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Educating the Nation of Niger, One Meal at a Time
In 2004, team members at a Richmond Chick-fil-A restaurant embarked on a fundraising effort to improve the lives of children in the nation of Niger, Africa. After returning from a trip to Niger, local Chick-fil-A owner/operator, Howe Rice, wanted to use his business to help in the efforts to dramatically change the conditions there.
In a nation currently considered one of the poorest on earth, government supported schooling has declined severely, leaving many children to either go without an education or beg on the streets for money to pay for expensive private schooling. Worse yet, for those children that are able to attend elementary school, there are no middle schools where they can continue with their education. Without this continued schooling, many children have no hope of getting jobs that will raise them out of their poverty-stricken situation.
Mr. Rice challenged his restaurant team members to help him in raising money for Niger, and has even sent his employees to Niger so they could share in his vision. In the past two years, his team members have raised enough funds to build a church and drill a water well, and the money raised from the Chick-fil-A Charity Dodgeball Tournament has been used to build much needed middle schools in Niamey and Maradi. These schools are the missing link in educating the next generation of Nigeriens who will provide hope for a nation in crisis. Chick-fil-A of Richmond proudly supports the efforts of local employees raising money to change the future for the
world’s poorest children.
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