The Peace Corps Challenge Part II

About a year ago, BG had the privilege of interviewing Lisa Thoyakulathu, a new recruit for the Peace Corps. Stationed in in  Swaziland, Thoyakulathu has been working at the grassroots level to educate locals about HIV transmission. Her past year has been exciting with adventures, life lessons, and tough situations. Recently, Thoyakulathu reached out in regards to a new library project initiated by Peace Corps volunteers. You can read her email below:

Hey everybody,

I am sorry that I haven’t e-mailed in a long time, but life here has been crazy and intense at times with plenty of emotional whirlwinds. Right now, I need your help. Other Peace Corps volunteers and I are trying to fund raise for a book project for Swaziland schools. We have selected 30 schools, one of which is my high school, to receive 30,000 books. That means 1,000 books per school! This would be a vast improvement of resources for these schools. The resources at most libraries at these schools are in short supply. My school is piloting a program to improve the students’ performance on accreditation exams that could allow them admittance to South Africa universities. This would considerably widen many students opportunities since there is presently only one university in Swaziland with a considerably low matriculation rate. Having the resources that this influx of books would create would be an immeasurable difference in the students’ education. To fully fund one new library through this project would only cost about $335. The total cost of all 30 schools is a little more than $10,000. Please help by donating whatever you can to the U.S. Peace Corps Partnership fund for this project. Any donation will be tax-deductible. Here is the link by which you can help:

https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=645-077

Any donation would be highly appreciated. Please send this to others you know who would be interested in donating as well. Any help will be one more step to providing brighter futures for Swazi children.

Once again, thanks for your support.

Thanks,

Elizabeth (Lisa) Thoyakulathu

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