My first little girl.

[Kazz]

Having received a lett today with the added extra of beautiful 5years old drawings round the edge, which has made my day. I just wondered does anyone else here sponsor a child from a "different country?"

My sponsor child is through SOS villages. She is a little girl who is 5 years old, and lives in Lilongwe - Malawi. This little girl has just become my new "sponsor child"

I have previously sponsored a boy who has now left school and the village but is still in contact with the village. I have been sponsoring him for 10 years and will continue to write/send birthday/christmas cards for as long as he keeps in touch which I think will be forever. He is now 19 lives in Algeria and is training to be a shoe repairer.

My very first SOS child was a boy also who lived in Botswana I sponsored him for 5 years and we exchanged letters often, sadly he passed away with an illness.

So through SOS villages back in March I was allocated a new sponsor child..... and wrote my first letter in April. (Can't think of another way to say it really allocated is not my choice of word but sums up the way it is) I just ticked the box that says I will sponsor a child where the need is greatest and which child need sponsoring I could no more choose than fly to the moon...I would bereft if I choose for example....a girl in Country A and they had boys in Country A so I tick the "you choose box" (cowards way out maybe) hence I now am sponsoring a child in Malawi this time. A little girl. :-D
So I am back to writing to little children, and sending stickers....... :-D :-D ...princesses and fairies. She like teddy bears, too.:-D And goes to nursery/kindergarden:-D

So does anyone else do this??????? Sponsors unite.

[angieh]

No Kazz - but it's a huge great good thing to do and thanks for bringing it to our attention.

I have never thought of doing it "for real" - I remember a horrid thing that I did in junior school (aged about 7) whereby we took pennies to school to help little black babies get to heaven. How horrid and nasty was that? Has coloured my whole thinking ever since and shouldn't have done so. I'm sorry if this offends anyone but I still hate and mistrust organised religion of any persuasion.

[lynz85]

that is lovely, its not something i do just now but i would definately have a think about it now!

[Kazz]

No Kazz - but it's a huge great good thing to do and thanks for bringing it to our attention.

I have never thought of doing it "for real" - I remember a horrid thing that I did in junior school (aged about 7) whereby we took pennies to school to help little black babies get to heaven. How horrid and nasty was that? Has coloured my whole thinking ever since and shouldn't have done so. I'm sorry if this offends anyone but I still hate and mistrust organised religion of any persuasion.

So do I religion is meant to bring peace and "something" not cause harm, or upset. I am not religious in so far as church going but my understanding is religion should be based on love not hate.

[dandysmom]

I did many years ago, Kazz; I sponsored a little girl in Indonesia. This was before I bought the house, and when money was quite tight in the early years of the mortgage I dropped out. And unfortunately never started again as things became financially easy. It was a good feeling to know you were helping a child .....well dome, you!

[Kazz]

I did many years ago, Kazz; I sponsored a little girl in Indonesia. This was before I bought the house, and when money was quite tight in the early years of the mortgage I dropped out. And unfortunately never started again as things became financially easy. It was a good feeling to know you were helping a child .....well dome, you!


I agree it is a nice feeling but more if you are alone in the World I think knowing someone somewhere cares is a nice thing. Must say though I do write monthly and send birthday and christmas cards, and send small thing like stickers. Anything larger I am under the belief will not get past the many hands it passes through.:( I do not do it to feel good because I feel I get back than I give.

[yola]

That's a very kind thing to do Karen and must make a lonely little girl feel that someone somewhere cares.

We used to do this at primary school - maybe mine was more altruistic than Angie's (but nevertheless a Catholic convent school) each class sponsored a child and sent money, little gifts, pictures and photos over to African children.

[Kim]

What a lovely think to do Karen, I bet you make that little girl smile.

[Kazz]

What a lovely think to do Karen, I bet you make that little girl smile.

And every child should know nothing but smiles.

[Squirrel]

Mmmmm - I've often thought about sponsoring a child - my parents do now. I'm just not in the right place right now. Maybe, some point in the future...

Having Cloud rather precludes me from adopting another little one at the moment - however inexpensive their care actually is in real terms...

[pamela81]

thats such a good thing to do karen. Its def something i will consider in the future, unfortunately, finances do not allow it just now :(

[Shelley123]

I support a little boy in Malawi also, Karen. I support him through Plan which is a non religious organisation. I have been supporting him since 2004, he is 11 now. Probably like your organisation the money doesn't go to the child but to the village.
When i started i also let Plan pick where they needed a sponser most. Initialy you could send a small gift but this has recently been stopped. I write to him 2 or 3 times a year. Like you, i was delighted to recieve a drawing, i also appreciate the yearly photographs.