Mbithe Pius (m-bee-thay - but the "th" is hard, almost like a "D")
She’s the First*{Syracuse} is thrilled to announce that we’ve been matched with a student to sponsor at the Kibera School for Girls in Kenya. We’d like to welcome kindergartner Mbithe Pius to the She’s the First family! (Isn’t she adorable?!)
Funds for Mbithe’s sponsorship are coming from the prize money we received from Vivanista’s Parties for a Purpose contest. We are so grateful to Vivanista for the $1,000 prize, and we’ve chosen to put $800 toward Mbithe’s education. This will sponsor her for more than two years.
We’re putting the other $200 toward covering the costs of holding a benefit concert next month at Funk ‘N Waffles, a popular venue near Syracuse University. We figured that putting a little bit of money into a big fundraising event, to then sponsor more girls, would result in a greater return on our investment.
We’re looking forward to receiving our first letter from Mbithe, and we can’t wait to share it with all of you. In the meantime, feel free to leave a welcome message for her in the comments section, and we’ll pass them along when we send her a letter in response!
