Dear Friends,

You can win a chance for a free week's stay at lovely Villa Cardinale in Lucca, Tuscany, while supporting a very worthy cause in Africa — the Joseph Rainer Education Foundation.

Villa Cardinale is a beautiful five-bedroom, air-conditioned farmhouse in Tuscany, just 2.6 miles from Lucca, an hour from Florence, and half an hour from the beach.

The Joseph Rainer Education Foundation's mission is to create opportunities for the underprivileged young women of Uganda by empowering them with a quality education. The foundation supports St. Clare’s Girls’ High School, which was established by the late Joseph Rainer and his wife, Juliet in 1999. 

The partnership between Doorways and the Joseph Rainer Foundation came very naturally. I met Joseph and his family six years ago, on my first trip to Uganda. Joseph was an Italian missionary who dedicated 53 years of his life to improving Uganda through education. His widow, Juliet Rainer, worked for many years to support the development of Eastern Uganda and became one of the first women elected to the Ugandan constitutional convention and the national parliament.

Recently, I attended a board meeting in Kampala and was impressed by the members and mission. I admire their work and am confident that every dollar donated will have direct results. My daughter, Kim Burns Case, works as an educational consultant and is one of the founding board members.

I thought that donating an Italian villa stay made perfect sense! Gianna, the owner of Villa Cardinale, agreed, and generously offered to partner with Doorways in offering the villa to benefit the Foundation.

A raffle drawing will be held in Kampala on February 20th. You can donate online through Paypal by clicking "Donate Now." If you prefer to donate through Doorways, call me at 800-261-4460.

Kit

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