Category: West Africa
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Gift of the Butterfly Charitable Works Monthly Financial Report – April
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The following is April 2024’s financial summary for the project to fund St. Bakhita Foundation Orphanage. Gift of the Butterfly Funds St. Bakhita Foundation Funds Distributed Donations Paid for*: Outstanding Bills**: May Bills***: Upcoming Additional Expenditures***: June August University Housing and Provisions: $675 University Tuition: $1400 Transport to High School:…
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Gift of the Butterfly Charitable Giving Monthly Financial Report – March
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The following is March 2024’s financial summary for the project to fund St. Bakhita Foundation Orphanage. Gift of the Butterfly Funds St. Bakhita Foundation Funds Distributed Donations Paid for*: Outstanding Bills**: Apr Bills***: Upcoming Additional Expenditures***: May June *All dollar amounts for paid bills reflect the exchange rate at the…
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Living in Accra
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We’ve been in Ghana for more than two years now. I want to capture the dust and the sun and the music and food of Accra and Ghana. I want to tell about the people and the places. The challenges and the victories. So many things are jumbled in my…
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São Tomé: Relaxation and Tasting Trepidation on the Mountain
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I have a tendency to over-schedule vacations. I have to make a conscious effort to build in down-time. We need to relax and enjoy a place instead of rushing from one experience to the next. When I planned our trip to São Tomé, I consciously built in nothing time –…
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St. Bakhita Foundation Orphanage: The Origin
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The origin story of the St. Bakhita Foundation Orphanage. We sat down with Peter to here why he started the orphanage and how it began.
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Gift of the Butterfly Charitable Giving January Financial Report for the St. Bakhita Foundation Orphanage Project
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January’s Financial Report
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São Tomé: A Mountain Paradise Divulges its Colonial Past
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10 April 2023. When we discovered that we would be moving to Accra, Ghana, one of the first places we put on our travel wishlist was São Tomé and Principé. The tiny archipelago sits just north of the equator in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Gabon. Because…