed to helping the people of Guinea Bissau obtain some of life's basic necessities -- basics that we take for granted here in the US.

I was considering doing another round of Little Dresses but the needs of Djati go so much deeper than that.

Did you know?

Worldwide, nearly a billion people live without clean drinking water.

This is called a water crisis.

It's a crisis because it only starts with water -- but water affects everything in life.

There is no country that exemplifies this more than the county of Guinea Bissau West Africa. Guinea Bissau is a small and somewhat unknown country with a population of around 1.5 million people and ranks as the 4th poorest country in the world.

And...there is no better example of how this lack of clean water affects everything (health hunger poverty and education) than the remote, tiny little village of Djati, Guinea Bissau. Djati is located about 160 mi from the capital city of Bissau and has a population of about 1,000.
Djati is like the land time has forgotten. The village has no well, no school and no medical facility.

Our Project “It Takes a Village” is convinced that this can change.

After discovering that the village had no well for clean water, no medical facility for the sick and no permanent school for the children, I knew I had to do something.

I contacted Hasan & his management and asked for their help. They quickly agreed to come on board and they came up with a wonderful way to help Djati through music.

Hasan will be releasing his new Cd aptly titled "Music is my Weapon" on 12/1.

They decided to help out by generously donating all of the proceeds from the new album to our project!

Can you believe it?

I am elated!

Here's what we need

The project will include:                               
What:                        Cost:

Build a Well              $3,500
currently the women and girls walk 2-3 miles twice a day to get water

Build new School    $3,000
there are currently 100 students wo attend a school made form sticks and hay. Each year during the rainy season the structure is washed away and has to be rebuilt. The new school will have 2 classrooms and evently they will add 2 more classrooms to provide education for children from near by villages

Desk for the school  $3,000

School Supplies        $2,000

Medical Building      $3,000
there are only 5 doctors in GB for 1.5 million people) There are NO doctors or medical clinic in Djati. The project will build a 2 room clinic

 Total                          $14,500

Please go here for more information on how you can get involved.

 I will be heading the project
You can buy the music or make a monetary donation. Your choose.

100% of all donations go to the project

All donations are tax deductible

Just note in the comments section if you need a receipt for taxes.

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Each donation comes with a gift.

Once I return from Guinea Bissau I will create a book about the project which will include the journey along with photographs of Guinea Bissau and Djati. The book will be on sale to the public. More details to follow 

If we raise $3,500 in the next several weeks we can have construction started on the school and it can be completed by the time I visit. I can be there for the grand opening! Please donate today!

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