Catherine Mason - projects she has helped
$40 to Morocco - to the women in the group “Freeborn in Morocco - funds will buy Tea Shop supplies - their tea shop in Rabat will be a meeting place for humanist women in Morocco
$40 to Maiduguri Safe House in Nigeria =to provide emergency food to victims of flooding.
These are the 6 members of the Maiduguri Safe House in Nigeria, who distributed food to people who were displaced by the flood.
$100 for Laida, Benin lesbian, for her university education.
She says, “I want money so that I can pay my tuition fees and buy the so important school materials that will help me in my studies. Also stationary.
I am a humanist because progressive and secular ideas supersede our religious ones. I have read a lot from humanist authors and I think the ideas that they have are base on reasoning, logic and scientific method of determining what is right and wrong. It is important that humans reach conclusions about important things in their life with these three qualities. I do not want to live a dogmatic life and I also do not want to worship any God who encourages us to see less of ourselves and promise that he can only love us when we fear that he can punish us in celestial oven.”
Mozambique - $40 to humanist survivors of Al-Shabab violence, for a Yam & Cassava garden
$80 to Mozambique - to provide food in Cabo Delgado to survivors of terrorism caused by the Muslim extremist group Al-Shabab. HuMAN has nine partners there who are humanists; they fed 175 people in the village with our funds. (packet closeup below)
$40 to Somaliland - for ex-Muslim humanist Kagnan Kalil to support his education.
$40 to Somaliland - for ex-Muslim humanist Haybe Magan to support his education.
$40 to Somaliland - for ex-Muslim humanist Jim’ale Jama to support his education.
$60 to Akriti Kumari to attend APNA humanist school in Bihar, India. She is a 7 year old girl who's father is a landless laborer. Her mother is a housewife. Akriti is a keen learner and a science enthusiast. She is one of the favorite students of the school. She loves to learn about animals, nature and drawing. She wants to serve her village as a doctor when she grew up.
$40 Anshu Kumari in India - at APNA humanist school in Bihar. Anshu Kumari is a 14 year old girl from untouchable community of the village. She was not allowed to read for the first 11 years of her life and was forced to do child labour to meet family needs. Due to APNA’s inclusiveness for the marginalized community, she is now able to able to write and identify alphabets and solve mathematics. She is a hard learner. She will just sit for hours to solve mathematics problems. She loves to play kabbadi and hide and seek with her friends and she wants to be a police woman when she grows up.
$100 to Purnima Odhikara - Bangladeshi girl who needs funding for her education. Purnima Odhikari is a 8 year old girl. She was born as a result of teenage pregnancy. Her mom loved a boy and wanted to marry him but the boy left her and vanished. She decided to keep the baby. After 2 years, she married another man and left Purnima with her grandmother.
$100 to Josephine Miremba, Nigerian woman who was raped and infected with gonorrhea - the funds will be used to acquire medicine
$100 to Koyel Rai - in Bangladesh - for her education
$80 to Maiduguri Safe House to pay for roofing. Faces are blurred to protect their identities from danger
$80 to Biira Joyce to stay at ShelterMi Safe House
She says, “I am aged 19. I met Vincent Tugume, a boda-boda man, and fell in love with him. I was living at home with my mother selling vegetables in the market. After three months of love, I became pregnant. I was an only child that my mother cherished but when she learned I was pregnant she chased away from home. I went to stay with my boyfriend. To take care of me, he borrowed money but failed to pay it back. We were subsequently thrown out of the house and my boyfriend disappeared. A friend took me to ShelterMi Safe House.”
$100 to Ziraba Bridget to stay at ShelterMi Safe House.
She says, ““I am aged 16. I do not know my mother or father - I was brought up by an old woman who said she was my grandmother. Recently a man and a woman came here claiming I was their child but a DNA test was done, and it proved they were not. My grandmother then chased me saying that she did not know my parents. A kind person took me to ShelterMi Safe House..”
$60 to Nancy - husband abandoned her after miscarriage, she needs lodging at ShelterMi Safe House.
Nancy says, “I am aged 30 years. I was previously married to Tom Talima. Our first baby was a boy that died due to health complications because one of us has sickle cell anemia. When I got pregnant again - I suffered a miscarriage. This caused a lot of frustration. My in-laws said my family practiced witchcraft and sacrificed children in our family shrine and therefore I would never give birth to a child. My husband was forced to chase me away. An old school mate directed me to ShelterMi Safe House for assistance.”
$100 to Altaf Fattal - transgender Syrian refugee who is now homeless in Turkey due to earthquake, and ostracism from family
$20 to Allan Omondi - Uganda orphan at ShelterMi Safe House & Orphanage
$20 to Sonia Nametebi - Uganda - orphan at ShelterMi Safe House & Orphanage
$20 to Grace Nakato - Uganda - orphan at ShelterMi Safe house & Orphanage
$20 to Hamzah Ssebunya - Uganda - orphan at ShelterMi Safe House & Orphanage
$20 to Zarah Namibiru - Uganda - abandoned mother at ShelterMi Safe House & Orphanage
NIGERIA : Victor Tobi Ibosiola - LGBTQ+ humanist needs $ for rent and food -- $100
$140 to South Sound Street Medics - an indigenous-led group in Tacoma, Washington, that delivers medical aid to homeless and American Indian reservations.
$40 to Appalachia humanist girl with autism and agoraphobia. We sent her an iPhone and a Nokia tablet to use in her online study of graphic arts.
$20 to Ikojtz indigenous women’s collective in Juchitan, Mexico - to help them market their traditional textiles.
$100 to Mothers Against Meth Alliance - on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA - Oglala Sioux women battling drug addition in the teen indigenous population
India - $100 to Apna School parents in Bihar State, to launch a watermelon project to fund the school. 2,000 watermelon mounds will be planted - on 3 acres of rented riverfront land. The profits will support the school
$100 to Annette Numetebi in Uganda, who was abused and abandoned by her husband. Funds are for food & lodging at ShelterMi Safe House
$60 to Alweny Esther in Uganda, for her food & lodging at ShelterMi Safe House
$200 to Mercy and Mariam (below) Mastola, two Uganda girls who were burned when their jealous father set fire to their house, killing their mother. The girls are now at ShelterMi Safe House.
$100 to Namanda Lariah - Uganda humanist woman with albinism who needs funds for her college education. She wants to major in science and be successful to prove to the world that people with albinism can contribute to society
Mohammad Bashar, Afghan atheist refugee, who is now in Peshawar, Pakistan.
He says: “After the Taliban takeover, I was spending my days and nights hidden from them, because I as an atheist and humanist was in target to be punished. I did my best to flee, but I couldn‘t. After many months, I had no choice except to flee to Pakistan and look for any opportunity to escape forever. That‘s why I have come in Pakistan, but living here even for a little time needs money. I have rented a room which is 15000 rupees for a month. My living cost is also around 15000 rupees for a month. This is not the money which I can afford it. I have no sourse of income. My family is also not able to send me money. As you know Afghans are experiencing and suffering from the worst economic crisis. With these reasons, $100 can help me to afford the living cost, at least for a month. As a refugee who is suffering from many factors, this money can reduce my pain. I will be grateful for all your help.”
Masoki Joan - orphan at Top Care humanist nursery school - Catherine provides her with $100 for food and tuition
Masoki Joan - with her report card - she is an orphan at Top Care humanist nursery school
Catherine sponsored: Naiwumbwe Shanitah - orphan at Eagle’s View Humanist Primary School in Uganda
Catherine sponsored - Kayongo Gift - orphan at Eagle’s View Humanist Primary School in Uganda
Catherine sponsored : Nabirye Merisha - orphan at Eagle’s View Humanist Primary School in Uganda
Catherine sponsored - Ngobi Marvin - orphan at Eagle’s View Humanist Primary School in Uganda
Saraswati Tamang - Nepali orphan in Kathmandu
Top Care Humanist Nursery School - Uganda
Catherine provided abandoned children who sleep in the streets of Nigeria with blankets and Vaseline
Catherine funded a Safe House in Sikkim, India - 37 girls who are orphans, abandoned, or abused
Catherine funded a Peanut Butter project in Uganda - with Ntoroko Humanists
Food to students at Birsa humanist school, in Jharkhand, India
Sewing machine for Kalbelia caste (untouchables) in Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India
Blankets and Mosquito Nets for Almajiri boys in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Catherine helped buy Rubber Work Boots for peasants in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, to keep their feet warm and dry in winter
Catherine funded a Tailoring Workshop in Uganda (sponsored by Buranga Humanists) to teach vocational skills to vulnerable (pregnant) girls
Catherine funded Rwenzori Humanists in Uganda,so they could launch a Shoe-making business
Catherine donated money to Kabughobe Humanists in Uganda, for their Eco-Briquette Stove Project
Catherine provided funds to Kitara Humanists in Uganda, for their Pineapple farm
Catherine helped provide a corn grinder to refugees in Benue State, Nigeria. They can use this to help support themselves.
Catherine helped HGC provide 3 latrines to orphans at Mkar Orphanage in Benue State, Nigeria.
Catherine provided food to refugee children in the Kaylin area of Myanmar, their region is resisting the military junta
Catherine funded the delivery of sanitary pads to impoverished girls in the village of Armal, near Pokhara, Nepal
Catherine funded Maugo Humanists in Kenya - to support their pottery business
India - Catherine funded the family of assassinated Ex-Muslim H. Farook, who was killed by 4 Islamic extremists with machetes in the city of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Nigeria - Catherine funded LGBT humanists
Theresa Clement in Okun State
Laliola Samson - in Lagos
Bangladesh - Catherine funded a widow, who has an eleven-year-old-son. We bought her supplies to start a Tea & Coffee business
UGANDA: Catherine helped fund a business project by Katanura humanist women, to make Liquid & Bar Soap
NEPAL - Catherine helped fund Saraswoti Rai, a woman abandoned by her husband, who left her with sole responsibility for their two sons. HGC bought her a vegetable cart to start a business
SERBIA: Catherine helped support this Romani humanist family. The mother has bipolar disorder, and needs medicine, and the seven children need food. They live in an abandoned building in the city of Nis.
KENYA: Tuition for seven girl orphans in Maugo Village
KOSOVO: Roof & Ceiling Repair for Humanist Romani Family in Kosovo
NEPAL: Man Maya Tamang, 60 years old - wants Vegetable Cart
KENYA: HGC Fruit Orchard needs Manure and Tools
KOSOVO: Geese for Romani families
SUDAN: Darfur refugee widow w/baby - funds for Fruit Juice stand
CAMEROONS: Pastry Workshop for Cameroon At-Risk and Refugee Girls
NORTH MACEDONIA: Refugees want bags of Wheat
UGANDA: Soap-Making Business (Rwenzori humanist collective)
NORTH MACEDONIA: Syrian (atheist) refugee needs $120 to get to Austria
NORTH MACEDONIA: Hygiene Boxes for single mothers & children
NIGERIA: Mairo (widow with four children) wants street vendor business
SUDAN: Darfur Widow / Refugee with 5 kids wants to sell Coffee & Tea
UTAH: Ex-Mormon LGBTQ student at Brigham Young University -
INDIA: Blankets for Homeless Children and Elderly in Mumbai Slums
BRAZIL: Josiane's Sandwich Shop - wants a refrigerator
BRAZIL: Adelina Mara Pereira (Brazil) Embroidery project
INDIA: S. Radha - a Rural Day Laborer who wants to start a Sewing Business
SOUTH AFRICA: Gayleen Barkhuysen - Recycled Furniture
KENYA: Fiona Mutheu Kaloki (Disaster Management with IT)
GHANA: Witch Camp" - Classes for the Witches
SUDAN: Tea & Coffee Shop for Fatima Ali
DR CONGO: Shadia Kabugho (wants to be a nurse)
DR CONGO: Kabugho Josephine (wants to be a Veterinarian)
NIGERIA: World Peace Internet Cafe in Maiduguri, Nigeria
DR CONGO: Humanist Global Drug Store
KENYA: Sisal Factory to Support Orphan Education
KENYA: Photocopy Business for University of Nairobi Humanists & Freethinkers
DR CONGO: Basket Weaving Project to support BBI Humanist Orphan Centre
NIGERIA: Ex-Muslim Safe House for Atheists in Nigeria - needs appliances, furnishings $250
NIGERIA: Aisha Khalid (Nigeria) - Ex-Muslim wants to be a Chemistry Teacher
UGANDA: Ithungu Silvia ($44 per Trimester)
UGANDA: Ithungu Win ($44 per Trimester)
KENYA: Art Supplies for Orphans in Kenya
UGANDA: Kanungu Humanist Community Garden
KENYA: Humanist Orphans Kenya - Food Program
DR CONGO: 250 School Lunches (Corn Meal, Beans, Vegetables) $25.00
UGANDA: Measles Vaccine for Buhanga village
UGANDA: Medicine for Clinic - 1 week
NIGERIA: Toilets for Nigerian Refugee Camp
UGANDA: Tea Shop & Restaurant - Joy Women Group
UGANDA: Membere Samson - tuition for Secular Secondary School
UGANDA: Humanist Scholarship for Namanda Fatumah
