Children.org Sponsorship

The meaning behind “Counting Stars” is basically that money can't buy happiness – we never can satisfy knowing how much out there, yet a group of children in Ecuador attempted to do just that! Keeping up with the children is daunting at times when you have a full-time job as well as multiple sponsorship running at the same time, so this July I wanted to try something different – 'group letter' meaning all children regardless of their age receive the same letter, but even that took me a week to sort out and send. It was about getting them to try some 11 activities during the lockdown or school holidays, and over the past 3 months I've been receiving their responses on how they did it. But this one in particular from Evelin (age 18), which I just received today is worthy of mention. BIO:   Evelin is an active youth in CI Quito, participated in events such as leadership and assembly. She received help with schoolwork throughout her sponsorship and has just graduated to...

This week, I’m sharing my letter just wrote to Aashiya (age 7) in Delhi. My Dear dhuwa, Aashiya I hope you are keeping safe and well. I was so happy to read your beautiful letter in response to my activities challenge presented to you. You have taken it with much interest and shared your experience. I too would love to be like a bird, so my story begins like this… There was a school master coming to our rural village in India. He was staying in a rented house and just outside his window there was me in a birdcage. One day, a beautiful little girl named Aashiya was passing by me, stopped and started to have a big chat. She calls me 'Salalihini' (bird name) and tells me that I don't know what love is and if I feel it like the majestic ocean I would not be in this cage. So, she was going to tell me a secret but insisted that I don’t tell anyone. Aw, okay.. she trusted me. Aashiya said she loves her (only) father very much… (Papa Mere Papa) He helped her do a lot of fun...

It’s quite a rare seen family photo to follow with welcome gift to your child. As you may have noticed, perhaps this could be their first-time facing the camera in cold outdoor during Delhi wintertime. The Aashiya’s family lives in one multipurpose room in Shahabad Dairy community. She was sleeping on the floor with a mattress. In my wishes to give some comfort to her sleeping arrangement and despite the limited space available inside, they have gone for a small bed instead of a roll-up mattress. The photo shows that the sponsorship not only benefits your child but also the whole family at large. In response to my welcome letter, Delhi staff intern, Jyoti wrote back saying, as Aashiya had never been sponsored before, she was not a regular visitor at the community center to receive any program benefits but she already has a favorite teacher – the one who inspired her being Jyoti mam, which goes without saying that the love and care the children receive at CI centers is s...