Greg Burnett -
Ethiopia: Berhe Lema (29 years) - Pepper Mill / Veggie Blender business
Mozambique: Tools, Organic Fertilizer & Compost for Humanist Yam Garden
Nigeria: Gabar Ruth teaches Math, English, and Economics
Nigeria: Saliu Olumide teaches Science and Critical Thinking
Nigeria: Salahudeen Maimunat teaches Nursery School
Niger Republic - Silo for Grain Storage (photo below)
Zimbabwe: Mary Besa Phiri - orphan needs medicine for her HIV
Zimbabwe: Bwalya Takudzwa, 19-year-old LGBTQ, needs funds for college
Ethiopia: Tadesse Jemila (24 years) - Tea business startup funding
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Uganda - Ampire Joan Jonah for room & board at the ShelterMi Safe House.
She says: ““I am aged 35 years old. I was married to Kato Francis for 6 years. At first our marriage was a happy but later he started drinking and abusing me. I became a punching bag whenever he came home drunk. His relatives’ said I could not deliver a baby. I told Kato that a medical examination would help us sort out the problem, but his aunty insisted we should go to a traditional doctor, which I refused.
His family chased me out of our house. I went to the street for money, as a prostitute to survive. In the beginning all was well until I got involved with a criminal wanted by the police. One night the officers raided our room and shot him dead. A lady counseled me and gave me direction to SHelterMi Safe House.
I decided to start a new life of honesty and good will.”
Nepal — Sanitary Pads and Medicinal Soap for Rohingya refugee women in Kathmandu slums
Zambia - “No Till” regenerative gardening workshop for 10 impoverished women. Presented by our partner Loctaguna Organics.
Liberia — Hassan Abdoulrazack receives funds for his college education.
Roofing of Maiduguri Safe House (Nigeria) — stop #3
Dev Sheel in Bangladesh - support for his education. Dev Sheel is a 5 year old boy. His father was a cobbler and suddenly died due to blood cancer when he was very little. His father's cancer treatment had cost them a lot of money. They had to sell all of their property to pay off the loans they had taken for the treatment. His mom supports the family by sewing and tailoring but she is unable to bear the school expenses. He wants to be a doctor one day so that he can help poor people like him and give them free health services.
August 25, 2023
NIGERIA — Josephine Mirembe - rape victim needs medicine to cure gonorrhea
NEPAL — De-worming intervention at Kathmandu orphanage
NIGERIA — humanist barber shop at Minna Safe House
Hansel Andrew - Kenya orphan needs funds for education
Uganda - Grocery Store to support ShelterMi Safe House & Orphanage
NIGERIA — food, utilities, and hygiene supplies for Abuja Safe House
July 24, 2023
NIGERIA — Community Garden for Minna Safe House. Produce will be eaten and sold to support their humanist school.
NIGERIA - Fruit Juice business for Abuja Safe House. This is where Mubarak Bala’s wife and son live - they visit him in the local prison frequently.
NIGERIA - roofing for Maiduguri Safe House, Step 1. When it is finished it will be occupied by the 6 humanists in the photo. Faces are blurred to protect their identity. Maiduguri is Boko Haram territory. The residents will be happy to live without fear and be free of the daily Islamic rituals.
PHILIPPINES - Vermiculture (worm) project for Mangyan indigenous people on Mindoro island. Worm castings (feces) will be used in their gardens and sold as high-value fertilizer.
UGANDA - computer training for at-risk girls in rural area. Computer training is viewed as the most valuable skill in job employment. The goal is to train 500 girls in the next three years.
BANGLADESH - funds for Joy Mondal’s education. He is from an impoverished family that needs financial assistance.
INDIA - books for Apna United Atheist Library in Bihar State (photos above and below)
May 23, 2023
UGANDA: Girls Orphan Dormitory at Eagle’s View Humanist Primary School - but out of the bricks in the background
PHILIPPINES - Cooperative grocery store in Indahag village for typhoon survivors
NIGERIA - funded Adetona Modupeolu, woman ostracized by epilepsy because neighbors think she’s possessed
Water pump for HGC Fruit Orchard, the provides food and income to 22 orphans at Humanist Center Uganda.
Nancy - abandoned by her husband after a miscarriage. She is now staying at ShelterMi Safe House
Nepali orphan Jamuna Shahi needs money for school tuition and supplies. A project with Atheist Republic Nepal.
April 25, 2023
$20 to help women accused of witchcraft in Erusu-Akoko, Nigeria. These accusations are made against elderly women and widows who are perceived as vulnerable and easy targets. The project will give them food, medical assistance, counseling, and skill development training, to help them rebuild their lives.
$20 to Kenyan orphan Fiona Anyango. She says, “my age is 6 years. I am in class 2. I am an orphan because my parents died of Hepatitis. I enjoy dancing. The subjects I enjoy the most are English and Science. I want to be a nurse.”
$20 to Grocery Store in Minna, to be operated by the members of the Humanist Safe House
$20 Ahmed Alabed, he is 22 years old. He is gay and because of this he was abandoned by his mother and father. He is a refugee from Syria but he now lives in Gaziantep, Turkey. He needs money to escape to a safe place because he has been living in a tent. He is a humanist because, he says, “I read some books about psychology, and I started thinking about the origin of existence and why we link our life to religion in everything. Now I am irreligious. I separated my life from religion so I can think properly.”
$20 to New Delhi humanists to educate the Dalit women of Chandan Hola village in New Delhi, India. Chandan Hola village women face the challenge of illiteracy. This lack of education makes it difficult for them to access information, find employment, and make informed decisions. The project will provide literacy classes, vocational training, and life skills education to help these women to gain knowledge and skills to lead more fulfilling lives.
March 1, 2023
Kenya orphan - Anaelia Adhambo - funds for education
Uganda - “Baby Susan” - abandoned girl, left in front of ShelterMi Safe House & Orphanage. She has pneumonia and needs medicine.
UGANDA - Barbara Turinayo, abandoned 15-year-old girl who is now at ShelterMi Safe House & Orphanage
NIGERIA - gay humanist who needs money for training as auto mechanic
MYANMAR - school supplies and food for school in rebel-held area (above and below)
MYANMAR - Shin Chan Nursing Home, near Mandalay - for food and medical supplies, Above & Below
January 25, 2023
NEPAL - warm blankets, gloves and socks for 14 orphans
NIGERIA - Humanist Safe House / Sanctuary for the Non-Religious in Minna, Niger State
UGANDA - one month room & board at ShelterMi Safe house for Sheila Kabarozi
BANGLADESH - impoverished boy Sagor Das is given funds to keep him in school
Chad: Humanist Abubakar Usman Abdu receives money for his business and education
MYANMAR: Food for workers on strike at Adidas factory
ZAMBIA: Farm supplies to support education of humanist family (two brothers & one sister)
December 9, 2022
$20 to Kabughobe Humanists in Uganda to help them start up a Coffee Threshing business
$20 to Uganda, to help ShelterMi Safe House and Orphanage dig a water well
$20 to Peru Atheist Association - they will buy school supplies for 50 impoverished children who live in a slum near Lima
$20 to Nigeria to help Ogechi and her son, who have HIV, buy medicine and food
$20 to Sound Sound Street Medics, an Indigenous-led group in Tacoma, Washington, to help them deliver medical aid to local Coast Salish reservations
$20 to Nigeria to help humanist Bello Abdullah buy textbooks for medical school
$20 to Zambia, to help two humanist woman in Lusaka establish a used clothing store
$20 to Nigeria, to help humanist Sunday Okoro establish his car repair business
$20 to Myanmar, to help this fish farmer (carp) stock his pond to feed his village in the war zone
$20 to Rudra, homeless orphan in Bangladesh, to pay for his schooling
$20 to Suprity Das - orphan in Bangladesh - to pay for her education
$20 to Uttom Roy, orphan in Bangladesh, to pay for his education
$25 to Afghanistan “secret school” - it has twenty primary children, who learn Math, Physics, English, and Persian Literature from two older girls
September 27, 2022
$20 to HGC “secret school” in Afghanistan (please don’t share this on social media - due to security concerns
$20 to Protik Ghosh, Bangladesh school funds
$20 to Kenya - Maugo humanists need funds to make and sell Pot & Utensil hangers
$20 to Farah - undocumented Moroccan girl in Mellila, Spain - for school funds
$20 to Myanmar - 300 lunch boxes plus medicine and vitamins for impoverished village near Yangon
$15 to Tanzania orphan girl Juliet Nchimbi
$15 to Tanzania orphan girl Colleta Ambrose Mghama
Uganda survivor of gender-based violence Ahimbsibebwe Moreen