sponsorship entry!!
Feb. 2nd, 2011 11:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arishaBackstory: I sponsor several children through Children International. This will have to be a quick entry because I'm supposed to be asleep, but here are some awesome photos that I got yesterday!
Rocio is thirteen and lives in Honduras. In late November I received a letter from her in which she told me that her father had passed away after falling off of a building that he'd been painting. This is the worst news I've ever received from any of my sponsored children and I was kind of unsure what to do. But I replied to Rocio's letter, and, because her father's job had been the family's only source of income, I sent a Special Gift to help them out a little bit.
Everyone in the family got a new pair of jeans, and the kids each got a shirt. Rocio also got a pretty snazzy pair of sandals. In Rocio's letter, she wrote that they were all very happy to get new clothes and they were looking forward to wearing them on Christmas, although it would be a sad Christmas without their father.
They also received what the report simply calls a "food basket," although it's more food than I would've thought based on that description!
I really like this batch of pictures, it seems like the family's different personalities really come through in them. :) Seriously I love the expressions on Rocio's face!
These are the first photos I've received of Rocio where she isn't wearing her school uniform, and for those of you keeping track at home, the number of children I sponsor who have more style than me: ALL OF THEM. x)
Let's end on my favourite picture of the bunch. Adorable!!
I'm not sure what the family is doing for income now, or whether they have relatives who can help them out or what. Back when I first started sponsoring Rocio, I asked if the family was interested in starting an Income Generating Project, and the reply came back that they were interested in starting a store. Unfortunately the plan would have been to remodel one of the rooms in their house to make space for it, and as a result it was way more than I could afford to fund. Hopefully this Special Gift, although it was small, has helped them out a little bit at least.
Rocio is thirteen and lives in Honduras. In late November I received a letter from her in which she told me that her father had passed away after falling off of a building that he'd been painting. This is the worst news I've ever received from any of my sponsored children and I was kind of unsure what to do. But I replied to Rocio's letter, and, because her father's job had been the family's only source of income, I sent a Special Gift to help them out a little bit.
Everyone in the family got a new pair of jeans, and the kids each got a shirt. Rocio also got a pretty snazzy pair of sandals. In Rocio's letter, she wrote that they were all very happy to get new clothes and they were looking forward to wearing them on Christmas, although it would be a sad Christmas without their father.
They also received what the report simply calls a "food basket," although it's more food than I would've thought based on that description!
I really like this batch of pictures, it seems like the family's different personalities really come through in them. :) Seriously I love the expressions on Rocio's face!
These are the first photos I've received of Rocio where she isn't wearing her school uniform, and for those of you keeping track at home, the number of children I sponsor who have more style than me: ALL OF THEM. x)
Let's end on my favourite picture of the bunch. Adorable!!
I'm not sure what the family is doing for income now, or whether they have relatives who can help them out or what. Back when I first started sponsoring Rocio, I asked if the family was interested in starting an Income Generating Project, and the reply came back that they were interested in starting a store. Unfortunately the plan would have been to remodel one of the rooms in their house to make space for it, and as a result it was way more than I could afford to fund. Hopefully this Special Gift, although it was small, has helped them out a little bit at least.