In July 2021, the stateside board was having a difficult conversation during our meeting. We had been presented with a large unbudgeted but essential need for a Hope International staff member in Liberia. Naomi, our former vice principal, needed treatment for her life-threatening kidney disease. Our Liberian staff does not have medical insurance, in fact, it isn't even an option in Liberia. You, our community of Hope, has stepped in over the years in so many beautiful ways to support our staff's medical emergencies and treatments.

After this meeting, Hope board member Bini shared that he personally would like to create a fund that supports the medical needs of our Liberian staff. Through his designated giving since 2021, Naomi was able to get treatment and her life was prolonged. Since that time, Bini's generosity has paid for numerous staff member's emergency hospital visits, funerals and family expenses following too many early deaths of staff, Joe's hospitalization after his spinal injury and so much more. The medical fund Bini created has extended care on behalf of all of us to support our teachers and staff in times of their deepest need.

When we asked Bini what made him want to share in this specific way he said simply and profoundly...

Bini's generosity, and yours, have changed so many lives in the most direct ways possible through providing medical care during crisis and need. It's one of the brightest ways we shine together.