We are excited to announce that this years Gift of Education Fundraiser will be on October 15, 2011.
It will be in Gaithersburg, Maryland once again.
If you have any questions or would like to join us for the evening please contact Audrey Forshey at AudreyForshey@gmaildotcom.
More details will follow in next few months. Thanks again and we hope to see you there!
Purchasing a ticket to the MFFO Father’s Day Benefit automatically earns you AT LEAST a
1 in 200 chance of winning a 16GB WiFi iPad2 . Each ticket increases your chance of winning!
An iPad 2 was graciously donated to MFFO with a desire to have it turn into a larger sum of money to assist with the education expense for one of the girls and the general expenses related to housing, feeding and clothing the 34 girls at Saint Monica Children’s Home in Kenya. Our donor was grateful for the opportunity to donate to such a worthy cause and hopes the ticket purchasers are inspired as well.
Only 200 Tickets Will Be Sold!
Buy Your Tickets Here!
Selling all 200 tickets will raise enough money
to take care of the 34 girls at Saint Monica Children’s Home for two months!
Mothers Fighting For Others is a non-profit 501c3 organization
(EIN/tax ID number: 26-0320699)
The winning ticket will be drawn on live via the and internet livestream at 10am on Thursday, June 16, 2011 and the iPad will be shipped via FedEx next day air to insure arrival prior to Father’s Day.
May 8th is Mother’s Day and you can make this year even more special by sending the Mom’s in your life a Mothers Fighting For Others Mother’s Day Card.
With your $25 donation, they will receive a handwritten note from one of the girls at Saint Monica’s, along with her picture and a note stating that you have made a donation this Mother’s Day in her honor.
We are so excited to be able to honor the amazing Mom’s in your life and help support the girls at Saint Monica Children’s Home at the same time!
All you need to do is make your donation and enter your Mother’s Day Card Info, and in a few short weeks, the Mom’s in your life will receive their personalized Mother’s Day card from Kenya! But don’t wait, all orders MUST be submitted by Sunday, April 24, 2011 to allow time for the girls to personalize each card in time for Mother’s Day.
We hope all of you can celebrate & enjoy this Mothers (Fighting For Others) Day with us!
THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING MOTHER'S DAY WITH US! CARDS ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED!
We are so excited for the girls at Saint Monica’s! Yesterday we found out that our application to the Pajama Program was accepted and all our girls will receive brand new pajamas and bed time books.
Currently, most of the girls don’t have pajamas. Only the girls that go to boarding school have them (it’s required.) So this is very new and exciting for all of us. When having to make the decision between putting food on the table and shoes on their feet, purchasing pajamas is very low on the list.
Now, we can celebrate the little things that make us smile! There is nothing like a young girl putting on her very first pretty night gown! And having books of their own to go to sleep to is just an amazing gift.
So we wanted to say THANK YOU to the Pajama Program for choosing MFFO and the girls at Saint Monica’s! It couldn’t have happened at a better time either. Our founder, Rocky Turner, and Audrey Forshey, who heads our Gift of Education Program, will be arriving in Kenya in less than one month!
You know MANY photos of happy faces will be posted !
Thanks again Pajama Program!
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world”
Anne Frank
It’s International Women’s Day today. The United Nations defines this magnificent day:
“International Women’s Day (8 March) is an occasion marked by women’s groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate their Day, they can look back to a tradition that represents at least nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development.
International Women’s Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. In ancient Greece, Lysistrata initiated a sexual strike against men in order to end war; during the French Revolution, Parisian women calling for “liberty, equality, fraternity” marched on Versailles to demand women’s suffrage.”
We wanted to say THANK YOU to all of our supporters for making a difference in the lives of the girls at Saint Monica’s. You have ensured the girls with a bright future and becoming great Kenyan Women!
Just wanted to share new photos on the site! We have thousands of photos and we are trying to keep up! If you would like to see more pictures of the girls at SMCH go directly to our PHOTOS page!
Thanks for stopping by!
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.â€
Mother Teresa
I used to lie awake at night thinking, “I have to do something to make a difference in someone’s life. But who’s life? How and where would I even start?”
I would toss and turn knowing that there had to be a reason for me to be on this Earth other than to consume oxygen. But what was it? Don’t get me wrong, I work hard. I have a great husband and family, and I love my life. But there needed to be more. I floundered around and I investigated different organizations, wondered if I could start my own, but it was all very overwhelming. Then I found Mothers Fighting for Others and I knew I found “ITâ€. A small grass roots organization that helps the girls of Saint Monica’s Orphanage. They needed help and I felt like I could make a difference.
This is Alice, our youngest at Saint Monica's.  Audrey has been sponsoring her since 2010.
After working with Rocky and the other members of the organization, it started to grow to the point where we could see the changes that improved the girl’s lives. This was very satisfying for everyone. I could see the differences in the organization and the girls. It is becoming even more real for me.
I am going to go to Kenya with Rocky next month to visit the girls on their school break!!
I am so excited and I can’t even begin to describe the feeling.  I am a little embarrassed to tell you that I already have my suitcase out to start packing.  As the time gets closer for our trip this April, the more real it becomes. I have to tell you at times I become overwhelmed with emotion thinking about actually meeting the girls, our girls, my girls!! I know when the time comes it will be full of happy tears for me.
With the help of my amazing friends, family and support group, I will be able to bring dresses, jump ropes, Frisbees, soccer balls and health information for the girls. I am fortunate to have so many wonderful people in my life to help the girls have a better and happier life.
It will be a long journey physically and personally for me. I am going to keep a journal and take plenty of photographs to share with all of you. Hopefully, that will inspire others to explore how they can help others and make a difference in someones life.
-Audrey
*Audrey Forshey has supported MFFO for over two years now sponsoring two girls of her own and heads the Annual Gift of Education Fundraiser in Washington D.C.
It’s been an amazing personal journey for me these past three and half years. I have grown and changed as a woman and as a Mother. But when I look back and see photos of the girls from October 2007, and see photos from just a few months ago, I am amazed and taken back by how much the girls have changed as well.
Jackline 2007
Jackline 2010
Most of them are no longer little girls. They have not only grown taller, they have matured and are on their journey into womanhood. I am so very grateful to everyone who has supported me and MFFO these past three and half years. Thank you for supporting MFFO and letting me be a part of their journey as well.