Portsmouth Area Community Briefs

Sunday concert to aid African children
ELIOT, Maine — The popular local musical group Salt River will give a concert at 2 p.m., Sunday, at Fellowship House to help raise awareness about the plight of children in Malawi, the poorest nation in Africa.
The group will join with other area residents in support of Educate These Children, a nonprofit organization founded on the belief that all children deserve an education.
When Rose Cabot, founder of Educate These Children, first visited Malawi, she was overwhelmed by the poverty she saw. Rose describes that “after a few days I felt overwhelmed with sadness of what I saw around me and decided then that I needed to do something that could make a difference, even if it was for just one child.”
During the next few trips back to Malawi, she brought medical supplies with her. However, after Sept. 11, that was no longer possible, so began the Malawi Project to provide funds for children to attend secondary school. Nine dollars a month is all it takes to educate and provide a meal for one child each day to attend school for one year. Nine dollars a month to break the cycle of poverty. Nine dollars a month to give hope to one child without hope.
“It is not possible to save every child in every country ,but it is possible to save one child, she said.
Please join Rose and friends and help support its mission. Handmade crafts from Malawi will be available for purchase. Fellowship House is located at Green Acre, Route 103, Main Street.