Founder's Letter

Dear Friends:

I’ve been writing about Unstoppable people for well over a decade and what I’ve found is that living an unstoppable life always involves giving. People who give and are involved in a purpose that is greater than themselves are the happiest people and live the richest and most meaningful lives imaginable.

I have definitely experienced that in my own life and have found that nothing that I do gives me greater joy than when I am in service to others. I’ve been blessed to be a part of many service projects around the world and in November, 2006, I had an experience that has taken my calling to do this work to a whole new level.

In November, 2006, I went to Africa with 40 women from North America to attend a first-ever Grassroots African Women’s Conference in Bondo, Kenya. We were greeted by 440+ rural East African Women who were there for the conference as well and each night we laughed, danced and sang together as we connected with each other as sisters.

During the day, we attended sessions and listened to the powerful stories of these courageous women who shared how they were dealing with fundamental issues like making sure their children are fed, getting clean water for their families to drink, preserving food to get them through times of drought, treatment and prevention for Malaria and HIV, taking care of orphans with HIV, and providing an education for their children so they could create a hopeful future for their families.

These women never get a day off from hauling water and firewood, cooking, cleaning, and the drudgery of daily living and never travel more than 10 miles beyond their village. Yet, here they were, many of them traveling great distances to attend this conference to share their stories and take home solutions that could help them create a more optimistic future for their families.

I was inspired by the women’s optimism and the commitment to lift themselves and their communities out of the cycle of extreme poverty. They experience daily challenges that I could not even imagine and their stories profoundly impacted me. I took home the heart of these East African women promising to do something to support them in changing the future for themselves and for their children.

The Unstoppable Giving Campaign is the result of that promise. I have learned that the key to helping these women and children will come not from waiting for the government to step in and do something. It will come when caring and committed people join together to provide aid, resources, and equipment DIRECTLY to the people who are already making a difference on the ground.

That time is now. In partnership with powerful in-country partners, we are committed to building schools and providing life-saving services to communities in Africa starting in Uganda, Kenya and Liberia. I invite you to join me and the amazing partners who are working together to give these children and their families a future!

We will be providing you with updates so that you can experience a first-hand account of how your donations are impacting these children and communities.

From the bottom of my heart I thank you for your support.

Unstoppable love and blessings to you!

Cynthia Kersey

Chief Humanitarian Officer