Sin Srey!

This is my sweet Sin Srey Neth. She is 8 years old and will be turning 9 on February 9th. She lives in Cambodia at the Cambodian Childrens Fund Facility. She has 3 brothers and two sisters. I believe 3 off her siblings are also living at the facility. She does go home to spend time with her mother on long holidays sometimes. Her stepfather suffers from maleria and is quite aggressive. Before moving to this wonderful facility she lived with her family in a garbage dump...one of the biggest in Cambodia. (This is where most of the kids staying here came from). She loves "being a real school girl" now. She lists math, science, and social studies as her favorites. In her free time she likes to watch cartoons in the library and play on the computer. She also loves to draw flowers! Her birthday is on February 9th so I went ahead and sent in a donation so she can celebrate. For $20 they will take her out and have a meal, a birthday cake, and she will get a new outfit. I sent money for both her and a friend to go!
I cannot wait to hear from her. We are allowed to e-mail as often as we wish. Many e-mail weekly! They also send pictures sometimes. And within the first year of sponsorship you get a DVD of your child. I will be keeping this blog updated regularly!

Its been a while and lots of changes!

I have been neglecting the blog partly because I didn't know what was going to happen with my sponsor kids. I went through a time where I thought I was about to lose my house. And I knew I would have to give some kids up. On top of that I have had some concerns about the organization. Anyway I dropped the majority of my kids but then found out I was getting help with my housing situation. When I inquired about getting some of my kids back I was told most had new sponsors.

I have decided to go down a new and exciting path regarding sponsorship! I still have Lizbeth, Danna, Jessica, Adriana and Brayan from CI. But I won't be adding anymore from there. I am trying out a new organization called Cambodian Children's Fund. I will only be able to have one child from there since sponsorship fees are pretty steep. But the work they do is amazing. The children live in a loving home where they are given an education, healthcare, art, music, and most of all love. These children were all living in one of the largest garbage dumps in Cambodia. Those that didnt live there were forced to work and look for valuable items. A former executive from 20th Century Fox started taking these kids in. The sponsorship program is supposed to be amazing. Some of the kids e-mail their sponsor once a week! They send photos, and the organization sends you their education report every month. I will be posting more in the next few days when I "meet" my child!

Meet Keyla

This is my newest child. I plan on sponsring her sister Tania who is also on the site tomorrow if she is stil there. Keyla lives in Honduras. She is 6 years old and will be turning 7 on February 18th. She lives at home with her 4 siblings: Tania who is 3, Darlin who is 2, Jenser is 10, and Fenlin who is 12. They live with their parents. Their mom is a homemaker and dad is a daily laborer. They live in a house with one multi use room. The walls are made of wood, the floor concrete and the roof currugated metal. They sleep on fold out beds. I look forward to getting to know her and hopefully her sister!

Two letters from Adorable Adriana

I received these two letters from Adriana. The first one was her welcome letter. The 2nd one I got in response to a letter I sent her right after I started sponsoring her. I can definitely tell her disability is all physical and not mental. She seems like a very smart, affectionate child. I am waiting on alot of reports on Adriana. Unfortunately it will be about another month until I get them and I know why she is in a wheelchair and how I can help her.

Letter from Lizbeth!

This is my latest letter from my sweet Lizbeth. One interesting thing is that she printed this letter which she never has before so has me wondering why.

Letter from Iris

This is from my sweet Iris in Honduras.

Letter from Juana

I received this letter from Juana the other day. I no longer sponsor her but they told me they wanted to send it along anyway.