One Del Mar woman is trying to spread the Christmas cheer this year thousands of miles away.
Lisa St John is a real-life Santa Claus. She’s aiming to raise $4,000 to buy Christmas presents for around 200 students at a Liberian school.
There will be no iPhones or Xboxes on their Christmas lists though, just everyday items we take for granted. “What these children get for Christmas is not what we’re accustomed to”, St John said. “They don’t receive a wrapped toy. It’s used clothes in a trash bag. Last year was the first time these kids had gotten anything for Christmas in their whole life”.St John’s passion for helping underprivileged kids from Liberia started in 2018, when she fostered an 8-year-old boy named Obediah for seven months.
“When I learned of him, he had a large malformation on his face,” St John explained. “His whole life he’d lived in this very, very poor country, where he was treated with witch doctors, and suffered a lot of bullying because of his appearance. But he was so smart — he is so smart and talented and funny, and I think he got through all of that because of his sense of humor”.Obediah and his siblings outside their school in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia, in this undated photo.
Obediah’s now living back in Liberia after completing his medical treatment in the U.S.. But St John wanted to do more, so she formed the Liberian Perseverance Foundation. The nonprofit has raised enough money to send Obediah and his siblings to a modest boarding school, where they receive an education, regular meals and beds to sleep in. All things they didn’t have before. The foundation also bought the school a gas stove and provided students with essentials like food, clothing and backpacks.
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