Abie Moussa Grant Transforms Two Boarding Homes
The very generous donation (US$ 20,000) of Mr. Abie Moussa
transformed two of our boarding homes.
BBH2 (Boys Boarding Home 2) and BBH3 were the last homes with very
old furniture in their lounges. The old sofas were broken and torn. The
televisions were very old and small. Their colors were faded. The
children's lounges in both boarding homes were really miserable.
Both boarding homes had serious problems with damp. Water leaked
through the ceilings in winter. The problem was very acute during
snowstorms. Beds had to be moved to prevent children's bedding from
getting wet. The educators had to place old blankets on the floors to
absorb the water that was continuously dropping from the ceilings.
Mr. Abie Moussa came to our rescue with his very generous donation.
He sent us enough money to change the roof tiles of one building and buy
new furniture for lounges in both boarding homes.
We replaced the roof tiles of BBH2 last summer on the promise that
one of our partners would pay for the project. The project was
absolutely necessary. It was not possible to have children in BBH2
through another winter.
Unfortunately, the anticipated decision from our partner did not
come. The promise was adjusted to support the replacement of the roof
tiles of BBH3 which we will do next summer.
Although we had agreed with Mr. Moussa to use his donation for the
replacement of the roof tiles of BBH3 next summer, when we did not
receive the anticipated grant for BBH2, we wrote to him requesting his
permission to use his grant to cover the expenses we incurred last
summer for the roof of BBH2.
He kindly agreed. We used most of his grant to cover the cost of
replacing the roof tiles of BBH2.
We needed television sets for both boarding homes. The Sony agent in
Sin Elfil - Beirut was having a big sale in December 2015. We rushed
there in time to get two Sony KLV-40R562C sets for a bargain price. Both
are huge 40 inch LED televisions which became the envy of all other
boarding homes.
We waited for the big sale in January 2016 to buy the needed furniture for
the boarding homes. Unfortunately, the furniture shop in Jamhour near
Beirut from which we usually buy furniture did not have a sale this
year.
We were lucky to discover Hittie Furniture Shop
nearby which was having a big sale. We were able to buy excellent
furniture for both boarding homes for a good price. The furniture
arrived on Tuesday 9 February 2016, and what a transformation for both
boarding homes it was! Finally, all the boys' boarding homes are on par
with the girls', and definitely BBH2 and BBH3 lounges are even better.
We praise God and express our most sincere
gratitude to Mr. Abie Moussa for his generous donation that transformed
life in two of our boarding homes. Thirty boys are living in much
happier homes now.
Abie also promised to visit JLSS soon! We look
forward to his visit.