Coming Events
THE GIFT OF SHARING
We continue to support our mission, a student in Africa. As the Federated Church, we serve Stephentown in a variety of ways.
None-the-less, there is a need to aide the World Community, as well. quested, and the General Committee approved, the sponsorship of a South African teenager.
We are starting by providing a one-year scholarship for a student at the Qholaqhoe High School in Butha-Buthe province in Lesotho. It is our hope that this will be a step in helping a youngster achieve the education and training that is so needed in the area. Although Primary education in Lesotho is currently free, high school tuition is prohibitive for many who live in this remote mountainous area.
Qholaqhoe High School serves a large geographical region made up of many villages. The families are subsistence farmers or goat and sheepherders. A few men, who consider themselves lucky, find work in the diamond mines of South Africa. They rarely come home due to the extreme expense of travel. High school students walk long distances to attend school. Some live in small huts near the school during the week, and return home on the weekends.
Education is highly regarded and seen as the key to a brighter future for those lucky enough to continue on to high school and beyond. Our ( your! ) student will be chosen by the teachers and principal at the Qholaqhoe High School from a pool of anxious applicants.
A great big Thank you! goes out to all of the church family who worked to make this sponsorship a possibility. You will be kept up to date with news from our student. Feel free to see anyone on General Committee with any questions. Letters and pictures will be shared as soon as they arrive. There is little better than education to be shared with others,