What are we really doing? Thursday, May 17th, 2012 at 8:08 am
If it were easy, it wouldn’t be a problem worth solving. If it were simple, the system wouldn’t be difficult to fix. And if it were unimportant, it certainly wouldn’t be a sacrifice worth making. So, what are we really doing? Simply put, we are trying.
Since the start of 2012, you have invested over $25,000 in five different communities in Nigeria with the sole purpose of improving the lives of the people in the communities. Our goal is to tip the scales of justice in their favor by investing in the following areas listed below. We believe that investing in these areas will provide access to immediate standard of living improvements (water and microloans) and long term improvements (education).
Microloans – We want to give people the opportunity to access credit so they can improve their lives by starting or expanding small businesses.
Education – We want to give children the opportunity to receive an education. In every community where there is an existing education infrastructure (teachers, school building, willing parents and children), we will invest in sustaining the education investments.
Water – We want to provide better access to safer water so that people in the communities do not have to spend hours fetching unsafe water.
Thank you for your support so far. Please continue to help us as we invest in these communities.
PSH at a glance – 2012
| 2012 Investment Budget |
$62,856 |
This is the amount of money we need to raise in 2012 to meet our community investment goals |
| 2012 Expenditures so far (May) |
$27,742 |
This is the amount of money we have spent so far in 2012 |
| Money in the bank (May) |
$19,384 |
This is what we currently have in the bank to apply towards our 2012 investment projects |
| Need to raise… |
$15,730 |
This is the amount of money left for us to raise in 2012 to meet our goals |
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| # of disbursed loans |
34 |
This is the number of individual loans we have disbursed since 2011 |
| Average loan size |
$250 |
This is the average size of a PSH loan |
| # of Primary schools supported |
1 |
We are currently supporting primary school efforts in Ilaje community. Gbawukuchi and Takalafia are next |
| # of water projects |
4 |
We have invested in four water projects since we began the organization in 2009 |
| # of working water projects |
2 |
Two of our four water projects are currently functional |
Check out the ACT Page to see how you can support us.
Thank you.
Your PSH Team.
