New name: CFE International We have a new name as follow : CFE International and our web site is under construction: www.cfeinternational.org Thanks for your support. Macklann

Education: 77 millions d'enfants ne vont toujours pas à l'école dans le monde observe l'UNESCO dans un rapport publié vendredi. Je vous invite a lire la suite : http://fr.news.yahoo.com/27102006/5/education-77-millions-d-enfants-ne-vont-toujours-pas-l.html

L'Education est pourtant un DROIT FONDAMENTAL de l'Homme !

( Jennifer Rose did the translation of the French letter )

Greetings from Saint Louis this 20th of September, 2006. In the beginning of this school year, I want to exhort and encourage all of you who are students to persevere and work hard in your studies. It is a privilege and a blessing for myself, family and friends to bring our modest contributions into your lives and particularly your education. We pray that God protects your lives and gives you the necessary grace for this school year. I pray that you take serious your studies and give the very best you can. Know that you have friends, brothers and sisters, who are praying for you and who are ready to sacrifice in order to help you. Give then, in return for this scholarship, a good work through the end of the school year. For this will encourage all those that are supporting you. We love you and are praying for you. Remember, God loves you. May the God of all grace strengthen you and bless you in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Macklann Basse

CFE Potluck Dinner Potluck dinner for all those interested in learning how CFE serves children in West Africa to go to school. CFE is a new ministry supported by New City Fellowship.

CFE Potluck

Pastor Tsogbale and Daniel Nyadzawo with four of the Togolese students sponsored by CFE. They received their school materials and all school fees were paid before the beginning of their academic year. All of them live and go to school in Lome, the capital city.

The rest of the CFE children go to school in two other regions of Togo, Kara and Pagouda.

Potluck Dinner

Christian Foundation for Education Potluck Dinner! What?

We will be hosting an informational potluck dinner for all those interested in learning how CFE serves children in West Africa to go to school. CFE is a new ministry supported by New City Fellowship. When?

October 15th beginning around 5:00-ish. Where?

New City Fellowship--in a room next to the Cafeteria 1483 82nd StreetSt. Louis, MO 63132 (314) 762-9915 http://www.newcity.org/directions.asp How? We will be making some food and drink but openly welcome your favorite dishes, desserts, etc. Please feel no obligation and come as you can! More? Please visit CFE's blogsite http://www.cfeducation.blogspot.com/to learn more about what Macklann, Rose and many others have begun in the name of our great Lord. In Him, Jennifer Rose (314) 607 2737 http://fr.f264.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=jennimarierose@gmail.com please share this invitation with others you know that might be interested!

For CFE Togo ( French)

Salutation de Saint-Louis ce 20 Septembre 2006. Je tiens en ce début d’année scolaire a` vous exhortez et a` vous encourager tous, a`la persévérance et au travail bien fait dans vos études. C’est un privilège et une grâce pour moi, ma famille, et nos amis d’apporter notre modeste contribution dans vos vies et particulirement dans vos études. Nous prions Dieu de vous garder et de vous donner la grâce nécessaire pour cette année scolaire. Je vous prie de prendre au sérieux vos études et donner le meilleur de vous même. Sachez que vous avez des amis, frères et soeurs qui prient pour vous et qui sont prêt a tout sacrifice pour vous aidez. Donnez nous en retour un bon travail en fin d’année scolaire, ce qui va encourager nos donateurs et amis. Nous vous aimons et prions pour vous. Sachez une chose, Dieu vous aime. Que Dieu de toute grâce vous fortifie et vous bénisse tous au nom de Jésus-Christ notre Seigneur et Sauveur. Macklann Basse

CFE 2006-2007

What is going on now? Currently, CFE has raised support to fund twenty Togolese children for the 2006-2007 school year. These funds ($90/child) go towards the cost of the academic year as well as all the books and school materials needed. The children range in grades from primary to highschool and are either orphans or coming out of undesireable living conditions. Plan for 2007? CFE’s goal is to continue to raise support for the Togolese children while expanding the ministry in Burkina Faso and Liberia. We believe that the Lord is calling us to these countries. In Burkina Faso, the cost to send one child to school is $90. In Liberia it is $100. By the end of 2006-2007 school year, it is CFE’s intention to have an international retreat in West Africa for all the supported students and those that have helped them along the way. Where to send your support?

For financial or material donations please send your contributions to:

New City Fellowship 1142 Hodiamont St Louis, MO 63112

How to contact us? website http://cfeducation.blogspot.com/ www.newcity.org mail/email : CFE 3679 Montana St. St. Louis,MO 63116 cfe_education@yahoo.fr ncf@ncfstl.org telephone: Macklann and Rose Basse 314-882-1773 Jennifer Rose 314-607-2737 How can I help? Donations can be made in two ways 1- Donate any amount and allow CFE to use this money for any child, regardless of their country of origin 2- Donate with the intent of your money being put towards one particular country,Togo, Liberia or Burkina Faso For CFE Basse Macklann

Prayer Requests

Pray for Africa... For Children in servitude. Pray for Africa... That Children forced to serve as soldiers may be given back their lives. Pray for Africa... For these Children to know 'Jesus Loves the Little Children -all the Children of the World'. Pray for Africa... That deteriorating economic conditions will change for the better. Pray for Africa... That Children will hear, be able to read and study the 'Good News'." Please send us an e-mail if you would like to help a child go to School: cfe_education@yahoo.fr

West Africa map

CFE Togo Coordinator

Daniel E. Nyadzawo is our representative in Togo. He is a believer and member of Togo Presbyterian Church. Daniel will be working with his local church Pastor Essovi F. Tsogbale who will oversee the programm. He will give us the feed back of cfe ministry in Togo from his Pastoral point of view. He will make sure that the support is use as it is intended. Pastor Tsogbale is also the Director of a School called " College Protestant d'Agbalepedogan de Lome."

Please pray for Daniel Nyadzawo and Pastor Tsogbale Essovi, as they step out for this ministry in Togo.

Pray also for this kids ( 20 kids for this year).

Nyadzawo: o5 B P 514 Lome Togo. Office (228) 2213331 or 2214001 Pastor Tsogbale: P O Box 81134 Lome Togo. Office (228) 2252375

Africa's Children ( from BBC news)

"In Africa, children are every where you would expect them to be but one- in the classroom. You encounter them at all hours of the night and day congregated at airports and in hotels. They are much in evidence along the roads walking aimlessly, usually in groups of the same age. Girls often have smaller children strapped to their backs or at their feet. They are also a large part of the work force- carrying, spinning, cutting, cleaning, polishing. They are doing a lot of things but few are studying. Many are fighting the continent's wars.Ishbel Matheson reported on the state of education in Zambia at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal in April of 2000. Zambia was cited as representative of the conditions existing on the continent. "The number of children enrolling in government schools at the lower primary levels has dropped over the past decade. Classrooms are often dilapidated and overcrowded, and teachers are badly paid and lacking motivation… Many of the poorest families cannot afford the fee charged by government institutions, so they have set up community schools where children are taught for free. But the conditions in these schools are even worse. There are often no books, no pens and pencils, no desks, no blackboards, and the teachers are untrained and unpaid… The HIV/Aids pandemic is also taking its toll. Last year, more teachers died of Aids than passed through teacher training."

"What has brought Africa's Children to this unconscionable condition?Education ministers from around the world met in Johannesburg to examine this question. They discussed why plans to give every child in Africa a place at primary school are falling so far short of that aim. Ten years ago universal primary education by the year 2000 was promised to every child worldwide. Today one-third of the children missing school are African. The goal has been reset to be reached in 2015. "In sub-Saharan Africa, it is estimated that 40m children are receiving no education at all - nearly half of all those of school age. It is predicted that this figure could rise to 60m by the year 2015, as enrollment rates are falling." Even those lucky enough to find a seat are without books, " In rural Tanzania, when children do go to school, 30 of them could be sharing a single textbook." Jane Standley a BBC correspondent believes that Africa will be left behind as the global economy increasingly demands a new set and standard of skills and knowledge.

Ticky Monekosso in Benin describes the trafficking and selling of children within West Africa."There are growing signs that economic pressures and persistent poverty in Africa are leading to a resurgence of the traffic in child slaves. These children are for sale in West African countries as both domestic and commercial labor and also for sexual exploitation. Until recently this trade has been largely seen as a phenomenon of war-ravaged societies such as Angola, Sudan, Somalia or Chad - where even 10-year-old girls are servants and concubines at rebel military bases. But now, even in relatively peaceful areas the traffic is growing. Countries in the front line of this trade include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Nigeria and Togo... the increasing need for paid work in modern West Africa is eroding the traditional values of communities that once placed limits on the abuse of children. Brokers scout for children among poor families in rural areas in Benin and Togo. Some of these brokers say they kidnap children simply playing outside or who have wandered into urban areas. Others say they persuade parents that their children will receive a professional training or a good education with a wealthy family. Receiving a little cash… then corrupts most of the parents. The journey is always dangerous and many children die in transit… Once in their host family the children receive no money. They are bonded to the traffickers or to the person to whom they are sold… They work very hard from early morning to late at night to pay off money owed. They face very harsh living conditions and are unable to see their families… A significant number run away from their employers. Unable to return home and unable to find alternative employment many of them resort to prostitution, washing cars or collecting fares on mini-buses… In one instance the Benin authorities found 400 children aboard a boat anchored in Cotonou harbor, itself an historic slaving market. In July 1997 Benin police arrested five West Africans preparing to ship them to Gabon. Police said the children, some aged only eight, were bought from families for the equivalent of about $30… According to investigators, more than 30 children are crossing the Benin-Nigeria border every two months. Of them 95% are girls intended for domestic work, half are under 15 years old. Some of these girls have attended primary school but very few have attended junior or secondary school and 45% have never been to school… A special child slave stock market has long been common in the Marche du Plateau- a popular market in Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire where relatively wealthy local women come to buy their 'helpers'.

Vision of CFE

CFE (Christian Foundation for Education) Give financial and spiritual support to children and youth who are impoverished to help them achieve a SOUND EDUCATION. Objectives:

1- To promote education for children and youth. 2- To financially and materially assist children and youth in their efforts to attend school. 3- To find and connect sponsors with children and youth. 4- To be friends with children and youth. 5- To donate books, schools materials, etc...

6- To present the Gospel to children and youth. The starting point for this ministry are in the following countries of West Africa: Togo, Benin, Burkina-Faso, Niger, Senegal, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Mali.

CFE International long term vision and mission:

1- The original vision, objectives and mission are not going to change. 2- CFE international will own their Schools, colleges and educative programs in order to help this poor kids. 3- The curriculum of these schools and Colleges will: - Include the normal national curriculum requirements. -Give to our students fundamental Christian education. -Prepare our students to enter adulthood already living Biblical worldview. - Help our students to be good leaders for our nations ( Politics, Churches, Business…) 4- CFE will start self-supporting activities like farming, micro-projects activities… and then also integrate it as a tool for education. The example of ECHO ministry is going to be helpful and can be use as a tool for education and self support for CFE : http://www.echonet.org/ 5- The self-support aspect of this ministry will help our students at the end of their studies to start their adulthood with financial support to their carrier, job or small business activities. We need to start in the future CFE Financial Cooperative only for this purpose.

6- Another specific focus will be with Children Soldier integration into normal society.

Contacts If you want to know more about CFE or if you want to help in our cause, please contact us: CFE

3679 Montana St.

St. Louis,MO 63116

cfe_education@yahoo.fr

For financial or material donations please send your contributions to : New City Fellowship 1142 Hodiamont St Louis, MO 63112 ncf@ncfstl.org www.newcity.org