COVID-19's Impact on KEF Students

Dear Friends and Family of Kapadia Education Foundation,

Coronavirus has quickly become a global issue that is disrupting the very ways we greet each other. Educational systems around the world have been up-ended, as have the lives of our students. Most of their schools are closed for the foreseeable future, yet our KEF scholars and alumni are jumping to action.

Our mission to catalyze ongoing positive change around the world does not stop just because schools have closed.

We have heard from dozens of students who have shared how this pandemic has impacted their communities.

Charles in Uganda continues working as a doctor in his local clinic, serving his community despite a reduction of his salary and inadequate resources.

Lower levels of infrastructure have quickly led to increased chaos and difficulty putting food on the table.

Bina in Malawi ensures that everybody entering her local market has adequately washed their hands.

Despite this hardship, we have seen KEF students “ paying it forward ” by helping in clinics, taking care of the elderly, and ensuring young children are fed. We have also seen several students setting up hand washing stations at markets and teaching their communities proper hygiene techniques to prevent the spread of the virus.

While these students have been instrumental in carrying their communities through this crisis, many do not have the resources necessary to meet their basic needs.

Kapadia Education Foundation has launched a COVID-19 Emergency Relief fund. In less than a week, we have already distributed financial assistance to students and alumni around the world who need support to continue providing necessary relief for their families and communities.

We need your help to make sure these emergency funds are available to all who need them.

In these extraordinary circumstances, we are committed to providing this additional support so that students can return to their studies healthy and on solid footing.

But to do that, we need your support.

$50 transports a student and her child back to their home village.

$100 buys essential medicine during this healthcare crisis.

$250 feeds a student and family for three weeks as food prices soar.

$400 provides PPE and food for our alumni working in healthcare.

Please make checks out to Kapadia Education Foundation and mail to the following address:

Kapadia Education Foundation

PO BOX 730

Ojai, CA 93024

Or please click on the yellow 'Donate' button on our website,

www.kapadiaef.org

Take Action Now

Send matching funds request forms to Yazan Fattaleh, our Executive Director, at [email protected]

To notify us of your incoming check, please reply to this email directly so that we can start distributing assistance to the students immediately from our account and replenish it when your contribution arrives.

Your contribution, no matter its size, will go towards our Emergency Relief Fund to help our students survive and continue being a source of strength for their communities.

With Gratitude and Hope,

Pradeep Kapadia

Founder

Yazan Fattaleh

Executive Director

"I kindly seek for prayer and help whether materially or financially to be give hope to the community members here. Any help for us would be highly appreciated and accounted for." -- Musingo, Alumnus in Uganda

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