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Friday, July 4, 2008

Microcreditcapital Promoter Discussed Small Business Idea with Single Mother, but She Needs Funds



Single Mother Is Seeking Sponsors for Her Children. She wants to receive some infusion of cash for a small business. I talked to her about doing something that will bring some income to take care of the kids. Micro enterprises, microlending are the buzz words. They can help her build her microcredit before she can get something big. Definitely, that is a way to get out of poverty.

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Developmentally Disabled Haitian Boy Left to Himself: No State-funded Services for Him

Luckner's parents do not know much about why their son ends up being like this. They feel the stinging shame of having a "KoKOBE," a son who is handicapped. They do not know where to turn to get valuable information on Down Syndrome. They have never heard about that word before even though their son is 14 years old. Information would equip them to face the people who are putting them down. They know what many other people do not know about their son. He is easy to please. He is a hard worker. His sense of safety and awareness is low. He is very sociable. He accompanies his father to the fields. He is his main companion. Even though he is non-verbal, his presence is sufficient. Luckner practically receives no special services at school. No wonder he has been falling behind.

Luckner has no annual or triennual IEP meeting. He has no advocate. People are busy trying to avoid him instead of making time for him. He felt comfortable being around me while I was there. Others were telling him to go away while I intervened and advocated for him. I explained to them the type of services he could qualify for if he was born in California among other states.

Could there be some type of foundation that provides counseling and information to parents of kids born with clear disabilities? This boy may have been too old by then. But other children born with his condition could benefit from such services in Haiti. Besides the food, nutrition and education problems faced by this family, they have to deal with lack of information on a condition that a state like California entitles parents to receive services for. It's many worlds away. Until now, his mother keeps repeating the fact that her son was born this way because she had seen a disabled kid while she was pregnant with him.



Luckner's parents are also seeking a sponsor for their son. Are you ready to help him out?




List of Haitian Kids in Need: They are Seeking a Sponsor

Each one of these two sisters needs a sponsor. Imelga is older than Florence as the picture shows. They have other siblings too. After the death of their mother during childbirth, the kids stick together with the help of many family members and friends. The needs are mounting. Father's work does not bring much income to give them a good life. All 11 surviving children need to be clothed, go to school and be cared for.

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The Laporte Children Need Sponsors

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Due to numerous work-related accidents, their father is now bed-ridden. The last time he worked was about 6 years ago. Besides, the hotel where he used to work exists no more. Finding work is almost impossible. It is not easy to find work in this community. Since he is sick, he would not be able to do much any way. His wife manages to do odd jobs to feed and clothe the kids. Yet, despite all the nutrition problems, the kids show their aptitude in school and other extra-curricular activities. JoAnn Laporte, 14 years old, is the older of the girls. She is superb soccer player.

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Daniel Laporte is 18 years old. He helps his parents a lot. He needs help to keep attending his school. Buying uniform and school supplies is a yearly challenge. Eating some good meals is also a problem.
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Johnyson Laporte is 10 years old. Per his parents, he is a good boy who is very helpful
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Stephany Laporte is 8 years old.
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Betina Laporte is 4 years old. She is the first kid to have a sponsor in SponsorandFeedaChild Program history!

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Priest Gerard Jean-Juste Is Feeding Kids in Cite Soleil

Haitian school children expect to get a meal, a hot lunch at school. Haitian school principals report they have no problems of absenteism, attendance issues such as cutting school and violence. Students come to school to learn and get fed. Many times, the meal they receive from school is the only one they are going to have for the whole day. Now with diminishing food donations, schools and church-based schools may not be able to help feed the hungry students. International organizations are looking for food donations. Churches are asking for help from whomever can understand the crisis. SponsorandFeedaChild wants to give you the opportunity to help. You can decide to support this organization with your donations. You can sponsor just one child and make sure that he/she goes to school where he/she'll receive a meal.

Other organizations that are working with children in this crisis are:

World Vision International etc.

Haitian Children Are Eating Mud Cookies to Survive; Let's Break the Yoke of Poverty and Hunger





Many women start preparing mud to make mud cookies to feed their family. They dry them in the sun on the the roof of their houses.
Rising prices and food shortages are threatening Haiti's fragile stability, and the mud cookies, made of dirt, salt and vegetable shortening, are one of very few options the poorest people have to stave off hunger.

For the price of a Starbucks, for what you would spend at any fast food restaurant, you could help a child eat a meal and get educated. If teachers are not paid, if they have to worry about what to feed their children, they are not able to teach these young minds.

If you are seeking to help solve the Haitian food crisis, here is your opportunity to do it right here. Your donation will go to a church-based school where teachers can get paid and children can continue to attend classes.

Kids should not be reduced to eat mud, dirt to survive. Check out the food riots in Haiti.




Saturday, April 19, 2008

Welcome to Sponsor and Feed a Child: The Blog That Covers News for Social Change and Combats Hunger and Ignorance

SponsorandFeedaChild's goal is to bring awareness of the huge problems of hunger and illiteracy that exist in many Latin American countries such as Haiti, Salvador and others. SponsoreandFeedaChild covers some of the organizations that are helping make a difference in these parts of the world. On this blog, you will find pictures of needy children and parents who want help to start a small business that may be able to help their families. You will find pictures of children who need to be fed, clothed and sent to school. You will also find ways to help these children. You will be able to break the yoke of poverty one child at a time. SponsorandFeedachild will travel to countries such as Haiti and the Dominican Republic to document the dire situations of children and their parents. It will give you the means and mechanisms to help more than one of them if you choose to do so. For just what it will cost you to eat at a fast-food restaurant in the U.S.A and other European countries, you will be able to make the difference in these kids' lives.

Now that many countries are facing with a major food crisis, many parents will have nothing to feed their children. They will have to go without for many days. The limited food donations provided by some churches and schools will not be sufficient. Here is your chance to help today!

If you want to contribute to SponsorandFeedaChild, you can use the link below:


Help Feed a Child Now