April 2, 2024
I know you have been wondering about something, let’s just get it out there, Ok? Michael and Dorris are getting old, is Neema Village going to continue into the future? Will this baby rescue center, saving babies like cutie pie Loretta below, go on into the future?
A Sister for Dorothy
Years ago in Neema’s early days a newborn baby, umbilical cord still attached, was left in a gravel pit. We prayed that the baby we named Dorothy would find a good Christian home and she did. A family with 3 boys wanted a little girl and they took Dorothy home. Now our baby Loretta above has become Dorothy’s little sister! Isn’t that the sweetest thing!
You might be asking, will all this baby sweetness continue into the future?
Years from now will mothers like Marianna who have been abandoned by their husbands, still be able to come to Neema and learn about a man named Jesus who has never abandoned them and take classes and learn to read and write and learn to sew and set up businesses to support their families and send their kids to school? Will the Mothers Against Poverty program, helping these lion hearted women of Africa change their world one woman at a time go on long into the future?
And Yes Marianna, above, made those cute dresses, sweet huh!
Will grandmothers who help birth babies out in their Maasai villages still be able to come to Neema and learn ways to help their mothers survive childbirth? Older women like Botoyo and Anna who came to a recent Save The Mothers week are deciding to give up FGM during their classes at Neema. The circumcision ceremony for young girls like Maria above was how they made their living so Neema is setting these two women up in a Better Bean Business. Saving lives is what this program is all about, will it continue?
And how about the free rehab daycare for babies like Bryson who began walking this year when doctors told us to buy a wheelchair he would never walk? This program makes everybody happy, even little Nasiri clapping his heart out for Bryson as he walks flat footed after surgery down the bars.
And the Neema water wells bringing water to thirsty people, and the GIFT programs training young Maasai girls to wait for marriage and babies, and our Foster Care/Boarding School program educating our big kids, and the new men’s conferences training men to be good fathers and husbands and the Neema Soccer field keeping young boys and girls off the streets and the bible classes for babies like Lightness learning her colors below; will all that continue long after we are gone?
Yes! God has got this! It has always been His work, not ours.
But if you have been wondering about the future of Neema Village we have some exciting news for you.
Our Legacy Fund is now open!
The 14 member Neema Village board, including Neema Directors Kim White, Kelle Samsill and Scott and Sarah Lockett, have now set up a way for you to contribute to the future of Neema Village. As a 501c3 non-profit, Neema Village is able to receive QCD (Qualified Charitable Distributions) which allows IRS holders to donate to a charity directly from their IRA – Tax Free! Th
The Legacy account will also allow donors to make gifts of stock and securities without adding to your tax burden by direct transfer into Neema’s Legacy fund. (Volunteer Directors Kim White and Scott and Sarah Lockett, Kelle Samsill not pictured below)
And a new interesting way to fund the future of Neema, you can will a house, a boat, a motor home, an RV, so that when you pass it will go directly into a Neema fund without probate or taxes!! Pretty exciting
We know God wants you to take care of your family first but after that remember the less fortunate and leave a legacy that will actually make a difference in the world!
Michael and I are in the States for a few more weeks, if you would like to talk about this email us and we can provide account information to help you make this happen. dorris@neemavillage.org
*And for future reference please put on your calendar an exciting event coming up, “Dining Out With Neema” on October 15, 2024.
Neema means Grace and any good that has been done and will be done in the future at Neema Village is always by the Amazing Grace of God!
Michael and Dorris Fortson