One Love Foundation     GOT SHOES? 3000!!


One World, One Heart, One Love            Ship arrived Nov 3rd!!

The One Love Foundation is a Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Summit Hill, PA, USA. We support St. Mary's Orphanage in Godrich, St. Theresa's and St. Peter's schools in Gerihun, Sierra Leone, West Africa.  After almost a decade of civil war, the people of this area were left with little hope for the future. One Love is committed to restoring some of that hope by supporting the children and people in their efforts to rebuild their communities and schools one step at a time.

This year's 2009 shipment has wheelchairs,walkers, crutches, shoes, clothing, medical and school supplies, furniture, bicycles, and more...did we say, "THANK YOU!" for making this all possible? From Palmerton, Coaldale, Lansford, Summit Hill, Jim Thorpe, Mahanoy City, McAdoo, Tamaqua, Penn Kidder, and  NHA supporters countrywide...

We ship 40 ft. cargo containers to the orphanage which are filled to the brim with donations .Not an easy undertaking, the total cost to ship these containers from the eastern U.S. to Sierra Leone exceeds $7000.  One Love could not exist without the many volunteers and supporters who help to make these shipments possible. Packing, stacking, collecting, sorting, ....each box filled with love!

 

As an organization, we have helped provide the orphanage with donations of:

  • Mosquito nets
  • Diesel generator
  • Food
  • Dental products (toothbrushes and toothpaste)
  • Clothing
  • Household goods
  • Shoes (over 3000!!)
  • Appliances
  • Fabric
  • Hygiene products (soap and shampoo)
  • Baby food
  • School equipment 
  • Medicine/medical supplies 
  • Tools/building supplies
  • Utility vehicles

PENN KIDDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIVES BACK! American Idol has nothing on the children of Penn Kidder who really know how to give back!  Thank you for your support and donations from Multicultural Night!  In 2008,  mosquito nets were purchased and distributed.. This year in cooperation with NHA we shipped  3000 shoes!! Visit the blog at  --NHA Sierra Leone  (http://nazarethhouseap.blogspot.com/ . Search blog for "shoes". Thank you Penn Kidder and NHA supporters!! 

 

Fr. Sandy has a Farm! Thanks to Lansford Outreach Group !Have a heart....donate now.....a few goats lost to disease, but some are recovering.  Children learning how to milk a goat!!  See next page for more info.....

One Love is a volunteer-based organization, which relies heavily on our community and churches for most of our donations and fund-raisers. With a dedicated group of volunteers, we hope to continue to raise the much-needed funds in order to keep this program alive.