Milestone Grant Impact: Part One

At See Beautiful, it probably goes without saying that we are inspired by all the beautiful you create everyday. But, we’ll say it again anyway. YOU inspire us. Teachers, students, non-profit dreamers and doers, people making a difference, you inspire us everyday. That’s why the Milestone Grant applicants and recipients truly ignited our passion and reminded us why we do what we do.

We hoped that the funding would go toward creating a lasting impact of beautiful, and the outcome has far exceeded what we imagined. Stories about how the grant support has encouraged or helped individuals and organizations have started coming our way, and we are overjoyed to start sharing those with you, a few at a time.
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Every story is different, and these first two stories are told in numbers.

Hope Shines
The camp was a HUGE success, and I can't imagine us not being able to have this program. It has such an impact on the children and the volunteers that come with us to be camp counselors. Here is a nice breakdown by the numbers for camp this year!
Number of campers: 36
Months of planning: 7 months
Lessons taught: 6 (Science of flight, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Malaria Prevention, Oral Hygiene, Leadership through Rugby and Cricket)
Volunteers: 8 (4 first timers!)
Knowledge improvement from pre-camp to post-camp: 11%
Hours of Travel: 32 hours!
Hope Shines Staff: 15
Medical Staff: 1 US based doctor, 1 Registered Nurse
Health check ups: On 36 children (Fluoride treatments, HIV and Malaria prevention, Height, Weight, Vision (4 kids identified for glasses), Blood Pressure, malaria frequency in the last year for all kids and shoe sizes).
Meals cooked and served: 180 nutritionally balanced meals prepared and served!
(50 KG rice, 50 KG beef, 30 KG fish, 10 KG eggplant, 5 KG green beans, 5 KG beans, 60 KG potatoes, 50 KG carrots, 5 KG garlic, 8 KG onions, 20 liters oil, 10 KG tomatoes, 10 KG green peppers!
Water: 100 Liters of filtered water consumed!
Supplies: 13 - fifty pound suitcases FULL of camp supplies
Partner Organizations (for supplies, curriculum, sponsorship): 6
Professional Athlete Mentors: 6
Hours of teaching and mentorship: 100
Number of (happy) tears from children (and staff and volunteers) impacted by an amazing camp experience: Countless!

Love Beyond Walls
1) The Documentary launches in less than a month, and we have had 7 screenings. We’ve also had over 200 people walk through the workbook that the grant funded.

2) We were offered an airing spot on AIB from November-January (the reach is 2 million people) so after people watch, they will be instructed to walk through workbook.

3) We are going to use the film to start another film in 2018.

Wow! Thank you Hope Shines and Love Beyond Walls. You’re giving us all the feels.  Stay tuned for more stories to come...

Author

Jannan Poppen, Giving Coordinator