We are no longer accepting scholarship applications for the 2008-2009 academic year.
OUR FIRST CONTAINER
It all started as a desire to bring some clothing to needy children in West Africa.
It has turned out to be a flood of clothing, books, toys, household items, and furniture completely filling a forty foot (extra high) shipping container.
Personally, I have been gratefully overwhelmed by the outpour of support we have received from people towards our collection. The list of people to thank is very long, some gave a little, some gave much, but all wanted to share their hearts with the desperate children of West Africa.
This proves to me that despite the great shortfalls in humanity around the world, there are still people out there who care enough to accumulate and pass on clothing in hopes that it will find someone who will make needy use of it. Over several months we collected things from people as far as New York City to Washington D.C..
We had stuff accumulated and stored in about four locations which needed to be compiled and trucked to a warehouse that will package and ship out everything together. That is just the beginning of the story.
We are planning to intercept the containers arrival in order to personally process and distribute the goods to various orphanages and schools in Benin. That will be the climax of our clothing drive mission.
Abake's Foundation would like to thank everybody who donated clothing, furniture and household items to be sent to West Africa. Abake's Foundation would also like to thank everyone involved in the collection and transportation of the donated materials.
Abake's Foundation would further like to thank each person who contributed financially which makes the shipping and handling to Cotonou, Benin possible.
This is a list of Items that you can donate.
Clothing
- Used clothing can make a difference to an underprivileged child. Your donated articles will be appreciated greatly. Please place clean articles in a bag/box and leave it on your stoop (if possible) in the morning of your scheduled pick up.
Furniture
-Unwanted furniture can be packaged and shipped around the world where it will be needed. We may gladly pick up larger items with a little advance time to plan accordingly.
Electronics
-Your uncool, out dated “high-tech” gadgets can be great gifts for children, or excellent tools for enhancing productivity. Anything from safe children's toys and TV's to old personal computers can be accepted.
Toiletries
-Basic personal care items are always useful.
School Supplies
- This category is often overlooked, but don’t children need paper, pencils and books to learn? Even your old college textbooks would be very useful to the cause of education.
