If you didn’t get to celebrate with us last night, October 5, 2019, you really missed a wonderful evening. The past year and about 4 months has been a long hard road for five Next Gen clients at Asha’s Refuge who worked hard to earn their High School Education. Each student had their own set of challenges that tried to pull them away from their goal to graduate, but each student prevailed. Our staff and volunteers have grown close to these Next Gen students in particular because we’ve spent so much time getting to know them, encouraging them, crying with them, pushing them, building them up and just walking through life with each of them. We see see just how important this Next Generation is to the success of their entire community reaching even higher goals. These students are eager and ready to be examples to their siblings, to their friends and to their world around them. They already have been role models and we very much admire them.

They did not only graduate High School but they gained certificates passing basic life, English communication, and computer skills, financial literacy and even drivers education. Please congratulate our (Asha’s) first Next Gen Ed High School Graduates (Adult Grads): Vivian, Honorine, Sundus, Samson and Haddy. Each of these students will be moving on to college. Some have already begun this step. Asha’s is praying for you and your families and we will continue to be here to be a friend of encouragement. We are so, so thankful to our volunteers, staff and supporters for helping to make this dream a reality for our five graduates.