PROJECTS
Middle East: Greater Change is currently providing child and youth programs for victims of conflict, running a beekeeping program for youth, and launching new projects in the Middle East.
South Africa: In 2021, Greater Change is sponsoring five students to attend a special school that offers an early intervention program for children with hearing impairment. We’re helping cover the costs for tuition, transportation, school supplies, and meals for these young children so they can be equipped to enter the hearing world with an improved potential to integrate and thrive.
BENEFICIARIES OF PROJECTS
In their own words…
“Thank you for the time and effort for our child. You have made a difference through your dedication and support of our child. Your help will definitely help us financially.” —Parents of one of the hearing impaired students we helped sponsor in South Africa
“I am ashamed of not being able to give a good life to my daughters, but I want to thank Greater Change for giving my daughters the opportunity of being kids and giving them a chance to know what childhood is.” —Father of three sisters in our child-friendly space
“I am very proud of my son who has learned the English alphabet from Greater Change and now he is teaching me because I have never been to school.” —Mother of a 6-year-old boy
“I love coming to the center to see my friends, and I love my teacher because she teaches me a lot of things. Here at the camp we don’t have a lot of places to play and learn. Greater Change is like a home to me, where I come to see my family.” —Child-friendly space participant
“I have been suffering from depression because I have been so hopeless and always thought I have no future—especially since my kids started growing older and moving on with their education while I was the only one not able to read or write. This affected me so much and made me feel so embarrassed, frustrated, weak, and useless. Now I can read and write all the alphabet, trying to put up words together, and count to 60 when I wasn’t able to count at all. I can say this program changed my life because it gave me confidence; everywhere I walk I search for signs to read, I can read the time, I can write my name, I don’t feel useless anymore…I have hope.” —Adult education beneficiary
“Greater Change showed me the right way to play volleyball; my schoolteacher is very impressed with my game and can see the progress I have made in the past two months. My family is very encouraging because since I have been attending the program, everyone can notice a change in my school study, playing sports gives me motivation to study more, and it clears my mind and gives me hope. Learning at Greater Change made me wake up early to do my morning exercises, it helps me start my day in a healthy and energetic way.” —Sports program participant