THANK YOU TO MY VERY GENEROUS SUPPORTERS:

Relatives, sister-friends, neighbours; colleagues (past and present) and strangers continue to responded generously to my fundraising appeal on behalf of the Global Youth Network and my planned volunteer trip to Burkina Faso in West Africa. This is a note to say “thank you” for your outstanding generosity.

As you may know, I’ll be graduating from McMaster University this year in social work. I hope to focus on youth. One of the things I do hope to get from this relatively brief visit to Burkina Faso is a better on-the-ground understanding of the daily challenges of people in the developing world and, in particular, young people.

As the diversity of Toronto continues to expand, I believe that this experience will serve me well in helping to address the needs of young people, particularly newcomer youth, who often feel disenchanted in their new country. Again, thank you very much for your generosity. Nataleah