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Twenty dollars a month, less than a dollar a day.
That's all that it takes to feed, clothe and educate a child in a third world country.
$240 a year.
That money, along with your letters of encouragement will see a child grow up and become a man or a woman who has a chance to make a difference in the world ... the other alternative is to suffer and starve.
$240 a year.
In a country where we have luxuries like running water, electricity and one or more bathrooms in our own house, that money will help a child survive.
Is $240 a year really such a big inconvenience to us? I can't really say that it is. You can make it a one-time expense each year, you can split it up into two payments or four. Is $120 twice a year really going to hurt? So perhaps we cut down on the bacon on our breakfast, or maybe we go generic brand versus name brand on a couple of items.
$240 a year.
That money actually means something to someone who needs it to live. Most of us don't need it. We just want it. It'll buy us an MP3 player, or a few new computer games or music CDs. It'll allow us to buy a few Christmas gifts that we'll give and which other people will return, for other items they don't really need and won't want far from the point they acquire it.
Please, consider giving this year ... many many children (and aging) need our help.
http://www.cfcausa.org/index.jsp
This year, I hope and pray that Joshua, the 10 year old boy from Nicaragua who lives in a wood house with no electricity and no running water with 9 other people, benefits more from that $240 than I ever could. And hopefully by his benefitting, I too may benefit as his presence makes this world that much brighter.
That's all that it takes to feed, clothe and educate a child in a third world country.
$240 a year.
That money, along with your letters of encouragement will see a child grow up and become a man or a woman who has a chance to make a difference in the world ... the other alternative is to suffer and starve.
$240 a year.
In a country where we have luxuries like running water, electricity and one or more bathrooms in our own house, that money will help a child survive.
Is $240 a year really such a big inconvenience to us? I can't really say that it is. You can make it a one-time expense each year, you can split it up into two payments or four. Is $120 twice a year really going to hurt? So perhaps we cut down on the bacon on our breakfast, or maybe we go generic brand versus name brand on a couple of items.
$240 a year.
That money actually means something to someone who needs it to live. Most of us don't need it. We just want it. It'll buy us an MP3 player, or a few new computer games or music CDs. It'll allow us to buy a few Christmas gifts that we'll give and which other people will return, for other items they don't really need and won't want far from the point they acquire it.
Please, consider giving this year ... many many children (and aging) need our help.
http://www.cfcausa.org/index.jsp
This year, I hope and pray that Joshua, the 10 year old boy from Nicaragua who lives in a wood house with no electricity and no running water with 9 other people, benefits more from that $240 than I ever could. And hopefully by his benefitting, I too may benefit as his presence makes this world that much brighter.
