Beautiful::Africa

Thanks to generous funding from a previous donor, we have this month renewed our building project. The first of the 3 buildings (Income generating shop) is nearly at roof height and we hope to start on the Training center and lecture facility (2 buildings) once the shop is complete.

The shop will be used to sell excess clothing and food stock and goods grown on our property at reduced prices to our staff and the community around us. The proceeds would benefit Beautiful Gate. It also would provide an outlet for orphans and their caregivers to produce goods that we would market to visitors. Proceeds would go to the orphans and caregivers.

The second and third buildings would provide a training center and lecture facility for skills and character training for our staff and caregivers of orphans and orphans themselves. The intention is to have skills training at various levels and vocations to enable people from the community to be trained to earn a living.

-Ray and Sue Haakonsen