Juliet needs a miracle.

As the sun rises over Kabuyanda, Uganda, Juliet rises from her bed on a dirt floor on a Monday morning. She picks up a yellow jug and leaves the mud hut where she lives with her parents and three siblings. She makes her way, barefoot, along the dangerous, rocky path to the river to gather dirty water for her family.

It’s hard work. This is her job.

There’s no breakfast when she arrives home.

There is no food.

She empties the water into the trough. Her mother embraces her, knowing her little girl is hungry. Juliet wraps her arms around her mother’s waist, the top of her head barely reaching her mother’s chest. Juliet doesn’t leave for school. She picks up the jug up and makes the journey to the river again… and again… and again.

Until the sun sets. This is her job. She is six years old.

If you’re like most of us, you’ve never experienced the panic of knowing your child, or even a child you know, hasn’t eaten in three days.

You’ve never had to ask her to fetch water and gather firewood to provide for your family rather than send her to school. BUT THIS IS EXACTLY THE SITUATION THAT FAMILIES FACE EVERY DAY IN AFRICA.

9 OUT OF 10 CHILDREN in Africa can’t read.

55% of African families are living in extreme poverty.

1 OUT OF 3 women report to have experienced domestic violence.

66% of women and children die prematurely.

Girls are often married at 12 OR 13 YEARS OLD because their families can’t support them.

WITHOUT AN EDUCATION children will never be able to earn an income or lift themselves and their families out of poverty no matter how hard they try.

It’s in our best interest.

It’s in the world’s best interest.

Christian

Can you see how Christian education is bringing life and ending poverty? At CityLight, we believe that a Christian education is the right of every child.

A lack of global education and extreme poverty puts everyone at risk. We are all living together in the same boat of life. Whether you’re in a 1st class suite or in a tiny room at the bottom of the boat, if the ship starts to take on water, we’re all at risk. When nations deny the basic human right of education for all their children, it can become a breeding ground for political unrest, poverty, broken families, and domestic violence . . .

Problems that endanger all of us!

OVER 20% of African children between the ages of 6-11 are not enrolled in school. This number increases to 60% for youth ages 15-17.

Ensuring that every child receives an education is vitally important not only to the millions of children surviving an unbearable life of poverty, but it’s important for YOU.

Together, we can change this. With your generosity and CityLight’s proven model, we can change the future for entire regions of the world for generations.

It’s not just charity, it’s Jesus.

Too many well-intended organizations have built schools in developing countries and in 3 years, they’re empty.

WHY?

Because you can build a school, but…

If you don’t provide clean water, girls spend their waking hours fetching water for the family.

If children get sick and there is no doctor, they can’t attend school.

If children don’t have nutritious food, they’re hungry, malnourished and can’t concentrate.

If the parents can’t generate an income, kids have to work to help provide for their families.