TWEEET!

Don't forget on the 24th we get to tweet on our tweetathon! Follow me at @gillian_wolf , and bailee at @bagelzbay ! We will start soon in the day, so don't  miss it!

Polls

Make sure you are filling out the polls! You don't want to miss out on an opporotunity to change someone's life....

New Page!

We have added a new page with actual pictures of the children there. It's a sad time in Africa over there, please support us by sharing this website and thinking and praying for those children that were taken...!

Contributers?

Yes, I know it has Gillian R. And Gill Robertson on there, where is Bailee hite and why is Gillian on there twice? My friend Bailee doesn't have a gmail, so I have to let her use mine so she can edit this blog as well. Sorry for the inconvience, she is Gill and I am Gillian R..... THANKS!

Bring Back our Girls!

"On April 15, a group of men went to a nigerian school full of girls and kidnapped over 300 of them out of their dormitories. They burned the building and the food supply. Many escaped, but there are still over 200 missing. "

"The Nigerian government has confirmed that a military operation has been launched with international backing to locate and rescue more than 200 girls, who have been held captive for a month.

The government also signalled that it is ready to negotiate with Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group that snatched the girls from a school in Chibok, in the north-east of the country, although it appeared to rule out any prisoner exchange." 

                                                -The Guardian

Bring back our girls! We will start a small campain on twitter (If you aren't already following me it's @gillian_wolf) and we will be tweeting Bring Back our girls! It starts on Monday, May 19th and goes all the way to May 24th! Please tweet these out!

Nigerian Girls Need Your Help!

My teacher, Karen Cox, has an awareness of this coming problem for the children. Her daughter has found one child in perticular that she loves, and she goes to Africa every so often to visit her. In doing this, she sees the children at the orphanages. They are mostly 6-7 years old, and are often carrying around younger ones that come in. Mrs. Cox has written a letter to different colleges for a few college girls who are family to the orphanage, and run the place. If you could get these girls to school, it would be amazing. Go to different college websites (Doesn't matter where) and enter this letter, titling it "Nigerian Girls Need Your Help!"

May 12, 2014

Mrs. Karen Cox

8576 8th Road

Plymouth, IN  46563

To Whom It May Concern:

Would you be willing to come to the aid of three endangered girls in Nigeria?  I am writing on behalf of a Nigerian family, the Edeh’s with 3 incredible college-age daughters.  This family runs two orphanages named Ministry of Mercy (MOM) in Otutulu, Nigeria and Lokoja, Nigeria. The family sacrifices in many ways to help hundreds of special needs and homeless children in Nigeria.  The girls have been instrumental in helping their parents manage and run both orphanages.  They are leaders everywhere they go.

These are talented, intelligent, beautiful young women.  They are are educated and have undergraduate degrees, but they desire graduate degrees. One of them was the Nigerian National Track Champion in the 400 meter race.  

However, at this time the family is afraid for the lives of these precious girls.  They are near the areas where girls have been abducted and where much violence has occurred. My family would be willing to sponsor the girls to come to America to pursue their graduate degrees.  One wants to go into law, one is interested in business and finance and one wants to go in to a medical field, which is a desperate need at the orphanage.  All 3 girls intend to return to the orphanage to continue nurturing the helpless children in their native county.

The girls need to be accepted into a school to obtain a student visa.  What is your application process and is it possible for them to be accepted at a graduate school?  What can I do to facilitate this process?  How quickly could these girls come into a safe environment?  What financial aid might be available for these girls?

If you have any information that may be helpful for these amazing young ladies, please contact me at kcox@plymouth.k12.in.us and also their father, Daniel Edeh at mom_otutulu@yahoo.com.  We need your informed advice.

Sincerely,

Karen Cox

This is a photo of my family with

the Edeh family in January 2014, at the Ministry of Mercy orphanage in Otutulu, Nigeria.