Christmas Help for the Vulnerable

Goal:

 USD $3,900

Raised:

 USD $3,970

Campaign created by Jennifer Bayot Sussmann

Christmas Help for the Vulnerable

Season’s Greetings! Thank you for visiting our fundraising page!

In place of any Christmas gifts, we are asking for donations to benefit The Vulnerable People Project, whose work includes assisting those suffering from the fires in Hawaii, the wars in Ukraine and Israel, the conflicts in Sudan, and the effects of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Vulnerable People Project describes its mission as seeking “to defend the vulnerable from violence by promoting human dignity and inspiring solidarity.” We are very impressed by their work internationally and would be so grateful for your support.

In Hawaii, thousands of people were displaced, $5 billion worth of property destroyed, and 6,000 acres burned in the fires that raged through Maui this past summer. The Vulnerable People Project started a pop-up school for the children of the community and chartered planes and boats to deliver supplies. In addition to continuing these efforts, it hopes to use funds to pay for the funerals of those whose families are now destitute. It is committed to the area’s recovery.

When war broke out in Ukraine, the Vulnerable People Project quickly assembled a team of drivers to transport civilians on vans and buses to relative safety in western Ukraine or across the border into Poland. Its work in Ukraine now also includes a trauma team of emergency medical workers.

In Afghanistan, the Vulnerable People Project has worked to evacuate Christians and other minorities threatened by the Taliban. In March, for example, they rescued 20 female students who had been injured in a bombing of the building where they were studying for a college entrance exam.

The VPP’s leadership has worked with organizations in Sudan for 20 years to rescue people trapped in the fighting between Sudanese Armed Forces and paramilitary groups. Their work includes helping those persecuted for their faith evacuate to safer territories.

We’ve set a goal of $3,300, and we have each donated from $170 to $10 from our savings (10 times each of our ages), for a total of $660, putting us a fifth of the way toward our goal.

Please join us in supporting these projects to bring help and hope to many people in need. No amount is too small!

We’d also like to give a belated, wrap-up thank you to everyone who donated to our fundraiser last year. Thanks to your generosity, we exceeded our goal by $1000! And so, we were able to donate $2000 each to Good Counsel Homes and the Sudan Relief Fund.

Thank you for all your support of our fundraisers over the years and for celebrating Christmas with us in this special way!

Love,

Audrey, Blaise, Xavier, Felicity, Cosmas, Sixtus, and Theo

Recent Donations
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Anonymous Giver
$ 500.00 USD
1 year ago

Seth Asher Eden
$ 50.00 USD
1 year ago

Tita MC
$ 50.00 USD
1 year ago

The Marvells
$ 50.00 USD
1 year ago

Jennifer Schaffold
$ 20.00 USD
1 year ago

Happy holidays. I randomly came across this, and I love that you do this.

Grandma and Grandpa Duck
$ 494.00 USD
1 year ago

We love all of you soon much. You are unselfish and always want to make Christmas a Special Occasion for others. May you be Blessed, Now and Always 😇😊❤🙏

Brian, Adele and Aryson
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

Merry Christmas to all of us and to Everyone you assist 😊

The Sussmanns
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

God bless us everyone.

Thomas DeBenedictis
$ 200.00 USD
1 year ago

Sorry I missed last year! Hope all are well and please have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!

Evangelista Family
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

Evangelista Hubines Family
$ 150.00 USD
1 year ago

Lola mama and Lolo Rey
$ 250.00 USD
1 year ago

So blessed of what your children are doing. God Blesss

The Stadtmauers
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

Thanks for all your thoughtful work!! God bless you all.

Kimberly Grabel
$ 10.00 USD
1 year ago

The Thompson Family
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

Tito Doff
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

You all are the most generous people I know.

The Marrtians
$ 21.00 USD
1 year ago

Love what you guys do!

Dan Marengo
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

God bless the Sussmann family

Mary Lawlor
$ 50.00 USD
1 year ago

NICHOLAS PICINI
$ 345.00 USD
1 year ago

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