With Mother's Day right around the corner, I wanted to share a link with all of you for a very special Mother's Day gift. In an earlier post, I shared the Compassion website with all of you, which I have created a link for on the home page under the 'special links' tab. If you haven't read that post or visited the link, I'll give you a little information. Compassion is a charity that helps children in poverty across the world. You can sponsor one or more of these children by sending a monthly donation. This donation works towards helping the children get healthy meals, healthcare, education, and it allows them to spend time in their local church playing games. It also goes towards helping the parents. They can go to educational classes and it helps with any addiction problems they may be suffering through.
You may have noticed I said the children get to go to their church for activities. Compassion is a Christian based charity. However, many if the churches they work with are Catholic. You can find out more about that on the website. It's a really great way to help these children have fun and forget about the conditions they are living in even if for just a couple hours. It also helps them remember that someone out there cares enough about them to help. You will get letters and pictures from the child you're sponsoring. I am currently sponsoring a child in Brazil, and the first time I received a letter from him with a picture he drew, my heart melted!
What I really wanted to tell you all about today is the Rescue Babies and Mothers program from Compassion you can be part of. Your donation will be $20 a month and this is what your donation will help with:
- Immunization
- Food
- Breast feeding
- Monitoring growth
- Female literacy
- Family planning
- Oral rehydration
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