Name: We Rebuilt a Village
Uploaded: 2024-07-29T14:37:40.000Z
Duration: 10 min 54 s
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A year ago, we visited a rural village in Zambia where there was no electricity, limited water, high crime rates, and countless other issues making life a constant struggle for these kids and staff.

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But despite the seemingly hopeless situation, there was someone doing everything she could to help these children.

Five years ago, she moved to Mapapa along with four adopted children and started making TikTok videos to raise money to build a school and village for kids in desperate need.

And very quickly, her account grew to over 4 million followers.

And she now cares for almost 400 children.

But despite her best efforts, the cost of supporting all these kids is an ongoing challenge and threat to their community.

So we immediately got to work alongside our partners from Give Power to build a solar array that would provide the village with much needed electricity and security.

And for many of the children, this was the first time they saw light at night.

But when we left the village, we realized that there was so much more that needed to be done.

We were so moved by Dora and the kids that we committed to double our contribution.

To give Dora the resources she needs to give these kids a loving and safe environment.

By tripling her solar generation capacity.

Doing a full hydrological study to provide a proper well with plenty of clean, safe water.

Install a state-of-the-art internet network and so much more.

And because of your incredible support, we were able to kick off this massive project by constructing a well.

And this is just the first of so many things we will be doing in this video.

For so many of the children, this is the first time that they will have fresh drinking water.

But sadly, there was one child who couldn't join in on the fun, because she was still recovering from an injury.

So the last time that Dan and Doran were here, they were made aware about a girl called Beauty.

When she came to us, she was a very shy, timid girl.

One of her legs had gangrene and was about to be amputated.

We told Dora that we would take whatever steps were necessary to save Beauty's leg.

We got the pictures and we got the treatment protocol.

And we sent them to our friends at Cure International.

From the video we did in Philippines, who also operate a hospital in Zambia.

They told us that it was very likely that Beauty was going to lose her leg.

But if we didn't act immediately, there was a good chance that she would lose her life.

And despite the dismal odds, they promised to do everything that they possibly could to save Beauty's leg.

We stayed at the hospital for three months.

While Beauty was in the hospital, the team back in Mapapa made incredible progress with the rest of the construction.

They have such a great environment for kids.

And they just took her out of that shell of fear and just told her to say, hey, you'll be okay.

It's been an amazing experience to kind of see her transform into what she is now.

A few weeks after her final surgery, Beauty was able to leave the hospital.

She just slowly changed into this bubbly, fun, talkative girl.

I'm able to feed all the kids here through my videos on social media, but that was a big challenge for me to do because I had to drive about an hour and a half away from where I live almost each day to buy the food that we have.

Since our last visit, when we saw how old and unreliable Dora's car was, I'd been really concerned that she had break down on the remote as cell phone coverage.

My worst fears were realized one morning when I was woken up by a message from Dora telling me that she had just been in a wreck and her car was totaled.

Darren wasted no time and quickly jumped on a call with her.

I think that this is a sign that we better buy you a new car right now.

With her new car, Dora can now travel to get food for the village without any worry of breaking down and being left stranded.

Just a few weeks later, the construction was almost complete and Dan and Darren were on their way to Mapapa to see just how much the village has changed since their last visit.

Dan and Darren are about to return and I'm super excited to show them all the amazing things that have been happening at the school because of them.

Reuniting with Dora and the kids after nearly a year was a truly magical experience.

After receiving a warm welcome by the kids, Dora showed Dan and Darren around the well.

We now have clean drinking water and because of that, the kids' confidence has risen.

Where they sleep, their clothes, everything, their confidence has just grown up because they are in a clean, safe environment.

With clean water, the village is now far more self-sufficient.

Dora is cultivating a chicken coop and even sustained a fish pond to provide food for the kids.

And on top of that, we also provided Dora and the kids a commercial gas stove so they no longer have to burn through bags of charcoal for cooking.

But there was one more thing that was severely impacting Dora's ability to take care of these kids.

In order to upload a TikTok, Dora would have to stand for hours holding her pole up to get an internet connection.

But now with the new That has literally been installed today and I am super happy and super excited about that.

We can connect to eat together for the first time.

But you are going out and then he will follow.

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